Is this really the beginning?

So I have had this blog for awhile now and its been sitting here blank ; "theres nothing here" as it tells me every time I sign it. Throughout the day I think, OH! I should share that but when I come here to write, I draw a blank, like everything thats going on could be condensed in 3 words. I come here because I want to share make up tips, step mom feelings, MOM stress and reality, my sweet animals, married life, and healthy living. Since this is the first blog, let me introduce my family and myself.

Josh- handsome husband :)

Gracie- 8 year old step daughter

Evie- 2 year old daughter

Mac- shih poo (mix of shih tzu + poodle)

Zoie- pregnant mini pony

Sage- baby daddy mini pony

2 chickens and counting

Megan- ME! I moved from KS to MO (the middle of nowhere) when I married my husband. I have lost 78 lbs in 8 months with exercise and diet but I have done this in the past and haven't been able to keep it off. I will talk about everything listed in the top paragraph but I will focus mainly on my journey to a healthier life. Thanks for the support in advance :)

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Thursday

Hello all :) I was at a training this week with work and when deciding where we should eat somebody mentioned Olive Garden and I immediately dropped by head. I know Olive Garden as PASTA, PASTA, PASTA so I wasn't looking forward to the temptation. I don't know why I don't give myself credit for how strong I am. My entire life, people couldn't pressure me to do ANYTHING I didn't want to. I am SO STRONG and I make my own decisions; I am a lion, not a sheep :) (I want a shirt so bad that says "Be a lion") Anyways, when we got there, I looked at the menu and right there on the lunch section were meals that were 300-400 calories and as soon as I saw zucchini I was in. Its a half piece of chicken with a piece and a half of zucchini with mozzarella cheese and some lemon butter with tomatoes to top it off (I didn't eat those). I left behind some zucchini and you know, I never once thought about pasta as I was sitting there. On my way home I thought of

2 week liquid diet

Today is the day! All liquids! Well, except for the popsicles, jell-o, pickles, and celery. I have to get in 4 premier proteins and then at least 48-64 oz of other liquids each day. Other liquids include: Water Diet V-8 Splash Sugar free jello Sugar free popsicles (less than 25 calories per popsicle) Fruit 2-0 Crystal light Diet Snapple up to 2 cups of broth decaf tea and coffee Propel water Powerade zero I don't really know what some of those are and yesterday when I went to look for Diet V-8 Splash to try it out, I couldn't find it so who knows. This morning I am having 2 vanilla premier protein shakes in a thermos with my decaf coffee. I also have a 20oz thing of water sitting here and a 32oz grape Powerade zero. Last night I made strawberry, lemon, and blue raspberry jello, I bought 3 different sizes of dill pickles, and then I have boxes of popsicles, all different kind of broths, all different flavors of Powerade, grape Propel, and some cinnamon tea

17 days post op

Happy New Year everybody! :). I can see now that these blog post that once were days apart are probably going to be weeks apart due to my YouTube being up and running. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkL_ZZWuw7kEq4N-IWQ4zw?view_as=subscriber Sorry but sometimes speaking is just easier than writing but I will do my best of keeping up both! So I am almost 3 weeks out. Getting into the fluids is getting easier, especially when I add protein powder to food and I don't have to worry about drinking the protein shakes. Everything is slow for now, eating, drinking, walking....all slow :). It is the process though so slow we shall go! I started a cup of coffee around 8:45 and finally finished it at 10:15. Then I wait 30 minutes to eat. So at 10:45 I made an egg with cheese and am slowly working on eating it. I am not hungry....that kind of goes away with surgery so its about making yourself eat for nutritional value. It's hard to keep eating when you don't feel like it

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