Journal Update for the last week...

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HI all. Sorry I've been so quiet this last week. It was far too nice

out to be home. Heh. I've taken yesterday and today off though from my

days at my mom's to just catch up on some things here and relax. I'm gonna

have a really busy weekend so I figure I'm gonna need my sleep now. I

was working on my site and added a weight loss chart to the main page at

www.tinymangraphics.com/wls where you can see my weekly progress. I've also

done a little spell checking here and there. That's all...I'll talk to ya

later

06.14.01 - 06.20.01.

Wow, what a long week. Sorry I haven't been keeping up on my journal this

week but I've been to my mom's every single day for the last week

practically, swimming and getting lots of exercise. Yay me, eh? I'm down

another 8 pounds this week for a total of 64 pounds in 5 weeks since my

surgery. I'm feeling really great, although at 560 pounds I''m still and

huge and my back still hurts when I walk or stand for more than a few

minutes...Just not as much as it did. My tentative goals are that I'd like

to be down 75 pounds by the 2 month mark and if I'm down at least 100 pounds

by the 3 month mark I'll be extremely pleased! I'm trying hard not to set my

goals TOO high to prevent disappoinment in case of a plateau or something.

I'm loving being able to eat real foods again. I'm not eating too bad...But

I did discover some really good snack foods. BBQ flavored soy nuts. They

look like peanuts and taste like a cross between CornNuts and Sunflower

seeds. Hehe. I also have been eating some Baked Lays potato chips when I'm

really feeling the need to crunch. Surprisingly they aren't that bad for

you. I think the problem would come when I would eat a whole bag of chips in

one sitting. Heh. That's not a problem anymore. I can eat about 1/2 to 1

serving now and be full. The good thing is I don't have to feel guilty about

it. I'm really getting sick of Crystal Light though. Oh, been loving

beef jerky though! It's quick and convienient and a great source of protein.

Oh, those soy nuts are also high in protein. 10g of protein for a 1/4

cup...Which I can eat pretty easily. So if I haven't gotten enough protein

in I just down some soy nuts. Not much else has been happening. 1 thing

though, I'm going to a picnic for Joe and 's work this weekend. There is

no way in hell I would have wanted to go before surgery. Hehe. I want to

meet these people that keeps bragging about me to. *smiles* After the

picnic we're going to my mom's house for a cookout or something. My mom's

sister is coming up from Florida so I'll be seeing my little cousin. I think

my brother and his wife and new baby will be coming up for the day as well.

It should be a fun day. I'm thinking of registering a new domain name and

getting a dedicated site for my weight loss pages. I'm thinking of

'Reconstructing.com'? How does that sound? Hehe. My online presence has

been really lacking as of late and that kinda bothers me, but I can't really

feel too bad about that when I'm doing something for my health, can I?

During the day when I'm not swimming I'm pretty bored so I'm starting to do

more reading and I'm going to start doing research and learning some new

technology stuff so that I'm more marketable next year when I've lost the

weight and I get off disability. Right now I'm learning C++. I figure if I

have more programming skill and my design/art/graphics skills I'll be a real

commodity somewhere. Heh. I read a book last week though that was wonderful.

It's called 'Choke' by Chuck Palaniuk. He's the author who wrote 'Fight

Club' which the movie was based on. He's a fantastic author. The book is

very sexual and warped, but written with such style. Man, he inspires me to

want to write a book. If you want a good read, pick it up. So far I've

read 3 of his 4 books and afterwards all I can think is " Wow, that was

intense. " I've never gotten the feelings from reading that he invokes. Well,

I'm getting a little wordy myself so I'm going to post this update to the

mailing list then I'm gonna read some more of my C++ book. Fun stuff, eh?

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