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So let me update you on my recent news and eats. Last week I received a message from my nutritionist that they needed to reschedule my last nutrition appointment. I called first thing in the morning hoping to prevent a delay in my surgery. Luckily for me - she had someone cancel that same morning! So, since it had already been 30 days since my last surgery (as required by my insurance company), she scheduled me for that same morning. I made it there in 20 minutes - right on time! We spoke about my supplements, food, and my thoughts and feelings on surgery. She is excited for me. She thinks that I'm ready. She said that I am obviously taking this seriously, I have already committed to changing my diet before surgery. I'm already taking the vitamins I need for after surgery. And most of all, she thinks that I seem emotionally ready. She told me that she thinks my positive, determined attitude will help get me through those first few rough months. I also found out that I lost 6 pounds. :) Yay!!! Now I know that 6 pounds isn't much when I have to lose just over 100, but it's a start. :)

In food news . . . here are some of my recent eats.

This was absolutely delicious! I used two cans of Rotel chopped tomatoes with green chilies, 2 cups of frozen lima beans, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, fajita seasoning (otherwise known as my crack - I put in almost everything), 1 cup of low-sodium vegetable broth, and three frozen tilapia filets. I just put it all in the stove and let it simmer until the fish and lima beans were cooked all the way (this would be a great crock pot dish). I was going to make lettuce wraps (which I would recommend) with it. Instead, I put it on flour tortillas with some fat-free cheese. My boyfriend loved it. I loved it. I call it a success. I would make this again in a heart beat - but with lettuce instead of flour tortillas. This is my own recipe out of the old noggin. :)

This was one of my lunches recently. I had a sandwich that included sandwich thins, Tofurkey Oven Roasted Deli Slices, lettuce, tomato, a slice of pepperjack cheese, dijon mustard, and a little mayo. I also had fresh cut watermelon and sugar free pudding.

Let me tell you more about that pudding . . . Mmmm . . . 

I call it my Reese's pudding. I used Jello Sugar-free chocolate pudding. I mixed it with peanut butter, 1% milk, and Reese's Peanut Butter chips. It was great. I think that next time I would like to try using PB2 instead of regular peanut butter and I would like to mix in a chocolate protein powder to "protein it up." 

So that's all for now. I promised my boyfriend that I would get all up close and personal with you all next time. You know, all that emotional weepy stuff that some women *coughs* are prone to. . . ;)