Ok, it has been a year since my surgery, and I lost 95 pounds.  Fantastic.  I didn't even really have to DO anything.

That is now over.

I weigh 170.  My doctor wants me to weigh 155.  I want to weight 150.

The challenge is on.

I want to lose 20 pounds.  Don't know when, but soon.

My main goals:
Firm up my stomach area as much as possible without surgery.
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A year ago today I was wheeled into the operating room weighing a ridiculous 265 lbs. After 11 years of being extremely overweight and working (unsuccessfully) with a doctor on diet and exercie programs, I decided to put my fate in the hands of Dr. Mathew Rawlins, and amazing surgeon who specializes in laproscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. He ( Read more... )

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The Everything Test
There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or ( Read more... )

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I got the report back from the radiologist today about my nuclear medicine test of doom.  Man, that was freaky.  Nothing like having a doctor walk into a room with a syringe covered in radioactive warning symbols.  I almost left right there.

Ok, for those of you with no clue what I'm talking about, I had to have this scan done of my gallbladder.  ( Read more... )

It has been awhile, I know.  I kind of suck.

Summary:

1) I've lost 89 pounds
2) Something is weird with my insides
3) I'm probably going back to school
4) I love the new job
5) I love our house even more
6) I'm crafty!

Ok, so the weight loss...  I've lost most of my excess weight.  I've actually lost more than I was supposed to in this amount of time, but ( Read more... )

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I am no longer obese.  My BMI is officially 29.9, making me merely "overweight" for this first time since junior high I think ( Read more... )