This week has seen me return to my workplace.  In the lead up to returning to work I was worried about how I would manage the food and liquid intake.  It has turned out to be different to what I was expecting.

My fluid intake still leaves something to be desired, but I’m heading out on my lunch breaks and picking up a juice so that’s made a difference.  The first few days at work I wasn’t feeling so crash hot so I didn’t really eat that much while I was at work.  But Thursday seemed to see a change in the way my body was reacting to food so I started eating more solid food at work.  It’s not been as bad as I thought it would be.  I’m lucky that I’ve got an hour to let the food settle. 

I’ve been keeping a food journal, thanks to my nifty new moleskine diary.  I’ve also decided (for now) to publish my food journal.  I can’t shake the feeling that it might help someone out there understand what happens and what they can expect when it comes to eating post surgery.  It paints an interesting picture.  I wonder if I should be more vigilant and record fluid intake and the time when I eat.  For now I’m just going to concentrate on keeping the record as I’ve not had a good history of recording my intake in the past.

I have been feeling a little off colour this week so I’ve spent every night (except for our dinner party excursion on Wednesday night) going to bed straight after work.  I’ve not been exercising and I’ve been sleeping in till I absolutely have to get out of bed, so my plans for being super organised and active woman have fallen through the cracks this week.  But I can, and will, change that.

On Saturday afternoon I’m planning on going ice-skating with Alivicwil so that should be a nice little bit of fun exercise for the day.  I’ll also get back on the treadmill on the weekend and start that routine again.  It’s about small steps.