Learning to fend for yourself

Hello all!  Today's post is all about learning to be selfish.  Not in a bad way but learning to put yourself first.  One thing I noticed after I was on the liquid diet is that I had to fend for myself.  Granted I was not a happy camper when my family was eating real food and I had to drink soup, but would I take it back? Nope, not at all!  I quickly realized that I was the one who controlled my food.  I had to make my protein shakes, soups, mushys and once I was on solid foods I made those for myself as well.  When you live in a house with other people the temptations are there you just need too take yourself out of the situation and not give into them.

My family is the biggest part of my life.  They have stood by me throughout my process and have been very supportive of me.  When they ate dinner I would cook my own meals and when it came down to it I had a lot of fun cooking.  I think the hardest part of my diet was having to be on full liquid diet on Christmas day.  I come from a large Irish/Italian family.  Anyone of my friends will tell you my house always has some good food lol, especially on Sundays and holidays.  But, I did it.  I had my cup of soup from Trader Joes and sat next to my Uncle John, who had the surgery as well.  I remember telling him "I think you're the only one who knows my pain right now."  In a way, by not being able to have all of the food I realized there was more to the holiday.  I made it about watching the kids open their gifts, helping my mom etc. Point is, at the end of the day I really did not even miss it, which made me feel like I was really going to succeed.