I am doing both better and worse.

It's nice to be able to taste almost anything.    Chicken rarely gets stuck now - and I haven't thrown up for at least a month.       I've lost 109 pounds as of this morning - and I'm down quite a few sizes.   

Body image is still weird.   I'm thrilled about being smaller now...  and usually like what I see in the mirror - and other times I see why I thought I was so fat when I was at this size on the way up.      I'm having a hard time reconciling the two images in my mirror.

The focus can't be about me and my surgery forever.   But that also means that other things suck up my time and attention - making me less vigilant than I was in the beginning.       I've got some greater challenges/opportunities are work - and while they are totally interesting --- I could get immersed and tend to not be able to leave until I am too tired to do more than drive home... leaving exercise off the schedule.      I"m also struggling with fatigue - some from work,  but some from low iron.     While I am immersed in work - I also find I'm not drinking enough... I can get to 5;30pm and realize I've only 16-24 ounces of water.       Shorting the water and exercise only make the fatigue worse - hence the vicious cycle.      So - I still have to find a way to make this all work -   balancing work, home and health is still VERY tough.

Jody