life goes on

Aug 23, 2009

Since my last post I have temporarily moved into my mom's house (she has a pool and it's finally hot, so this ain't so bad!).  I move into my new apartment Labor Day weekend.  I even am treating myself to a new living room set (I've never had brand new livingroom furniture!). 

My ex and I are on remarkable terms.  I'm not sure how he is taking the break-up, as we don't really talk about that, but we've helped eachother out as far as packing and moving out, etc.  We've seen eachother a few times, including today when i picked up and dropped off the dog for a visit with me at the pool. 

I had my 9 month visit with my surgeon where he declared that I have lost 81% of my excess weight and thinks I can stop losing any time i want.  I also met my first goal of weighing 160.  I originally picked 150, but was worried that it would be too small, so i aimed for 160.  Now that I'm here, i think i'm gonna try and push for 150, but my REAL focus is getting in shape.

My brother-in-law and I are going to run a 5K together in October, so i've been training for that.  I've never run before, so this is a real exciting thing.  When i participated in the breast cancer 3-day and walked 60 miles in 3 days, I wanted my next physical accomplishment to be running.  5 years later, (and 113 lbs less) i'm DOING IT!

i'm so grateful.  for the OH community, for my friends and family, my surgeon, my employer who didn't exclude surgery from my insurance!!!!

I'M LIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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