Archive for the 'Goals' Category

Happy anniversary

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

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 [...]

Just for the record: 282.6

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

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 [...]

Looking Forward

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

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, [...]

Naked Saturday: 288.8 (-65.8)

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

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 [...]

Forest. Trees.

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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 [...]

Course correction

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

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 [...]

An experiment.