05-29-08 – First pre-surgery class today

I had my first pre-surgery class today.  I thought it was going to be all nutrition, but it was equally divided between nutrition and exercise.  The dietician talked first.  Her main topic for the day was grocery shopping.  We went over why it’s important to set a day each week to go to the grocery [...]

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05-28-08

I had a bad day today.  Nothing bad happened at work, nothing bad happened at all, I just ate like a pig from the time I got home from work up until now.  I’m not going to attempt to describe how my stomach feels right now, nor am I going to attempt to  figure out [...]

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05-27-08

I haven’t updated in several days.  I think this is my longest stretch of not writing since I started this blog.  Sorry about that.  I went up to my father’s house in Bethlehem for the weekend and stayed over until Monday since I had off from work.  On Sunday, I marinated and grilled a London [...]

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05-22-08

The pain in my lower back, hip, and leg continues to improve a little bit each day. I certainly don’t feel like going out and running a race, but it is better. Today was another busy day at work. We have the final part of a major project “going live” in our [...]

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05-21-08 – I win again

I won today’s battle with the evil little voice.  I’m not going to get cocky, though.  I know from long experience that that voice is powerful and can stage an uprising at any time.
I have my first appointments set up at the Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute in preparation for gastric bypass surgery (I’ve decided [...]

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05-20-08

I had a better day today.  I was bummed out last night and this morning about breaking down last night and eating snacks that were supposed to be doled out for work.  I think I have just enough left to make it through this week.  I have felt gradually better throughout the day today.  I [...]

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Government help to lose weight?

Here’s an example of something we don’t need, government intervention to “help” us lose weight!  This article states that individual responsibility must play a role, but is suggesting that government should be the “nanny”.  I know who is responsible for my weight problem, and that person is the guy I see in the mirror every [...]

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05-19-08 – The evil little voice inside me

My friend Jeffy, who recently had a kidney transplant, wrote in his blog about people with transplanted organs who talk to their bodies to tell it to be nice to the new organ and don’t go into reject mode. He said he was going to start doing it. I thought, if organ transplantees [...]

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Another snacking temptation

Boy, some people just keep on bringing food into work to share!  Today, it’s Harry and David’s special flavored popcorns.  I think the one was caramel-flavored and the other chocolate, but I didn’t get close enough to see the details on the label.  I just saw the Harry & David’s.  I figure if you don’t [...]

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05-19-08

Overall, this has been a really good week.  I was a good boy every day except today.  Today started with an allowed treat.  Since I had been good all week, I treated myself to a diner breakfast this morning.  For the record, I had a mushroom combination omelette, toast and hash browns.  The idea was [...]

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