sugar, Sugar, SUGAR

"I'm in to you!"

Thanksgiving is a day for splurging: So what the hell, let's splurge. I still tried to avoid dairy, but my wife found some vegan desserts that were ridiculous. Unfortunately, the combination of two donuts in the morning (yeah bowties), a vegan brownie, and some pumpkin bread, that was more sugar than I had probably consumed since leaving the hospital. As a result, I was in overdrive and the hope for anything that wasn't loose was a pipe dream.

The sleep has been better, but results in me getting up later: Who eats breakfast at 10 AM? Between that and not having my normal nightly staple of snacks, I'm still dropping weight: Slowly declining to 133 lbs. This is still heavier than my lightest at 127 after step 1 surgery, but 11 lbs lighter than my pre-step 2 weight of 144. Thankfully, I have more energy, but having only 3 meals a day feels like I'm on some freakish diet (do people really do this?)

Prior to the takedown, I was running on a diet that constituted about 3000-3500 calories a day. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to keep up with that on three meals a day. I see many days (and nights) of trial and significant failure in the near future.

(Special thanks to Gem City Rockers for letting me plagiarize the "Sugar, Sugar, Sugar" lyric.)