Journey to the Center of Me!

Every so often I will be walking through the halls at work, and someone will stop me and ask me if I have lost weight.  I tell them that I have lost a lot of weight and they tell me how great I look and to keep it up.   One of the things that I have not really talked about before, is that since 2016 I have been working with I life coach.  I had just gotten out of the hospital, and needed help getting my life back on track.  I was told after I got out, that I needed to change my lifestyle or I was not going to get any better.  With his help, I started eating right and walking to get of oxygen, just 6 months after being in the hospital.  With his help and my girlfriends, I am where I am today. So on our weekly talks we talk about everything.  So a few weeks back I was talking about how I am down to the weight I was when I was racing and playing softball.  So he challenged me to go get my racing gear out of storage and try it on.  So today was the day I tried it on.  It fit like it d

Can not believe how long it has been since I last post on my blog.  But is has been over three months, and a lot has happen in that time. When I was last here, I was in the process of moving out.  I finished that on the 27 of January.  After living in Mesa for 40 years, I move just south to Chandler.  Never thought I would ever move out of Mesa, but I did.  I  am about 10 minutes closer to work. February, was a month of new adventures.  On the 22 of February, we took a trip to Hawaii for a 7 day Hawaiian cruise of the Pride of America.  This was truly a incredible trip.  I was able to do things that I have not done in years.  Being on a ship, you either have to take an elevator or stairs to get anywhere.  If I want to be with my girlfriend when she smoked, I had to climb stairs to be with her, since there was no elevator on that level.  One night we came out, of something, there was a long line for the elevator.  So it was quicker to use the stairs.  3 flights of stairs.  And I

I know it has been two weeks since I did a update, so I will give you two weeks worth.  On the 17th I went to the doctors and they are happy with my progress.  I was given the go ahead to start eating soft food.  So my first meal was 4 oz of Freddy's Steak Burger.  It tasted so great! On Saturday we started the process of moving, by cleaning out my storage lockers.  We got a lot of stuff out and donated a lot of stuff to.  Throw out 3 big tvs.  My treat for the day was 4 oz of a Arby's Sandwich.  Weekly weight loss for the week of the 2oth of Jan:  3.9 lbs lost! 

The 12th was one month after surgery.  My girlfriend about a week or two after the surgery, ask if I was happy I if it?  At the time I really could not answer her, which did not really make her to happy.  But after a month I can say, I am happy to have done it!  I can already see the health benefits that the doctors told me I would see.  I sleep a lot better, I don't go to the bathroom a million times a night, and my breathing is much much better.  I know I am already down a size, in my clothes.    I now live in the world of one mile and more with my walking.  I was doing a mile or more a few years ago, but now it is almost  a everyday thing.  As I am walking I know I am getting close and waiting for my app to say I have reached a mile.  The question after that is how much or how far am I from home.   Weekly weight Loss:  0.9 lbs lost!

Happy New Year!!!  And with the start of the New Year, I can say I am some what starting my journey to a new me.  This week was a lot of first.  I left my girlfriends home and finally went back to mine.  With that being said, I went back to work on the 2nd. It was weird being back.  But as soon as I walked in, everyone could notice the change.  I had a little pain, because of the belt I was wearing, but that is because for 2 weeks I wore gym shorts. I am lucky that my job offers voluntary time off, so my first day back was just a few hours.  But I am back to working full time again.    Being back at my place, I have to find the schedule to eat my food and drink my water.  With the surgery I have to stop drinking water about 15 to 30 minutes be eating, then take 30 minutes to eat and then wait 30 minutes after that to take a drink. This is so the new stomach can digest the food.  This is the hardest to so at work, because I have to watch the clock before I take lunch.  But I h

My Shadow looks thinner! Two weeks after surgery, and I am discovering new things.  For the first time in a long time I can bend over and tie my shoes.  I first did this last week on one of my long walks.  Normally, when I am walking and my shoe comes untied, I just continue walking until till I get home.  This time I stopped, put my foot on the curb, and bent over and tied my shoe.  Normally I have  to sit on the end of my bed and bring my feet up and tie them. I had a doctors appoint this week, which was my two week check up after surgery.  Everything is going good.  My weight loss is above average.  They took the stripes off the 5 areas they did surgery at, and they glued them together.  The first night of not having them covered, they did hurt a little.  Still on the pureed diet until my next doctors visit on the 17th of January. Also I was told I could eat food until I feel full.    I have been eating only 2 ounces of food every meal.   We have upped it to 3 ounces, b