One man reaching..

So we arrived home late last night and it was very nice to be home. We all went to bed pretty quickly and slept later then usual this morning. When I weighted myself this morning I had only dropped 2 pounds since Friday. I was disappointed but I have to understand it is still two pounds which is great but I guess I had unrealistic goals. I also have to realize that I did drink some wine this weekend (not part of my approved diet), 3 glasses on Saturday night and 2 glasses on Sunday night so maybe that didn't help. The 3 glasses of wine I drank on Saturday were at dinner with Kara. We went to a restaurant that she loves in Lancaster. It was awesome. I had these scallops with sweet potatoes and an apple cider reduction, absolutely amazing!(another reason) Kara had a grilled Cesar and some excellent risotto. Now granted I was able to eat only 3 scallops but they rocked! But really at the restaurant I felt much better because I have lost so much weight so far. I didn't feel as if I was the elephant in the room vacuuming up my plate and five feet away from table because of my gut. A positive.




On Saturday in PA I decided to go hiking(photo from my hike). I hiked an area in the Mt Gretna area called Governor Dick. Kara and I talked about taking Kaidan up the trail with me and I decided to check it out first and if all went well i would bring Kaidan the next day. On the way up I went the difficult trails (I thought they were all the same, wrong). The whole time I was thinking that there is no way Kaidan can make it up. But on the way back down I found the easy trail. It was a nice stone laid trail that Kaidan could make it up. The next day we never made it to Gov Dick because we had a ton of other things going on so I took a three to four mile walk around Manheim. It was good cardio work so I couldn't complain and i loved every minute of it. It reminded me how much I do love the outdoors and that i need to get back out there and work my butt off because it makes my outlook on life so much better. When i was younger I would ride my mountain bike on single track, i would hike and play sports outside with people and it was so much fun and great exercise. I need to push that more.








Tomorrow morning Kaidan is having surgery on his lip. They are doing a lip revision which is a small surgery but it is surgery. It makes you think about how important your loved ones are to you and that even the smalls things make you worry so much. At times I want to protest the all the surgery's because it is purely cosmetic and does not change any functionality for his life but then I think and realize it will most likely make his life easier during the difficult times at school, and sometimes he does bit the excess and it does hurt him. Please say a prayer for him though. I love you bubbala(Kaidan) and munch(Cooper).



I lost 14 pounds from May 08 to my surgery on August 20th. From August 22nd to September 19th I lost 34 pounds. From September 20th to October 21st I lost 28 pounds. The total weight loss is 76 pounds to date. It is crazy to me that earlier this year I was carrying around the equivalent to this black lab in every move a made, getting up, walking, playing with my sons. It makes me feel very stupid for being so nervous about the surgery. The surgery is helping me become so much healthier and like I stated so many times before it will hopefully lead to a longer and better life.

I love my life and am so very lucky to have what I have. Count your blessings no matter how bad life gets and never forget what you have.

Night