Some Numbers For Ya...

• 11 (months since the surgery)
• 181 (total pounds lost to date)
• 20 (inches lost in my waist)
• 5 (sizes I've gone down)
• 12 (pounds away from my high school graduation weight)
• 27 (pounds away from normal)
• 123 (current cholesterol level)
• 50 (minutes I can stay on the elliptical machine)
• 75 (target number of protein grams in a day)
• 5.5 (A1C level, was over 7.0)
• 100+ (target number of ounces of fluids in a day)
• 2 (number of times today I got "checked out")
• 40 (ounces of coffee I usually drink in a day [decaf])
• 0 (number of times I thought this surgery was a mistake)
• 37 (as of tomorrow, my age)
• 20 (the age I feel)