Wow, it's been awhile since I've written. Time certainly flies!

I'm less than 2 weeks away from the Rhinebeck Half. I've been training diligently and unfortunately gaining some weight in the process but I'm not really surprised. I always do when I train. I'm at 183 today. I ended up being most comfortable at 174 and I plan to get back down there when the race is done but honestly, I'm still comfortable, I would just feel a little better a little lighter.

The training and doing weights and cross training has really made a difference in my body. I wear a size 6 in one my pairs of jeans! That's completely insane to me. I have never been that size. I know pant sizes are never consistent but still...

I'm up to 9 miles in my training and I will be running 10 miles in a couple of days. The running has been very challenging at times but it always is. The one bad thing I've run into on my last 2 longer runs was low blood sugar attacks. The timing of when they happened was different for each one and I was emailing with a nutritionist from the bariatric runner group on FB. I basically need to eat more and more consistently. I'm definitely going to work on that. :)

Doing Great

I haven't posted in a couple of months but all is going well.

The surgery went great. I couldn't be happier with my progress. Dr. Garcia did a great job. I'm fitting into things so differently now. It's SO strange not having the muffin top roll anymore. Everything got pulled up and it's wonderful.

Everything is still numb but I know it will take a long time for that to go away. I still wear my binder a lot. I was cleared to basically wear it when I want to last week. I feel a lot more secure with it on but I try not to wear it all the time to get used to it.

I weigh 169 today and I'm very happy with that. My new goal weight is 160. I'm not worried about 145 anymore. I don't think I would be happy with that weight. So yeah, 9 more lbs and I think I'll be happy with it but who knows? I'll be dealing with this for the rest of my life. I know I always have to be careful not to gain weight and ruin this surgery. When I'm PMS'ing, it's rough but I just need to get through that week and do better after.

I'm registered for a half marathon in October in Rhinebeck and I'm thinking about doing a 6-hour timed trail race in August but I want to see how the running goes. I've gone twice since I was cleared last week. The first time was rough but yesterday was much better. I'll keep ya posted!