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Feb 22, 2013

Liquids, day six.

Okay, I'm losing it a little. I want some food.

It's 11:34 pm and it's a been a pleasant but kind of long day.

Went to my parents' house for lunch with a couple of their friends. Everyone had grilled sandwiches that looked sooo good. While everyone else ate sandwiches and homemade soup and drank wine and ginger beer I...had some water, sipped a mug of broth, had a protein shake. (Tried the vanilla Unjury. Didn't really care for it. Wasn't loathsome, but it had a bit of a smell. I guess the Jay Robb shakes have a smell too, but it's not one that's noticeable or bothersome to me. Unjury tastes okay but does have a smell that strikes me as weird/unappetizing.) It was a little exhausting, watching people eat warm, homemade food. And my parents keep a lot of produce around, so there was a pile of lovely apples staring at me too.

Yeah, definitely getting kind of cranky today. I think the aspartame in the gelatin “desserts” I've been eating has been giving me some headaches. I hate artificial sweeteners. Once this phase is over and I can upgrade to “full” liquids from clear I hope to banish artificial sweeteners from my diet for good. Nothing against them; I know plenty of people who eat and drink artificially sweetened stuff with zero problems. But they just don't agree with me, I guess.

Didn't do amazingly with the water today, unfortunately. I'll try for sixteen more ounces before bed. The more water the better I feel, really. Helps with the headaches that creep up occasionally.

A bright spot: this evening my husband and I went to a friend's house where we met some of our beloved gaming people to roll up characters for a new campaign. For several hours it was luxurious to just get absorbed in character creation and not really think about food, or fatness, or surgery. Now I'm home and I'm tired and a little melancholy. I just miss food, you know?

At least my CPAP mask arrived so I get to try that tonight. Mmm, refreshing sleep.  

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