MONDAY WEIGH IN!

Hi, Iron-Kellie! Your workout routine is amazing!  If I could do cardio five times a day at 40 minutes each time, I'd be the Queen of Colorado.  I honor you!  You just might creep into Onederland next week, make sure you have your passport ready and your shoes off!  Kix

Thanks, Kix.  I'm constantly amazed at my body's ability to reshape and "heal" itself through exercise.  We are such amazing machines and it fascinates me.  When I started exercising, I could barely do 15 minutes on the lowest setting on the elliptical machine, with absolutely no resistance at all.  Now I can do 50 minutes on a relatively high incline and have to set the resistance to 8-9 just to get my heartrate in the right zone.  It's a great feeling!   I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for continued healing where Blobby was removed.  I know you want to get back on that treadmill!   Kellie

Hi Kix, Hope your doctors appointment goes well. Here goes my numbers Beginning weight 473 Surgery weight 417 Last week 201 This week 200 Ohhhh its so close, but so far away..It feels like I will never get to onederland. Did some shopping this weekend, and fit into 18 pants, haven't been able to do that since I was 15. So that made me feel good, but damn I want onderland so bad. Maybe next week.. have a nice week everyone.Lynn

Lynn, your scale is cruel!  You know you probably weigh 199, your scale is just jamming you up. Besides, fitting into those size 18 pants is just as good as onederland! Later, Kix

Well, I had a pretty damn good morning!  I was the first appointment at the PS today (although he keeps getting double-booked because Kaiser has a lot of breast cancer surgeries lately ).  Anyway, Dr. Grumpy comes in and examines my incision, and is surprised that it hasn't split open like a bloated hot dog!  I know it killed him to say what he said, being Dr. Gloomy and all, but he actually said it looked much improved.  (I'll bet he had heartburn the rest of the day).  The drain came out (and Holy Moly, that sucker hurt coming out.  It was adjacent to the crease behind my right knee, and we all know how tender knee skin is!).  I still have to use Neosporin daily on the incision and keep it covered. but I'm upgraded to "limited activity."  No treadmill, but armbike is OK.  I see him again in four weeks. I'm also happy to announce that I got my first "flip off" since I started driving in Colorado.  I was on my way to get the car smog tested, and some nimrod thug wannabe decided I was in his way, so he sped up to get around me and nearly slammed into a bus.    I was laughing at his stupidity, and he started flipping me off and acting like he was going to get all tough.  I thought, "Look, I'm from Oakland, home of the Raider Nation.  You don't scare me at all." Not only that, I had a good weight loss this week!   Beginning weight: 530 lb Surgery weight: 407 lb Last week: 265 lb This week: 258 lbs Kix

I love your Dr Gloomy story!  Glad to hear all went well. Be careful out there, there are all sorts of crazies driving around!

Kix you crack me up... You are a tough dame being from Oakland, he shouldn't have messed with you. Go Raiders, and A's..and Warriors, by the way I am going to another A's game this sunday, I can't wait, and they are playing the SF Giants, so it should be alot of fun. Have a great day Lynn

Hi, I did good this week. surgery 308 last wk-- 198 this wk---194

HEY YA'LL,          IM BACK AND LATE AS USUAL LOL..... I DIDNT GET HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL TILL LATE IN THE DAY AD I ALWAYS WEIGH IN THE MORNINGS SO FIGURED I WOULD WEIGH IN TODAY. IT WAS A LLLLOOOONNNNGGG NIGHT BECAUSE I FELT SO BAD WITH THE TIME OF MONTH AND ALL AND BEFORE IT WAS OVER WITH I HAD MESSED UP MY CLOTHES AND HAD TO ALL BUT SNEAK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL LOL... I DO CARRY A HUGE PURSE THOUGH AND THAT HELPED ALOT LOL... I CALL IT MY NANA PURSE. IT CARRIES EVERYTHING LOL.... LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A GREAT WEEKS WEIGH IN!! AND THANKS TO KIX FOR TAKING UP THE SLACK FOR ME THIS WEEK... SHE DONE AN AWESOME JOB..... BEGINNING WEIGHT-397 SURGERY WEIGHT-386 LAST WEEK-185 THIS WEEK-184 HUGS TO ALL!!! MARGE

My mother (now deceased) also carried a "nana" purse.  That sucker was the size of a billboard and must have weighed 50 lbs.  She never needed to do weight training, she just hauled that damn purse everywhere!  Her coin purse alone weighed close to 20 lbs and was the size of a human heart.  She never, ever spent coins, just kept putting them in her coin purse.  (I guess I can confess this now that 40 years have gone by, but I used to filch quarters from that enormous coin purse.  She never noticed!)  When she died, she had a huge suitcase full of coins that she put into ziploc bags.  I don't remember exactly how much it was when we got it all counted and to the bank, but it might have been close to $3,000. Glad you're back, we missed you! Kix