hercules411
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Back on the bike - It's been a few days since my wife and I had a chance to ride on the bicycle trail.
We've been busy and last night I felt ill.
I don't know what caused it. I was at work...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
I lost 8 percent of my excess fat in a week - I lost two pounds. That may not seem like much for those of you who just had their surgeries. But for 8 months out, I'm not complaining.
The scale reads 220... Down from last w...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Priceless! -
My wife and I went to our first Major League Baseball game since 1994 today. The sky was clear.. the temperature in the upper 70's. I walked from the train to Progressive fi...
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hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Another fun day planned-- with a challenge - My wife and are going to a Cleveland Indians home game this afternoon. The weather should be perfect. Then we'll go to a suburban restaurant, so I won't be eating any peanuts or cr...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
When will I learn to eat slowly. - It was time again for my almost monthly "foamies" episode. I have already gotten ham, turkey and chicken stuck in my chest. Tonight it was fish. Tilapia to be precise.
I came h...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Weight loss surgery and will power - I just read a post from a woman who lost a lot of weight on her pre-op supervised diet through some unknown "will power". She wasn't sure where that "will power" came from.
I can ...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
My current attitude toward food: - I have pretty much eaten the same food for months now. It's just part of my day. I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I always wanted food to have less of the imagined value it used...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
"Take a bite of what you crave"-- Good or bad advi - After a recent post about craving greasy, starchy food.. some OH members advised me to take a bite or two of whatever I craved, then walk away from the food. I guess the theory be...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
8 months post op - new challenges. - Now that I'm almost 8 months post RNY... the honeymoon period is slowly ending and I am facing feelings I didn't anticipate. I already knew that strangers treat you better when yo...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Does anyone else dislike eating at a table? - It sounds uncivilized doesn't it? But it is something I hate to admit to anyone.
I dislike eating at the table. "Dislike" may not even be a strong enough word to describe my ...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
WLS helped make this possible - My daughter graduated this past weekend with a bachelor of science degree in biology.
My wife and I are very proud of her. She paid for college by getting her own loans and...
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hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Monday morning weigh in. - The scale read 223 lbs on my weekly weigh in this morning. That's four pounds less than a week ago. A lot of it may be water weight. I didn't eat all the salty restaurant food tha...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Restaurant blues follow up: Sad irony - Yesterday I wrote how resentful I was because my family could eat all the high fat, high carb gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and rich desserts at a restaurant while I ate grille...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Ho hum dining - I would imagine in my preop days going to a particular restaurant would have been heaven. But today was not a good experience.
I had protein shake before leaving home.
It t...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Dining out -- 2nd weekend in a row. - Restaurants can be a challenge for me. They can serve meals that have twice the amount of food I eat in a whole day. Tonight I'm supposed to go to a place that's famous for it's ...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Wearing my son's clothes! -
I wanted to go on a bicycle ride this morning and it was a bit chilly.. So I went to the closet for my baggy old Ohio State sweatshirt.. and boy.. it was baggy. So I searched t...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Body doing strange things as I approach my goal. -
My pants wont stay on! I don't know how else to say it. It seems the only way to keep my pants on is to hike them up as high as possible and try to tighten my belt as much as p...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Reacting to rudeness on the board - A fellow member sent me a message saying she is thinking of leaving the board because of what she called rude responses from other members. That's a shame. I think diverse opinio...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Ice Cream Dream... -
Last night I dreamed that I was eating butter pecan ice cream.
I don't know why. I usually don't remember my dreams.
A couple of years ago, before my WLS, it wasn't a d...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Monday morning weigh in - I gained four pounds this week.. but my pants are looser.
The scale reads 226 this morning. That is an increase of 4 pounds from a week ago.
The same scale though says my b...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
"Thriftiness" and overeating. - This topic is one of the most difficult I have written about. Perhaps because it's a recurring issue that I continue to face. The best way to explain it is to cite an example.
L...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
Worried about WLS? - Before surgery, I was worried about facing the food restrictions if I underwent WLS. Would I miss that food crutch I had used for so long that I would become depressed? I saw a c...
hercules411 wrote a blog post 15 years, 2 months ago
"SMOW" Definition: A small WOW - Yes.. I made up the word.
But it describes what happened to me today. I thought the jeans I wore to work today looked and fit fairly well. But they kept falling down. I had t...
