I have brought my weight back down again.  I like to stay in the 160's.  Today I also checked my Fat%, and whoa nelly, I was shocked to see that it's almost 30%.  That's about 5% more than it should be.  I really don't like the trend of trading lean body mass for fat and need to get on it.  Sometimes I think I was a fitter fat person because I was so uber diligent about working out, cardio and weights.  I know this is a life-long struggle, and certainly I'm fighting it from the better end.  I would hate to be 267lbs and wondering about my percentage.  But I guess I can use this as a "call to arms".  I've been pretty complacent in enjoying my new "size" I've been neglecting my over-all fitness which I think is important for everyone.  My mom is definately struggling with mini strokes and heart problems.  She has no core strength and even getting off the couch can be a struggle for her.  Food for thought I think.

Well, I thought it was important to post this.  I went from 162 before Christmas to a whopping 169 yesterday.  This morning looks better already, but I suppose after 18mo's post-op my body has found it's resting place.  Now the committment to maintain begins!  I haven't been a carb nazi yet, but the plan is to track what I'm eating for a while and to see how much and what is going down.  I'd like to maintain at 160 +/- 5 lbs.  I started back to running again, I'm also hoping that John and I will get to ski at least once a week, and hopefully skate too!

Weighing in these days between 163.5-168lbs.  I have met my Doctor's goal and maintained it now for a month.  My goal is a little less because I'd like some wiggle room against possible re-gain.  Life and eating have been fantastic.  I hardly think about things these days, they're just automatic in the choices I make.  I'm not a hyper low carb kind of gal, maybe I should be, but I'm happy where I'm at not worrying about it.  I do try to push the protein whenever I can, again I'm not hyper about it.  Supplements are on track though, and thankfully, my D has been in a high-normal range taking 5000 IU a day.  Living life has been wonderful and John and I just past our 11 month mile-stone.  We're off to Phoenix this weekend for some R&R, and I have to resolve my issues with leaving the practice for a week.

Well, it has been a lovely summer.  John and I have been having a lot of fun and very busy.  I have officially taken up golf!  I consider the 25th of August the official day as that's when I bought my pair of golf cleets!  I also picked up a cutesy outfit consisting of skorts and golf shirt.  I looked so retro-cool playing on Saturday.  Again, never in a million years would I have pictured myself out there wearing a skirt and swinging (and missing) a little ball.  I finally made my doctor's goal for weight loss.  I am 166.5lbs Dr. Pachard wanted me at 167lbs.  Myself, I'd still like a little breathing room against regain, so 158lbs would still be cool.  I have another three months in my window to achieve it, so dare to dream.  That's gravy though, I'm very happy in my skin as it is.  Work has been busy with the back to school rush, and I can't believe that my 10 year reunion in Chicago is coming up in two weeks.  It will be so awsome to see all of my friends again and of course the windy city that I love.  Even at my lowest weight in school I was 197lbs, so this is going to be awsome for me!