Michelle L.

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Century Club! - Well, it has taken nearly two years, but I finally hit 100 pounds lost on my ticker. :)  And on a PMS day. Cool!   I don't even care if I lose that last pound. I feel awesom...

Update - 20 months after surgery -  I just realized I hadn't posted in a long time, and I wanted to provide some hope for people who are just setting out on their journey. I had my surgery in January 2011, and I've ...

Long run on a hot day.

One year ago - I also posted this on Exercise and Fitness, but I started on this board, so I wanted to share this here. :) One year ago today I rolled into surgery to get my RNY.  I recovered ...

First marathon! - OK, so my time was really, really slow. I mean mall walkers were passing me, and I was running when they did it. But I still finished!  My only goal was to finish ahead of the sag ...

Rock N Roll! - It was one year ago today that I had my RNY.  And two days ago I ran my first marathon. :) I did the Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon, and my time was extremely slow, but I finished...

My first marathon.

Century club and more - I'm really excited, and I wanted to share: At my first appointment with my surgeon (about seven months before my surgery), I weighed my highest ever weight, 232.  This morning I...

Almost a year and first marathon -  I'm just over a week away from my one year surgiversary, and I'm celebrating by attempting my first marathon. I must be nuts. :)    I'm doing the Rock n Roll Arizona Marathon n...

Lumps and creaks -  So, Mongo is benign. Whew!  The doc is going to biopsy again in May because the sample was very small, but it's good news for now, and I'll take it. My left knee is now acting ...

Good news and ?? news -  I finished a half-marathon yesterday!  It was my second half-marathon, but my first one since having RNY. I finished in 3:53 in 2005 (weighing about 195 -- I lost 20 pounds traini...

Half-marathon! -  I finished the Tempe Women's Half-Marathon yesterday. I did a half-marathon back in 2005, and I finished in 3:53.  This time I finished in 3:11. I know that's pretty slow, but ...

Knee brace recommendations? - I'm doing a half-marathon on Nov. 6 and a full on Jan. 15, so I've been ramping up the miles lately. I noticed the past couple of weeks that I'm starting to have pain on the inside...

Taken in September 2011. Not my best photo, but it shows that the...

Running headaches -  I've been running since February, and I noticed on my "long run" days (Saturdays), if I'm out more than an hour, I end up with a horrible pounding headache for the rest of the day...

I did it! -  I finally weigh less than my skinny husband! I'm 149.4, and he's 149.6.  I weighed more than he did since 1994. Happy dance!

One pound away from one of my goals -  One of my biggest goals was to weigh the same or less than my skinny husband, and I'm nearly there! I'm at 150 this morning, so I told my husband to weight himself, and he's 149. ...

Over 4 months out - pics! - I got a new haircut today (trying to hide the thinning hair!), so it seemed like a good idea to update my photo album. Before: Today: