To My Children - I'm sorry and...

... I would do it to you again the same way

That's right, I'm talking about the liquid medicines we force our children to take. I've been taking liquid Tylenol and Ibuprofen, and all I can say is that I should have tasted this dreadful stuff before having forced my children to swallow it when they were sick - YUCK!!!

On the positive food front, I've discovered how to pulverize food with the blender. I just had a savory chicken thigh. Deb decided to avoid cooking in the afternoon heat and cooked a chicken in the slow cooker all day. The house smelled delicious. So, throwing caution to the wind, I took out the Magic Bullet (a must for all MMA recoverers) tossed in a thigh (minus the skin and bone)and added some chicken broth. The first "solid" food in about 10 days. Hopefully this will create a turning point in energy as well. Getting concentrated calories will be a real plus.

More on the numbers

Yesterday I was able to achieve the eating goals that I set. I consumed 2200 calories and 3 liters of fluids. It was exhausting to keep up on the food all day long. Between 6 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., I consumed 13 beverages, including 6 ensures, apple juice, orange juice, fruit replacement supplement, and lemonade. Normally it wouldn't be a big deal to drink 3 liters of fluid - I regularly consume 4-5 liters a day. The challenge in drinking so much now is that I need to sip each drink with a straw. Since my lower lip is still completely numb and my teeth are still immobilized in the "closed" position so it's too hard to use a glass and drink quickly. I would not fare well in a beer chugging contest today. Perhaps with the larger airway, I may be able to pick up a new sport...

I'm hoping to vary my diet today and introduce some soup. Any good tasting soups that fit through a strainer will make a great meal.

Today - another 2000 calories and 3 liters.