ObesityHelp

Since this board is not very active, I feel it's ok to post this here for you few golfers. So I stopped playing golf about 2 years ago after I had my aortic valve replaced and gained about 40 pounds. I blamed it on my tightness due to the muscles in my chest but it really was because I was worn out from carrying all the weight around. Well I played maybe 5 times in the last 2 years (all capt choice tournies) where I simply hit the ball as hard as possible and made some decent shots. I maybe played twice for myself - trying to score and see how well I play. Since surgery in March, I've now played twice. First round was an 85 and I couldn't make a putt. Last Friday evening, I met my usual Saturday group and we played (only planned on 9 but we made it an entire round before rain and darkness fell) and I shot a smooth 80! That's pretty decent for me and I have a ways to go to get decent again but I also had 4 birdies. I once was a 2 handicap player and played on my college team. I was a steady 7-9 handicap for the last 10 years and played at least once a week and usually one other 9 holes on a weeknight. It seems my life is getting back to normal with this WLS and I'm really enjoying playing again. I can't wait until the rain stops coming on the weekends and I can get back into te groove and shooting in the 70's again! Don't give up! It gets better! Dave