Hi...apologize for my absence...doing well.
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on 3/15/09 11:37 am - PA
on 3/15/09 11:37 am - PA
Hi All 
I apologize for my absence over the last month -- I've been very busy teaching, trying to focus on getting my exercise in, and I just got back from a research trip to Spain.
My new stomach has been so good to me -- as I am to it. Just one dumping episode over a month ago after some raw carrots -- but since then I seem to be doing a good job with the water, food quantities, vitamins, and the right types of food. So, since I started this journey, I've dropped from 275 lbs in December 2008 (and I had my RNY surgery on 9 Jan 2009) to 223.5 as of today. It feels great to be rid of those 51.5 lbs and I feel great. I know the last 40.5 lbs will require more effort, but I am ready for that challenge.
I hope everyone else is well. I look forward to reading up on all the changes since I've been gone. Lastly, here's a quick video I made from the short time I was in Madrid, Spain. Just a quick selection of clips of a Saturday in Madrid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqiQlCUi0_8
Enjoy, Roger
I apologize for my absence over the last month -- I've been very busy teaching, trying to focus on getting my exercise in, and I just got back from a research trip to Spain.
My new stomach has been so good to me -- as I am to it. Just one dumping episode over a month ago after some raw carrots -- but since then I seem to be doing a good job with the water, food quantities, vitamins, and the right types of food. So, since I started this journey, I've dropped from 275 lbs in December 2008 (and I had my RNY surgery on 9 Jan 2009) to 223.5 as of today. It feels great to be rid of those 51.5 lbs and I feel great. I know the last 40.5 lbs will require more effort, but I am ready for that challenge.
I hope everyone else is well. I look forward to reading up on all the changes since I've been gone. Lastly, here's a quick video I made from the short time I was in Madrid, Spain. Just a quick selection of clips of a Saturday in Madrid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqiQlCUi0_8
Enjoy, Roger
No need to appologize for your abscence - you are living and enjoying life, which is how it was meant to be in the first place!
Your journey sounds awesome, especially this early out - congrats on all of it and keep up the continued good work!
Pam
Your journey sounds awesome, especially this early out - congrats on all of it and keep up the continued good work!
Pam
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila & salt and give me a call!
Sounds like you're doing great - we all disappear once in a while - life - it happens, right! You are a brave soul for attempting raw carrots that early out, tho - something I still have difficulty digesting so I tend to stay away from them. Its a constant learning process, tho - something you can eat one day will totally turn on you another day.
Keep up the great work - Spain sounds lovely!!
Keep up the great work - Spain sounds lovely!!
'One shoe can change your life'...Cinderella
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on 3/15/09 11:33 pm - PA
on 3/15/09 11:33 pm - PA
Thanks everyone for the kind words! Brave soul? Perhaps not -- just plain stupid! Ha. Ha.
Retraining how one thinks about which are "good" foods has been the most interesting part of the process.
Retraining how one thinks about which are "good" foods has been the most interesting part of the process.
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