Virginia is for lovers

Apr 26, 2009

That's what the bumper stickers say.  I'm here by myself at the moment though and look forward to next week when my groom of nearly 20 years will fly in from Texas to celebrate our 20th.   I'm here doing home fix-up projects between tenants. 

It bothered me a lot that I didn't have access to our top-notch medical weight scale for the past several weeks.  I've been working hard on the house and yard doing fix-up this and that ... but I didn't have any real way to track whether I was still on track with weight loss.  I really have been too busy with appointments for painters, carpet installers, landscapers, etc. to get to the Fort Myer gym other than to pick up a schedule of classes that I couldn't attend.

So, last week I went to Costco in Pentagon City, bought a couple of nice shrubs and a Weight Watchers weight scale.  I find that I actually like it better than our at-home because it shows weight in tenths of a pound rather than me having to judge where the scale weights are showing.  It resolves the question.

The best news though for me is that I'm still on target with a one-two pound a week loss (after the initial quicker loss) even though I'm not at home.  I'm at 186.6 today.   That's great news for me.   It's a 27.4 pound loss since my surgery on December 29th.  Since that's really only 16 weeks ago, it is less than a two pound a week average but well above one pound.  I'm happy.

I've only had the one initial fill after surgery.  I know the second fill is overdue but the first is still working fine for me.  Actually, my thoughts are that if the weight loss had stopped I'd be more inclined to be concerned but in that I'm 55, it's better for my skin and body to keep the loss at a 1-2 pound a week loss.  Quicker sounds great but slower is healthier and better.

The Biggest Loser tv series has been addictively fun for me to watch on Tuesday nights though.  I don't see them as role models for me so much as for accellerated visions of how I can transform myself by staying on track.   I think Tara has already seen the most positive transformation results ... though the guys are looking healthier every week too. 

I do wish I had a personal trainer.  Once I can get back to a normal schedule in my life ... I will step up the  fitness workouts and that will really help. 

Meanwhile ... I'm looking forward to a much happier and healthier 20th anniversary next week than we had for our 19th anniversary.  Yay for Lapband!

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