I've lost 18 lbs in 3 weeks

My daughter is cooking tomorrow before she goes to another family dinner later in the day. Today she made some sweet potato casserole to take with her, as well as some for us here. She will put marshmallows for the one going but leave a little without for me when she finishes up the candied one for here.

I have to say I have lost almost 20lbs in the past 3 weeks. Before I went on the shakes diet I weighed 287lbs. Before surgery I weighed 274 lbs. Now on my scale today I weigh 269 lbs. Been a while since I was in the 260's!

I said before that tomorrow I will be introducing yoghurt, cottage cheese and soft scrambled eggs. With that in mind, I've worked out a kind of Thanksgiving dinner that will suit me fine. I have one of those small food processors and I will blend some turkey with a little broth. And I will have a little of Amanda's casserole (no marshmallows) thinned out a little with milk if it is a little thick.

Our family is scattered all over the place, no hope of ever having any kind of holiday dinner together unless somebody comes to stay. So we have had just us here. In the past I had a friend who would do Christmas dinner and I would do Thanksgiving, but it was too stressful for me after my nerves went downhill.

So Gene and I will be rattling around the house when Amanda, Mike and Max go to his people's as they do every year.

I am just as happy. I don't leave home unless I have to. Even with the pills I get too nervous to drive (having had two fender-benders this year) And at such a gathering with my limited food, I wouldn't be very happy,especially when the desserts came out :D