This time the doc added Tricor to the mix to get my cholesterol down. He also wanted me to start exercising 30  minutes a day on most days. Well, telling me that is like saying "Do it every day except today". The smoking is slowly going away. I've cut back from  3 packs/day down to about a half pack. The trick is just not having them around places that I used to smoke (In front of the computer being a big one!)

 I have to go back next Friday then again 4 weeks after that. At least one month of the 6 will be out of the way. I think It'll seem more real to me once I get a couple months closer. At this point it's still (in my mind) something that I'm vaguely aiming at, but not thinking about most of the time.

I met my PCP yesterday for the first time and explained what I was doing there. It turned out that I had hypertension so I ended up getting an EKG and a script for some blood pressure medicine along with the Chantix to help me quit smoking. He said that surgery is out of the question until the BP is under control. That's fine since I still have to get through the 6 months of him monitoring my weight loss attempts anyway. Art least the first step is out of the way...now I just have another 20 or 30 left to go