99 Days

99 days since surgery!  Here's an update.

Weight loss still at 34 pounds.  For the last month I've slipped a little into my old self-sabotage ways, eating chips, drinking beer, and not working as hard as I should at the exercise front.  I know what I need to do, just have to convince my rather sick mind to do it!

What's changed?

• I certainly look thinner, although I still see the "fat Sandy" in the mirror some days.  I have to keep looking at photos to remind myself of what I really look like.
• I can run a little - today I ran 2 times 60 seconds, 2 times 90 seconds, and 1 time 97 seconds!  That, coming from 2 months ago when I couldn't even manage 20 seconds at a time.
• My resting heart rate is between 66 and 68, done from 80 prior to surgery.
• I've participated in 2 5k's (walked 'em both, but I finished).
• I feel like a human being, participating fully in life, instead of a cave dweller.
• I'm pretty sure I can dump my CPAP machine, although it's almost like a security blanket for me now.

What hasn't changed?

 Mentally, I'm still struggling with why I sabotage my success.  I'm a work in progress!

• My ankles still swell up most days, and it pisses me off.  My blood pressure is actually low (last checked it was 90/60), so I know it's not that...
• My knees still hurt, and occasionally my right hip hurts too.  It sucks to get old.

August 3, 2013

Beer Run August 17, 2013 With My Big Brother

Feasting in Texas! August 8, 2013

Me in 2006, prior to Lap Band

Summer 2010, still struggling!