That's the equivalent of 2 car tires. Or a bag of potatoes. Or 10 bags of sugar. Or two toddlers. A medium size dog. TSA luggage maximum for checked luggage is 50 pounds.
Yesterday I put on my boots to wear with a dress, zipped them up, and the calves are too big! These are wide-width calf boots (probably shocking to Jen that such a thing exists), and now they are too big. I mean, I can wear them, but I can also fit my whole hand inside rather than having them snug when zipping them up. Yay.
I also think of Jen when I eat now (Hi Jen!) Not that I try to eat like Jen, but I find that I do eat like Jen. Yesterday I had lunch with a donor, had a chop salad with salmon, and was done and still had half left, so took it home. The woman I was with finished hers till her plate was clean (not that there is anything wrong with that), but it just reminded me that I definitely would have finished it all a year ago. I then had a 3:00 meeting in Acton with someone who owns an ice-cream & chocolate store. He was eager to give me something to eat, so I got 1 scoop of ice-cream, it was good, I ate some, but then threw the rest away. As I was throwing it away, I thought to myself, "Who am I?"
The best part of the surgery is that I eat when I am hungry. This really doesn't feel like deprivation or "trying" or "willpower." I just feel full much sooner, and am able to stop eating even if it is something I like -- I don't over eat just because it is good.
Yay for me.
Congratulations!! I love the definitions of 50 lbs. When I think about how heavy my luggage is that really brings it home. And thanks for the shout outs :-)
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