I Was Beginning To Wonder

After 10 days on the liquids, I was beginning to wonder if I was some weird freak of nature who, no matter what, could not lose weight. For the last few days, I just hadn't felt like I was losing any weight, in fact my rings weren't even loose anymore. In an earlier post I mentioned that it appeared that I'd lost 4 pounds. I chose the word appeared because the scale that reflected the loss wasn't the same scale I used to record my initial starting weight. I had weighed on a hospital scale which obviously sees a lot of bare feet and movement of the weights back and forth. So, it could have been light or heavy by a lot.
Today I weighed on the original scale. A doctor's scale which has sat, mocking me, for 30 years in my parent's laundry room. So, according to that scale I've lost 7.5 pounds. In case you missed the enormity of that, here it is again:

***********7.5 pounds*************

Can I get a HELL YEAH? 7.5 pounds in 10 days. I'll take that.
I can't describe the feeling of moving the weights a little to the left, a little more to the left and just a little more again!!!

Today was a very good day. Three protein drinks and (yes another) spinach salad. Good enough for me. I'm still amazed at the love I feel for a slice of fresh mushroom after nothing but the drinks all day. And I have a serious crush on yellow peppers. Radishes are also good company.

I got the all clear on my pre-op tests. Nothing in the lungs that shouldn't be there and all the blood was fine. Oh, and my heart is beating. Always a good sign.