I think this whole process would be a heckuva lot easier if I wasn't trying to do it at the same time as being a student. I'm in the middle of midterms right now, and it is really hard to maintain a normal schedule with food and vitamins and stuff while also working on papers 5-8 hours a day in addition to 3 hours of class and my job. I guess I should keep in mind that other people have busy schedules too and still pull this off.

I'm supposed to go the gym every day, but midterms have ruled that out this whole past week. Usually food for the day consists of grabbing a SF Protein bar on my way out the door, grabbing a coffee at some point during the early afternoon, and then maybe remembering to eat something when I get home around 6:00 or 7:00 pm. I suck at protein in general.

I'm going to do better though. I did not go through all this just to screw it up. The protein is the hardest part, but everything else is going to come together. I just have to get into a routine. Maybe if I keep saying that, I'll actually do it.

Forgive the rampant pessimism. Midterms do this to me. O_o

Getting sick must be the fastest way ever to lose weight. I'm down to 344, which is like, 10 pounds in just over a week. Kinda ridiculous. Nearly 60 pounds gone, though. I may take a new picture soon, even though I'm still not sure it's made a huge difference in my looks.

Also, I need to remember not to go shopping when I'm hungry. I bought a lot of food today. I tried really hard to only get things that would last a while, either that I could freeze or make and refridgerate leftovers. And I'm getting the hang of what I can tolerate and what I can't, and there are a lot more foods available to me that I thought would be out, like tomatoes and cheese.

At my 4-week followup on Friday, I weighed in: 354. That puts me down about 48 pounds from my heaviest and about 18 since surgery. I'm happy with that, I suppose. Except that I'm betting most of that weight came from my boobs. :( But the comments have started coming, that I look great, etc.

Not much else to update on since last post. I am allowed to start swimming though, so I might do that one of these days. Oh, and apparently I'm allowed to take pills again in a month or two! That's going to make my life so much freaking easier! Can't wait!