Today marks 2 months since my surgery, and I can't believe the changes I see and feel in myself. I'm also 1 pound away from being halfway to my goal. That just seems so crazy. I remember just starting this journey in January and feeling a bit proud once I'd lost my first 5 lbs. Tonight we took some pictures and measurements that help me keep track of how my body is changing. I've lost 10 inches around my waist alone. I have been wearing the same clothes for the pictures since we started this thing, and they literally hang off me now. If the pants didn't have a drawstring, I think they'd fall down. I'm still run/walking every other day and am working on the 3rd week of a couch-2-5k. I actually really look forward to the run. Tonight I even went out in the cool rain after a big thunderstorm we had. And I've been biking a lot more too. Yesterday I actually biked to work and back, which I haven't done in probably 7 years. Yep, I feel like it is all coming together. And last weekend, I took my two oldest (ages 6 and 8) for their first backpacking trip, and it was my first trip in 9 years. No way could I have done that 79 lbs ago! It felt so wonderful to be out there again, though I do have to say the ground was much harder than I remember. I'm going to blame that on my age though. So things are going well, and a few people are starting to notice I've made some changes. I'm still getting roughly 700 calories a day, give or take. I don't find myself hungry very often, and when I do it is a pleasant feeling. Sometimes I have some head hunger to deal with, but it isn't too terrible. And I'm finding that when I do eat something that isn't great for me (like the half a Hershey's bar I ate when we roasted smores the other night), it makes me feel like crap. Sometimes I think about how different everything is for me now compared to a year ago, and I wonder who I am. I knew I would feel better as I lost weight, but I didn't anticipate I would feel this wonderful. Yay!
