Upcoming Appointments and Life in General

I've had a lot going on both with regards to the pending gastric bypass and other aspects of my life. I recently started a new job (and still on probation), I just put my house on the market this weekend, my daughter moved back home from out-of-state on Friday and I'm starting college/computer classes.

I've tried to cut down on what I eat, but I cannot seem to make healthy choices. I like food. No, I LOVE food. This weekend, with promises (to myself) of not going out to eat, since weekends are the only time I can cook, we went out for Chinese on Friday, Seafood on Saturday, and Italian on Sunday. I need HELP!!!!

I used to really enjoy cooking. I probably still do. I just feel rushed, and exhausted. We have spent the last 4 weekends packing and taking things to storage. I like the way the house is coming along in regards to it having less and less in it. I almost want it to stay like this all the time, but what about all my "stuff"? I obviously have it for a reason.

With my daughter home now, I may ask her to cook dinner twice a week during the week to make our life easier.

I have all of my appointments scheduled for the surgery. I cannot believe how many there are!

1. Sleep Study
2. Fasting Blood Work
3. Psychiatrist
4. Chest X-Ray
5. Upper GI Series
6. Arterial Blood Gas
7. Pulmonary Function Test
8. Echocardiogram
9. Nutrionist
10. Dietary Group Meeting

Steps leading up to my decision to have this procedure done.

1. 100 lbs overweight
2. BMI=40
3. Asthma
4. Severe knee pain, especially when walking up or down stairs/squatting, sitting for extended periods of time.
5. Recent diagnosis of Diabetes
6. Recent diagnosis of Sleep Apnea. I stop breathing on average of 240 times every hour.
7. I want to be healthy- to be able to breathe- to be able to walk- to feel rested after 8 hours of sleep- I want to live past 50.