Happy anniversary
Tomorrow marks the 6-month anniversary of my cataclysmic surgery. I’m pleased to say that my body has largely regained its health and vigor. I have decided not to pursue the law suit against the surgeon whose simple error caused such grief. When I realized how difficult the recovery was, and how emotional, I decided to give myself 6 months to recover. My goal during that time was to maintain my weight-loss achievements and just heal. I released myself from the need to lose weight and instead just focused on getting my life back. I’m pleased to say that in 6 months, I have managed...
Read MoreJust for the record: 282.6
Knowing that not eating or drinking before my procedure would result in an artificially low weight, I decided to use New Year’s Eve instead of New Year’s Day to answer for my end-of-year goal to weigh under 289. I’m pleased to announce that my weight on Wednesday morning was 282.6 pounds. My next goal was to weigh under 275 by Valentine’s, but I have not figured out exactly how that will work when it comes to my 2009 goals. More to follow once I can sit down with a calculator and a...
Read MoreLooking Forward
Wanted to drop a quick note, as I am off this morning for another procedure at the hospital. (More follow-up from the surgery that went bad.) If I owe you an email, I apologize and will get to it as soon as I’m able. I’ve always been a big believer in the power of visualization, manifesting, and daydreaming when it comes to changing your life. This belief was magically confirmed many years ago when, on a New Year’s Eve, I sat down and wrote out a long and flowery description of what I wished my life could look like by the end of the next year. With the exception of having a...
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 288.8 (-65.8)
Celebrating: 65 pounds gone! Not to mention crossing the 289-pound mark, which now means that I have less than 100 pounds to lose and, most importantly, I no longer qualify for free weight-loss surgery! The option is off the table! Important note: I now understand how dangerous it is to achieve goals without having a new goal. It’s like telling the universe, “Thanks for all the help — but I feel like stalling out now.” So, my next goal will be to weigh under 275 by Valentine’s Day. This makes me seem like a real under-achiever, but consider this. Sometime in the...
Read MoreForest. Trees.
I guess I had lost sight of my own advice — rather than feeling overwhelmed by the big, humongous, ultimate 170-pound goal, it’s vital for me to set my sights on the little bitty goals. Honestly, I get pretty pumped each time I lose another 5 pounds, and my WW leader has her own way of celebrating those little victories. Even though I don’t necessarily follow the WW plan, I pay for and attend the meetings because she is so spectacularly good and because her cheesy little rewards have come to really mean something to me. So, I just had to refocus. I had to remind myself of...
Read MoreCourse correction
In my efforts to break past the 300-pound mark without totally freaking out, it occurs to me that I might need to adjust my big-picture goals a bit. Originally, my goal for evading weight-loss surgery was to weigh under 300 pounds by the end of 2008. There it is again — the big three-oh-oh. With so much riding on those three digits, it’s understandable that my mind and body connection could fabricate a metaphysical traffic jam and, once again, prevent me from crossing into a new century. Well, yes. My goal was to get there by the end of 2008 but guess what? If my graphs and...
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