Entertaining - Fun - Finally:-)
Hi All -
I’m almost 8 weeks out and down about 35 pounds (haven’t been on the scales in
about 2 weeks) I have to tell you about our 4th of July Holiday. My hubby (who
also had WLS and is almost 16 weeks out)and I love to host large gatherings for
holidays. We have the largest house and the only pool of any of our family and
most of our friends so we gather up family and friends 6 - 8 times a year,
always with plenty of food, drinks if they choose - kids running around - adults
visiting and always lots of laughter. For the past 2 years, it’s been a real
chore for me instead of a fun time - hated to give it up because I liked doing
it but it would take me a day or two to recover from all the “work”. I always
have things to cook - things to arrange and get ready so I start my preparing
about 7:30am - even after enlisting the help of my mother, sister and
daughter-in-law and resting a lot because the activity of doing the preparations
tire me out and by the time everyone starts gathering, I’m exhausted and zombied
and can’t enjoy the company and try to find quiet areas to just rest. Well -
yesterday was different. I was up and at ‘em at 7:30a - breezed through my
preparations - my mom came early to help - not because I was desparate but
because I just like to have her there - my D-I-L came a little early to help too
but I was dependant on either of them to get finished - we easily got everything
done - I didn’t have to go “rest” once - was able to greet my guests - play
hostess - tend to their needs rather than have one of my 3 helpers do it for me
- visited with everyone- still had energy at 11pm to clean up.- I’m amazed and
grateful - what a difference a year makes:-) As far as the food was concerned -
I never felt like I was missing out on anything - had a bite or two of the
things I really liked - Greek salad, mac & cheese, sausage, peppers & onions,
salsa on a chip (I was happy just smelling the salsa:-) was even happy helping
the kids “make your own ice cream Sundaes” and wasn’t even tempted to try the
ice cream (before, ice cream was a real favorite and I wouldn’t have resisted!)
Even Hubby had a good day - sampling the food and mingling with our guests. I’m
amazed and grateful - what a difference a few months makes:-)
Minnie