Six Months Out

Sep 23, 2007

My surgery happened just over six months ago, on 19 March. I was 330 at the time (380 at my highest) and am now just over 200, for a loss of just under 130 pounds and a total loss of about 180. My doctor and I are continuing discussions related to a future full body lift.

Now that the summer heat is all but done with, I've reintensified my workouts. They slowed after my gall bladder removal in the beginning of summer. I bike or mountain hike just about daily now, and I've been able to completely change my eating habits (the Chinese restaurant people nearby now know me as the "Egg Drop Soup Guy" and not the "Egg Foo Yung Guy.") It's amazing how easy it is to hike up a mountain with more than 100 pounds off my back. And I'm cold all the time, too. I am dreading the prospect of an unusually cold winter.

I do try to keep in mind that it isn't the number on the scale that's important. I only weigh myself about once a month. It's all about my health and how I feel.

I can only hope that the next six months will be just as successful and exciting.

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