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11/18 - Got my first tattoo this weekend.
Had a yin yang on my forearm.

Just updating my blog.
We have been walking 2-3 miles 4 time a week and I have been lifting 3-4 times a week.
The walks have chanced from a stroll to a hill full trail.
Guess its woking Down 4.5 this week and 39 in total.
I am 250 currently ,60 more till goal

I started to lift weights again yesterday for the first time.
It felt so good to get the muscles moving.
I have a 30 minute routine and right now it kicks my butt.
Plan on working out 3 days a week and walking 4.
We will see how it goes.

I have on my work out room walk a chart of my weight loss.
Thats not going to help very much when we erase it.
So each week I would like to log my loss in here.
So here we go:
289        0       0       7/23 - Pre-op
281.5    7.5    7.5    7/27 Post Op 3 days
270     11.5  19       7/30 - 1 week
262.5    7.5  26.5    8/06 - 2 weeks
259       3.5  30        8/13 - 3 weeks
256       3      33       8/20 - 4 weeks
254.5    1.5  34.5    8/27 - 5 weeks

Anyone with a better suggestion of how to do this please let me know.

We just got back from Lake George NY .
What a relaxing place.
We were going to be there all last week.
My doctor did not want me to be that far a way in the first 30 days.
So we had a nice long weekend.
Went swimming alot Saturday , that felt great.

Had a lot of new & BAD foods this weekend.
1)Roast beef with tomato 
(very tasty)
2)Pizza 
(I ate 1/2 slice then ate the chees off the rest.Also ate the cheese only off the second slice.It sat well with me. I am not a big fan of the crust anyway.)
3)cheesy garlic bread
(Took 1 bite and it tasted awful, threw out the rest)
4)Cheeseburger
(Got rid of the bun and ate the about 1/2 the patty)

This was over a 48 hour time frame and I did get in all my water and protein.

Best part for my Wife and Son was they got to met Rachael Ray at breakfast on Sunday.(I did not want to bother her so I left while they went over, I was embarrassed)

Today I went to the doctors for my one month check up.
My weight was 260 down 24 in total.
I was a little disappointed with that , 
but hey I would not be even there if not for GB.

I really did not start doing anything until 8/13 so I need to pick up the pace.
I keep telling myself "Slow and steady"

I also have to remember I gained 5 before my surgery. So it is really 29.
I am happy with that.

Well 8-13 is the day I returned to work.
After working a full day I felt great.
I have not been up to moving to much so this got my butt moving.

Today is Thursday and I feel better.
Got home yesterday and I slept most of it.
Only issue I am currently having is the gas pain.
Once I worked things :) out yesterday, then it was all better.
I still have issues when I drink water and get a little gassy.
Yet that goes away soon after.

Plan on walking in the park today with my wife.
Lets hope for the best.

Don't want to look at the scale every moment,yet this first week I can not help it.
Down 13 lbs since surgery.
277 currently.

7-23-07:
Got to the hospital 9:30.
Had to wait until about 10:10 before they called me in.
I was with my wife and son.They sent me in the back to get ready(iv,etc)
and they said my family would come back before I got sent to the OR.
At that time they only let my wife back.My son was so upset.They should of told us one one before I went in the back.Never got to say goodbye to him. I called him from the pre-op room at least.

They were runing behind and I went to the OR about 1:30.
Woke up in recovery with some bad pain.
The nurse took over an hour to get the morphine drip hooked up.Even though my pain level was 6-7 out of 10.
I had pain only in my rib cage, no pain in the ports.Go figure.

724-07:
Feeling better and got to eat clear liquids at about 9:30.
They took me off IV and morphine abiut 11ish.
So I am on pills now.
My blood pressure is 151 /101. They will be comming back soon to see if it goes down. 
I am tired, so I will post more later.
Rob

Well it's 8:20am and I have to head to the hospital.
Have to get there 9:30a for my 11:30a.
We stayed in a hotel because of over an hour drive.

Well good luck to all who are having surgery as well.
I'll post soon.
Rob