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Last week: 186.0
This week: 184.6
Not to put a stumbling block in anybody's WLS journey but saw a blurb on the news that today is National Ice Cream Day! Blue Bell vanilla, cookies and cream or butter pecan if you please. Truth be told I don't do ice cream but maybe once or twice a year and only one of the small "just a taste" cones when I do. Makes me puny if I eat more than that.
Decent week on exercise and eating. Eating should get better this week with me getting to work straight days all week and GF unavailable for lunch 3 of those 5 days. She is road tripping with Mom Wednesday and Thursday - she starts her new CPA job!! Full-time vs. PT, 15 miles vs 45 each way and she is familiar with their tax soft ware since it is what she used at old firm in ATL! She is excited about it because it is the gig she has wanted since she got here almost three years ago.
For shiggles I'm going with the underdog, Croatia, in World Cup Final. Not that I understand much about soccer beyond you run a lot and can't use your hands but the rest of the World gets excited about it.
Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!
Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 
196.1 Last week
193.8 Today
Food: B
Water: A
Vitamins: A
Exercise:B
Been a busy week and hectic week. Working on ouside projects is very satisfying, that's the fun part. Mom wandered out and got lost in assisted living, so they had to put her and my dad in a memory care unit. MUCH smaller and one room. My poor dad, stays loyal to staying with mom, but as he put it, he's in a "looney bin" Mom is enjoying it and oblivious. They just were moved out of their house 5 months ago, now move withing 48 hours again, and downsized again. They are about an hour away from me, I feel guilty not getting there enough. My nephew had a relapse, OD'd and had to be administered Narcan. My brother in law flew down to LA to bring him back to OH to be with family. I would have never thought the son of a policeman and a nurse, from a affluent suburb, could get caught up in opiods. Don, maybe you have some words of wisdom. Lastly, my 15 years old daughter is starting to date. Her "boyfriend '1s 17, and will 18 next month. Nice kid, but I know what boys like. I've told her so, and she is level headed and very open with me. But still.... Lastly, Tuesday is one year since my wife found her father deceased. She is getting very emotional, as she spent a lot of time with him the last couple of years tending to his health needs.
OK, enough of the unloading....today our kids will be over for a cookout. A good day!
Good week to all.
-Bob
337.6: High weight Dec '13
311.3: Surgery day 1/16/14
191.8: 1st Surgiversary
199.2: 2nd Surgiversary
201.6: 3rd Surgiversary
215.0: 4th Surgiversary
214.0 Last Weigh in
218: CW
Food: F
Water: D
Vitamins: B
Exercise: D
Whelp....I can't believe I ate enough last week to gain that much weight, but the scale says what the scale says. I'm most definitely sure I didn't drink as much water as I should be. I doubt this week is going to be much better food wise, as my kids/grandkids are in town. I'll have to watch the food better and get my water in.
I hope you all had a better week than me, and here's to a good week.
Haha, yeah, sometimes I miss that extra mass. Most of the time not, but every now and then I have to horse around a machine or something similar. I admire your dedication in lifting six days a week. I could not do that. But then, I have lots of rural type work to do which requires some muscle. As long as I can keep up, I'll be happy.
Losing a lot of weight isn't all fat unfortunately. I weightlift 6x a week and am stronger than ever but some stuff having that extra body mass just makes it easier.
Start of 6 month pre-op diet (2/14): 320 lbs.
7/2: 284.6 lbs.
7/9: 284.6 lbs.
I stayed active and hit my step goals 5 out of 7 days. I didn't make the best food choices, due to the 4th and eating out a lot, but I stayed close to my calorie limits. I'm happy with staying even.
I'm glad to see there are other Tour De France fans out there. I figured I was one of a few in the U.S. that loves the TDF and watches it religiously. Its the only sporting event in the summer that I actually care about. The World Cup is exciting every 4 years, but I like the TDF better, even years when there isn't an American contender.
I am back from vacation in Italy. I was nervous after 10 days without weighing, but apparently the walking and swimming offset the pasta, pizza and wine.
2W 304.4
CW 303
looking forward to seeing Jimmy Buffet at Wrigley field on Friday night with my youngest son. Tomorrow is my last of the 6 month nutrition program. My understanding is that things start moving faster once that is complete
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
195.3 Last week
196.1 Today
Food: C
Water: A
Vitamins: A
Exercise: A
Been a good week for swimming and working around the yard. Took off work Friday to take the Mrs. to Amish country and Lehman's Hardware. Then lots outside work yesterday and today. Still trimming a tree, as I take a break to catch up with you guys. Drinking nearly a gallon a day of decaff sugar free iced tea. As always, I will attribute my weight gain/loss to something. This time it is from all the beef jerky we bought in Amish Country.
Good week to all.
-Bob
Another week and my stone is still with me. I got some scans so we know it is the one I thought, and it is out of my kidney, heading for the launch tube - slowly. At least the pain attacks are not constant. All my life I've had women telling me I'll never know the pain of childbirth. This past week I've had a number of women say, "Yeah, I had a kidney stone and it was worse than childbirth!" 
I did manage to shed my extra weight and then some though. Last week I had swelled up five pounds to 267. Yesterday I hit a new low of 259 3/4 lbs. Today's official weight is 260 1/4 lbs.
Two weeks ago 262
Last week 267
This week 260 1/4
I hope everyone has a good week!
Last week: 184.2
This week: 186.0
Too many trips to the recently reopened café showing up in the digits.
Tour de France, NASCAR, Formula 1, **** roach races (credit "Hawkeye" Pierce on an episode of MASH for that reference) only reason people watch is for the crashes! Serious note though without the safety features the cars and roaches have bike wrecks can result in serious injuries! More than road rash and broken bones. I was 10-11 and had a bike wreck that resulted in the brake lever handle going into my left thigh to the bone resulting in six stitches. Did not feel good at all. What I got for showing off to the prepubescent females standing outside the convenience store when I was getting off the bike while it was still in motion.
Y'all have a Great Week!
Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!!
