Close to some big milestones!

Jan 23, 2009

As I near the end of a year post-surgery, I'm getting oh-so-close to some significant milestones:

178 - "Normal" BMI
175 - The high end of my goal range
173 - Half of my original clothed weight when I began this journey
171 - Half of my best guess for unclothed weight when I began this journey (I suspect that the folks at WeightWise would have taken a dim view of my weighing in wearing nothing but skivvies and socks).
170 - The low end of my goal range

This morning - 181.8.  The most significant milestones are the ones that don't show up on a scale:  the ability to exercise comfortably, sitting in an airline seat without an extender, going to a restaurant and not having to worry about whether I'm seated at a booth or table, ridding myself of diabetes and hypertension, and having friends who haven't seen me in a while not recognize me. Maybe the most important to me:  I expect to be around to see my grandson grow up.  It's not just a hope now.

I find myself wondering what maintenance is going to be like.  I think of a "demotivator" poster I saw on www.despair.com about quality:  "The race for quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march."  All kidding aside, maintenance is a race without a finish line.  I just hope I've learned enough to manage it well.

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