Category: Journal

Twenty six weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 280 Blood Sugar: 99 I have no idea how I lost five pounds while recovering from The Ick, but that’s apparently what happened. I’m two weeks into the winter term, and work brain has. Not. Kicked. In. I can’t bring...

Twenty five weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 285 Blood Sugar: 101 It’s hard to believe I was on vacation a week ago, it already seems like a distant memory. Maybe it’s the head plague I woke up with last Friday. Anyway, down two pounds in two weeks,...

Twenty four weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 2?? Blood Sugar: ??? Happy New Year! I have no fucking idea how much I weigh or what my blood sugar is, and this week I don’t give a shit, because I’m on vacation. Annette and I actually had a...

Twenty three weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 287 Blood Sugar: 100 Merry Christmas! I’m only two pounds down, but I’m great with that. It’s Christmas morning, but we’ve already had three Christmas celebrations (and two more today). I’ve had zero sugar this Christmas. I haven’t even been...

Twenty two weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 289 Blood Sugar: 100 One month ago I was stuck in the middle of a stall, at 302 pounds, and as of this morning, that was 13 pounds ago. I’d love to tell you that the memory of this moment...

Twenty one weeks out from surgery, and here are the numbers I care about: Weight: 292 Blood Sugar: 102 Downward pointing numbers are nice. The app I use asks for your goal weight (I decided on 250 a while back, after talking about it with my doctor), and then breaks whatever that number is into...