Our last day here in Chattanooga was great. We drove up to Lookout Mountain, and Geoff and Abby rode the incline railway back down the mountain, while Mary and I drove down in the rental car to pick them up. Mary was sleeping during most of our time on the mountain, so since I did the incline ride back when I was 10 I wanted Geoff and Abby to get to do it.
For breakfast I had an omelet with cheese and ham this morning. I have been having trouble with eating too much too quickly today, so food stuff hasn't been great. When I eat too much too quickly everything gets stuck at the opening of my stomach and it feels like I am full, but about an hour later I am hungry again. That seemed to be the theme of the day for me. After we came down from the mountain we went to the childrens musuem. We ate lunch first in their cafe, and I had a grilled cheese and some apple slices. They did not allow any food or drinks in the museum, so about an hour after we ate I was extremely thirsty and hungry once again. I left Geoff with the girls and sat in the lobby and drank a bottle of water. After going back in I ate part of a protein bar that I had in my bag.
Mary has had a runny nose today, so I brought her back to the hotel early to rest and take it easy. I also needed another snack so I had some milk. When Geoff and Abby came back he went to Wendys to get Mary and me some dinner. I got a grilled chicken sandwich (I swear I'm going to start clucking soon from all this chicken). Now I have to admit that since I was hungry so much today I did take a bite of something I shouldn't have - one of Mary's french fries. Okay, fine, I ate 1-1/2 french fries. They were so salty, and really didn't taste as good as I thought they would. I think the tasting of the fries also stemmed from passing a Long John Silvers on the way to Lookout Mountain this morning. That is probably one of my all time favorite fast foods, if not my very favorite! I know a lot of people think that is disgusting, but hey, how do you think I got this way, by eating veggies all the time? Anyway, luckily the fries didn't do anything to my stomach, but just the guilt alone was enough to make me feel bad, so I won't be doing that again anytime soon. Geoff and Abby are at a baseball game tonight, so they were not here to witness my slip-up, but I know I'm going to get an ear full when Geoff reads this post!
Needless to say, I am ready to go home to my own kitchen with my food that I know I can eat! I made it through this trip, but it hasn't been easy, and I am tired of having all this food I love constantly around me! But seeing all the very large parents with their very large children all weekend did reinforce my decision to do the surgery- I don't want to be like this anymore, and I certainly don't want my children to ever look like this!!!!!
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