Gastric Update...

Well, I'm down 100 pounds. I put the same shirt on that I took my "Before" picture in to see the difference...I can see it, and I can feel it in my clothes, but I wish that it looked a little more dramatic. I guess looking at myself everyday, I just don't see it as much, but others do. I specifically like that the Quasimodo-like hump is gone already. I can see the bones and veins in my hands, my waist has shrunk almost 10 inches, and my butt is becoming a bag of Jell-O. I've got another 100-130 pounds left to lose, but I am no longer Morbidly Obese. I'm just regular Obese. (Doesn't that sound like Oh, Beast?!?) If I lost another 100, I'll be the size I was when I was a junior in high school. If I lose up to 130...I think I'll weigh what I weighed in 3rd grade. Either way, I'm off the blood pressure meds, the diabetes meds, and I'd LOVE to be off the asthma meds, but I'm still on them for at least a little while longer. The diabetes and blood pressure being gone are well worth the surgery...I would do it again in a second! It really hasn't been difficult, except for that damn elliptical machine at the gym. I started at like 2 minutes on that thing and today I did 25. I could probably do 30 or 40, but I like walking on the treadmill too. Overall, though, things are good. This was a good decision.