The Incredible Shrinking Man - Update...

Jan 22, 2009

Well it’s that time again, time for a little update… A lot has happened since the last update and the weight loss continues to amazing me. I weighed this morning and I have 1.5 pounds more to lose to have lost my 6 year old daughters total weight! I am down 54 pounds as of this morning and she weighs 55.5 pounds! It still just amazes me that in a little over 5 weeks I have lost more than 50 pounds! 

I had to go shopping this past weekend as well. My jeans finally got so big I just couldn’t stand them any more. I looked like a gang banger with my pants falling down and they were so baggy I just couldn’t bring myself to wearing them. Went to good old Target and found a cheap pair of Wrangler jeans! The exciting part was the size of them! My goal has been to reach a 36” waist again, something I haven’t had since high school; well I was stunned when I fit into a 38” waist already!! I might have to lower my goal a little; perhaps 36” is still bigger than I will be? Who know, I look at people with 34” waist and think to myself, there is no way I would ever fit in those, but I guess I will have to wait and see.  

I am finally figuring out how and what to eat that I can keep down. I am learning that yes, that little bit of food is more than enough. I am learning that yes, I must chew, chew, chew my food and take little bites or I will be “giving it back” in no time at all. I have learned that grease and oil is bad, VERY BAD! I have learned that I used to love meat, in almost any form but now I am almost a total vegetarian as it sits much better for now.  I have also learned that yes, even a guy who has been fat most all of his life will lose weight with this surgery!  

It has been about 20 years since I last set foot in a gym as well, but over the weekend I went to a new 24/7 gym near my house and am going to be joining. With the weight loss comes a lot of extra skin, and since my insurance doesn’t pay for plastics, and I can’t afford it on my own, I need to try and provide some muscle for all this extra skin to hang on too. Plus why lose all this weight and not build a nicer body while I am at it. My goal is to get to the gym between 4:30 and 5AM at least 4 days a week and work out 2 hours before work. That should give me much needed energy for the day as well as start to build some muscle that I need now more than ever.

Well that’s all for this issue but I will be updating soon to let you know how it is all coming, but so far it has been well with the little bit of pain!!!  

Cheers,
Gavin

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