5 month/depression/exercise/

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Well folks,

Today is my 5 month anniversary, and this morning on my cheapy

scale I was 216. That's a total loss of 72 lbs, not so bad for

someone who only lost 18 lbs the first month. I'm feeling great,

except for a little bit of the " that time of the month " blues. I

honestly don't think I'm depressed. Actually, I feel better than I

have in years. I honestly think the loss of weight has effective my

hormones, or how I react to my hormones, or something like to that

effect. And I have a very stressful life, which I'm sure all of you

can relate to. I'm feeling much better today, I went to the gym and

worked out for 2 hours, came home, cleaned, and then crashed. I got

a GREAT nights sleep and I'm raring to go to my first ever MGB get

together *yeah* this afternoon. I wonder if we'll compare bat wings?

Anyway, I'm the lightest I have weighed in my entire adult hood,

and teenage years for that matter. It can only get better from

here. Now, I won't go as far as to say that if I never lost another

lb, I'd be happy, but I'm certainly very happy with the way things

are going now. But If I get to 144(half my starting weight) I can't

imagine that I'd have anything to complain about. To be " normal " was

all I wanted when I started this journey. To eat, and feel, like a

normal person. Perfection isn't my goal. I never plan on weighing

115 lbs. I've never in my life successfully lost more than 25 lbs

and kept it off for more than a month. Here I am, down 72 lbs after

5 months. I have plenty to be thankful for.

I can get on any exercise machine and go for 35 minutes, and then

get on another one! Before I was dizzy after 3. It was a achievment

for me to get to 10 minutes. I think back to 8 months ago, with me

struggling to get my exercise in, walking, very s l o w l y, on my

treadmill, and it very very uncomfortable, and now I can even run a

couple of minutes on my treadmill. (Now the only thing that I still

don't have is a sex drive so I'll put my order in for that one now)

So I am very thankful for the improvement to my health, and for

the new tummy Dr R has given me. I'm too selfish to give him credit

for the new " fit " me, because it has taken a lot of work on my part,

but I do recognize that I probably wouldn't be where I am today

without his surgical skills. Diet and exercise, as I have

demonstrated, just weren't working for me. So now, 5 months later,

I'm no longer addicted to food, but am quickly working on becoming an

exercise addict. Does anyone know if there is a fitness center in

Hawthorne suites? How about a YMCA?

See y'all in September!

Manda