Losing a part of me

Category: Teeth

  • Day 708

    How exciting… today’s the day I go in for the second part of my dental surgery. I am not excited about that.

    I was excited that I not only decided to but actually bought a treadmill yesterday. I am not excited that while trying to put it into my car I broke a finger. To add insult to injury, my finger was trapped in the treadmill for ten minutes while the teenaged girl who was selling it to me tried in vain to not panic. This was not the first time in my life that as the injured party I had to calm and console the other person. This poor girl did not do anything wrong, but I could not convince her of that. I finally told her to get some liquid soap so that I could extricate my finger from the vice-like grip. The fact that I did not react at all – I did not raise my voice, I did not swear or curse – was a feat. I rewarded myself by smoking a $500 cigar when I got home… and self-medicated with what I will call Scottish Penicillin.

    All this, and I still do not have the treadmill. I have left a down-payment for it so it is mine, but I have to go back with a friend to pick it up.

    I suspect that my weight would have dropped a bit more this morning had I not had the whisky… or at least if I had not had so much of it.

    See you tomorrow.

  • Day 695

    While the dental surgery did not necessarily curb my eating, I was relieved to see a fair drop on the bathroom scale this morning. What will today bring? I don’t know… but I am trying to start moving forward on a lot of things, and my eating will be a part of that.

  • Day 694

    Still sliding. I am having dental surgery today. I hope that forces me to curb my eating today.

  • Day 474

    If there are two words that no person says with anticipation and glee, they are root canal. Yet that is what I am doing this afternoon. A couple months ago I broke a filling, and when my dentist examined it he told me that the damage is dangerously close to the root, and that we should preemptively do the surgery. The specialist agreed that it could wait until after the wedding, but that dreaded day has arrived. After class today I will drive to Oakville and… yeah.

    I have not been doing well on my weight loss journey, and my efforts to get back on track have not been successful. I do not know how I managed to drop over a pound this morning over yesterday, but I think that speaks more to how bad I was the previous day than about how good I was yesterday. I will do better today, but I am easing myself back onto the program. After my root canal I will likely pick up chicken and vegetables and will resume my partial (modified) program today… assuming I am able to eat after my root canal. One thing I do know is that I will not be able to jog today – I will be on pain killers that might impair my ability to react appropriately, and I do not plan to endanger myself or others.

    Have a great day folks!

  • Day 133

    Yes, I cheated yesterday. In the evening I had a bag of popcorn and an extra meal replacement bar. I do not know why I was so hungry, but I was. I will do better today. The result is a very slight gain from yesterday. Today I will do better.

    I realized last night that I was out of balsamic vinegar so I will have to stop in at the supermarket. I also have an appointment to have a 3D image of my mouth taken as the preliminary step to getting a dental implant. Not an issue for now, but when it does come time to get the implant, I will have to be off cigars for something like three months. I am not looking forward to that. If I am still in Canada, then I will have the implant done in December, so that I will miss the worst of the winter months. What will happen if I am in Dallas by then? Well, I will have to figure that out. Time will tell.

    While I have no other plans for today, I have a golf game scheduled for tomorrow at a reasonable hour, and another for Saturday at a completely unreasonable hour. Really, Ryan… who thought that 7:21am was a good time to tee off, knowing that a) I have to take HRF out for her walk, and b) the course is an hour’s drive from my place? Gee, thanks!

    Have a great day folks!