5 minute Meals

Life is so hectic right now. Just way too much going on. It is so nice that eating is not time consuming. I used to start thinking about what I would have for lunch and dinner while I was still eating breakfast. It was like my life surrounded when my next opportunity to eat was. I would plan these really comprehensive meals and invite people over and cook for hours. Now I can sip up some juice or slurp some soup, and it takes only moments before I am full and I can go back to what needs to be done. It saves me so much time. But at the same time if I want to sit with friends and socialize over a meal I've mastered the art of making two spoonfulls last forever.

This surgery has brought a new dimension to my life. A freedom to fill time I used to spend concentrating and daydreaming about food with other things. I can spend my lunch break reading books I've been wanting to, or I can go for a short walk. I worried before the surgery that I might miss out on life because I can't eat like I used to, but the further I get from my surgery date the more I am realizing that I am not missing out on life, I am gaining life. I can do more, I have more time, and life just keeps looking up.