State of the Eva

Apr 21, 2012

 Hi, welcome to my blog, the least-read section of Obesity Help. Sit down, get comfortable.

Stuck in a plateau the last few months but since I'm the same weight I was 40 years ago, I'm OK with it. What I'm focusing now is getting my leg, hip, and arm muscles in the best possible shape before my knee surgery this fall. My milestone this week is being able to do an armchair push-up: just using my arms, raising my butt completely off the chair. I would like to get to the point where I can support myself with my arms fully extended downward. That way, when I'm on crutches, I can avoid putting any weight at all on my other leg. Ideally, it would also involve having First Lady arms, but let's not get carried away here.

Still working on getting to the gym more often. I scheduled a fitness assessment so check my blood pressure, body fat percentage, etc. and then I'll ask for an exercise routine that incorporates the knee rehab I'll be doing. I'm hoping to make the rehab routine easier that much easier.

I told people that I was getting my VSG to avoid knee surgery, and I'm a little disappointed that didn't work, but at the risk of sounding shallow I LOVE being 80 lbs. leaner than a year ago. I found myself eyeing my new self in the full-length mirror yesterday. Wish I had someone else checking me out, but I'm slowly becoming reconciled to the idea that isn't going to happen. Better to be alone than with a lying, cheating POS.

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