Pre 2025

Tag: life-changing

  • Countdown – 8

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    Day 8 pre-op Day 20 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Satay Chicken w Konjac Noodles === Rain: 1 Yesterday afternoon I sat on our bench seat with my legs crossed up underneath me, and cut my toenails!!! If you dont understand what a big deal that is – I’m very very glad for you. Breakfast…

  • Countdown – 9

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    Day 9 pre-op. Day 19 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Beef Wraps === Rain: 10.5 We’ve hit single digits! Only 9 days until Surgery Day. The next week is looking like a very busy week, and one in which I’m going to have to be very mindful of what I am eating, as we have…

  • Countdown – 11

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    Day 11 pre-op Day 17 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Leftover StirFry & Butter Chicken === Rain: 0 ‘Australia Day’. My Wife mostly has the day off today – only one appointment late afternoon!! My bari-buddy had his pre-admission appt at the hospital yesterday. Sounds like everything went well. My Wife and I spent the…

  • Countdown – 13

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    Day 13 pre-op Day 15 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Prawn Salad. === Rain: 0 Dinner was a bit ‘meh’ to be honest. The prawns were a bit tough – I think they might have had a bit of freezer-burn. The mizzle came back in overnight. This morning when I was cleaning up I…

  • Countdown – 14

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    Day 14 pre-op Day 14 pre-op VLCD. – – – a meeting of the numbers! Dinner last night: Pulled Pork & Mash. === Rain: 0 I spent most of the morning doing laundry and in between loads I was doing work out in our bus, trying to get the window covers cut to shape. It’s…

  • Countdown – 16

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    Day 16 pre-op Day 12 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Mushroom Omelette === Rain: 0.5 Not a lot of news today… Did some sewing this morning as the bias edging on the gazebo for our bus was coming off, so I have been sewing it back on again, and gone around the entire edging to…

  • Countdown – 18

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    Day 18 pre-op Day 10 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Dinner out – I had a small lamb shank on a bit of mash. I only had a third of the mash and was very satisfied. It was good to be out of the house for a bit. === Rain: 73 Weigh day for me…

  • Countdown – 19

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    Day 19 pre-op Day 9 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Fish Tacos === Rain: 4.5 Last night I ate too much. We had fish tacos for dinner. An absolute favourite inner house, and my Dietician had even been kind enough to recommend some wraps that would be suitable so that we could still have them…

  • Countdown – 20

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    Day 20 pre-op Day 8 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken & Prawn Salad. === Rain: 14 I have a bit of a case of cabin fever. My car is still in the mechanic shop, and the rain continues. Thank goodness we live on our Farm where I can get outside, even if I…

  • Countdown – 25

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    Day 25 pre-op Day 3 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken Salad, and a jelly and lemon mousse dessert. === Rain in the last 24hrs? ZERO! Don’t get toooo excited, the place is still a veritable quagmire and according to the weather app over the next 10 days there is an 80-90% chance of…