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6 month update - As of tomorrow, I will be six months out from surgery. This has been quite an interesting journey – some things expected and some surprises along the way.  First the bad: ...

6 Month Update - As of tomorrow, I will be six months out from surgery. This has been quite an interesting journey – some things expected and some surprises along the way.  First the bad: ...

Fear - I have noticed over the last few weeks that I am suddenly hungry. I had so many complications at the beginning of this adventure that I never felt hungry and almost always felt ful...

Fear - I have noticed over the last few weeks that I am suddenly hungry. I had so many complications at the beginning of this adventure that I never felt hungry and almost always felt ful...

Turning 40 - I am a little over 5 months out and I have lost 70 pounds as of my weigh in yesterday. And tomorrow, I will be turning 40 years old. I recently had a conversation with one of my ol...

4 Month Update - Several good things have happened recently: 1. I only had that one day of hair loss and now I am back to losing minimal hair like before surgery. Could it be that I will only ha...

Hair Loss - Today was my first day of official hair loss. It was much more traumatic than I thought it would be. I was in the shower and as I moved my hands through my hair to rinse it, they c...

Lessons Learned - A few different lessons were learned today. I have really increased my exercise lately and have been doing both cardio and weights. Yesterday I went to the gym and had a great ...

Finally Noticed - So yesterday I was in a bit of a mood and I almost posted to my blog about my frustration that no one has noticed that I have lost almost 60 pounds. I mean, seriously, how do you n...

The Undoable - Since as long as I can remember, I have been unable to get out of the 220s. Whenever I would get close, my weight would stop and then start crawling back up again. 10 years ago I g...

Airport Pat Down - I flew back into Colorado today and when I went through security at Reagan Airport in Washington DC, they made me go off to the side to conduct a pat down. This is the first time t...

3 Month Post-Op - I am still out of state and away from home so I am unable to officially weigh in on my scale. But I found a scale where I am staying because I was curious about my 3 month weight l...

Pity Party and a Smack Down - So tomorrow is my 3-month surgiversary and today is the first time since surgery that I felt bad enough to think I am going to fail. Don't get me wrong - 50 lbs in 3 months is noth...

Goals Reached - As of today, I have lost 50 pounds since surgery. This is a huge milestone as it is the most weight I have ever lost at one time. Also, with the 50 pound weight loss, my BMI is fin...

Ten Years Later - Over the new year, I read over some of my old journals dating back over ten years. I realized that in 2001, I weighed 222 pounds and that was the lightest I weighed over all the ye...

Compliments - So I finally broke down and bought a few new outfits. Today I wore one of them to work. The shirt is much more form fitting than I am used to (I tend to like big and flowy). Anyway...

The "More" Mechanism - I have been reading a book called Soul-Full Eating: A Delicious Path to Higher Consciousness. In this book it talks about our relationship with food and how our current culture has...

New Year's Goals - Happy New Year. I have been working on my goals for the next year and while I have a lot of random thoughts written down, I seem to be struggling with pinning them down. Weight los...

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