The best Indoor Grill and Dropped 2 pants sizes

If you know me, you know I don’t like to cook that much, which is why I am where I am today. Okay, I guess I love to cook but I hate to clean up the mess.  To me it’s easier to run and get something and either leave the mess at the restaurant or just go through a drive through and get something to eat there and then throw away the wrappers.  BUT……. With this new tool, I am having to train my mind that it’s not the attitude I can have anymore.  Since I have been home from Texas I have made dinner every night. Most of it has been the things that I don’t like to eat but my husband and kids love it.  I am not a soup person but the chicken noodle soup I made was great, well I guess I should say the Broth was great.  I made Shepherd’s Pie (which I don’t like at all) I have made Free Lo’ Tealas ( I have no idea on how to spell it)  we ate once at a neighbor’s house growing up when my mom was  in the hospital really sick and ever since then my family loved it and then I made it for my husband when we were first married and he loved it and wanted it all the time.  I just sick of them and never really wanted to make them so this week we made them and my husband and kids thought they were so good and keep saying why don’t you make these more often.  I guess I can change a couple of things to make it fit our new life style in eating.

A friend of mine said she bought T-fal GC702 OptiGrill Stainless Steel, so I did my research and loved what I saw, sometimes I want to Grill but don’t want to fire up the grill or the smoker.  I got mine in the mail yesterday and thought I would try it out.  I had some frozen hamburgers from a while ago, I defrosted them just a little to be able to separate them put them on the grill frozen, Still trying to figure out the buttons, and how to work it but I got it to finally start cooking.  I was shocked on the amount of blood, fat that came out of the hamburgers.  It almost made me sick.  My family said they were some of the best hamburgers except some got over done OOPS!!!!!  It’s so nice to sit around the dinner table with my beautiful girls and my husband talk about their day, ask them how they are doing.  I asked the girls do you love that we are home eating now.  My oldest daughter said mom my stomach does not hurt any more like it use to when we would eat out all the time.  That made me sick to think I was putting my kids in pain because I was Lazy.  We decided after dinner if we all pitch in and help in the kitchen it just does not leave it on mom to do it.  We can get the kitchen cleaned in 10-15 min with Team Work.

I had to run to Walmart to get a couple of things and I walked past the smaller size clothes section Which I normally just walk past that section and always had to go to the Plus Size section, I decided to see stop and look at the shirts, NOTHING ever on that side would fit me but I looked and thought I would buy a couple of the shirts and take them home and try them on.  They were just t shirts.  GUESS WHAT!!!!! They fit….. I am so happy.  I also tried on a couple of pair of pants that I held on for about 5 years and I fit in them and could actually sit in them, I did not even have to lay down on my bed and push my stomach down to zip them up.  I have dropped two pants sizes already.  I am finally feeling this surgery was worth it.  We have been walking almost every night as a family.  I love my new life style, I am so beyond grateful for the second chance to get my life back in order and be the Mom, Wife and Friend that I am supposed to be.  I thank my Heavenly Father every day for the blessing he has given me, the strength to get through this and the will power.  I know because of him I am able to get through this hard trial I am going through.  

-Shay L. Olsen