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Good Morning Obesity Help Folks!

   Well, a lot has happened since I posted last time!
Event 1: I bought a digital scale. and I have hit goal weight! I am now at an average of 181 pounds!
Event 2: I have hit ink! The Brooklyn Eagle pu

Hello OH readers!

   Another weekend passed, and I ran another race! The City Parks Foundation Run For The Parks 4 Mile Race in Central Park. I did 4 miles in 43 minutes, 26 seconds, a personal best for a 4 mile race, with a 10:55/mile pace. an

Hello, Folks!

   I ran my first 10K race on Saturday in Central Park - the Scotland 10K. My pace, 12:10 minutes/mile although not a personal best, is not shabby for running at twice the distance than I have before (5K/3.1 Mi, 4

We are at terminal Countdown... Report on 2014 - Hello Fellow OH friends!    It's time of looking back and looking forward. I weighed myself again last night at Lutheran Medical Center's Weight Loss Surgery monthly support group...

More scalar and Non-Scalar Victories - Where to start, where where to start? In October, I went to Century 21 (an discount store here in New York City), and I tried on several pair of pants. One, size 42, the other a si...

NSV - Take those $&#*@^&$ numbers out befo - Hello folks!    I was getting ready for the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk this past Saturday, and I decided to try on an XL shirt. I did not think that I would fit i...

WLS Update episode (Coming on Health Center on BRI - Hello all:    I will be doing an update episode to the previous 2 Weight loss Surgery episodes for Health Center today at 2:00 PM for later broadcasting (and soon entering on iTun...

What a week! - Hello all of you on the Loser's Bench!     I went to my surgeon on Wednesday. He wanted to know when I will start to GAIN weight I an now down to 230 pounds, and my BMI is 29.6. I...

Percy Sutton Harlem 5K, I ran it! - Hello folks!    I ran the Percy Sutton Harlem 5K this morning! It took me about 50 minutes to do it, but then the problems started.    After the 5K, they had bagles, and I ate on...

1 year, 1 week, and 1 day post surgery update - Hello folks! I went to my WLS support group at Lutheran and I now weigh 237 lbs. A loss of 9 pounds since last month, 133 pounds since surgery, and a total loss of over 200 pounds ...

Third Post... Yes! first Surgiversary! - Like a flower that has blossomed in the dry and barren sand,We are born and born again most gracefully.Thus the winds of time will take us with a sure and steady hand,When the rive...

...It is coming - I will be posting a long article in my blog tomorrow. It is a good one. You have been warned

NSV Big Time! - Well, it has almost been a year since I had Gastric Bypass surgery and I decided to get some pants. I went to get measured, since my size 48 pants were starting to feel loose. I am...

Second Post: Wow! next stop, 200 pounds lost! - "You're traveling through the same dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of pounds lost and pants falling off; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are...

I think this qualifies as a NSV! - Good Morning, folks!    I was in the cafeteria where I work and people were noticing that I have lost weight! It could be that I was wearing my size 60 pants , but seriously, It f...

Hello Cathy When I told one of my clients (who does triathleons)...

First post - What I have been up to - Hello Folks:    This is my first attempt at a blog after 19 years of developing websites, so bear with me. I had Gastric Bypass surgery (RNY for those in the know) on August 12, 2...