So the weight loss is going better than expected. I’m down about 15 pounds from May 1st, which puts me on track to be down 25 pounds by mid July. I’m a little worried about muscle loss since I am so limited on what exercises I can do, but I’m putting that into the ‘things I cannot change’ category and trying not to let the stress of it get to me too much. I am walking a lot, and I enjoy that.
For those interested, I use the Sparkpeople app to track my food and exercise. I think you have to go into the full site to get your goals set up to see the recommended calories a day, etc. but after that I recommend the app instead. The full site is crazy ad heavy so it loads super slow and is generally a pain. But it’s all free, so it has that going for it.
Just a couple days ago I hit 190 on the scale, and got very excited that I only have 10 pounds to go! Whoo! Then I thought things through a little further and realized that my reward for losing these last 10 pounds will be getting a horrible surgery that I don’t especially want to have, and in that light it is a whole lot less exciting. The flip side is that I don’t want to stay the way I am either, as both hernias seem to be causing me more pain and discomfort as time goes along. So surgery it is. Dammit.
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