Starting Over

After I had Lap Band surgery, I started a blog and posted openly and honestly about my experiences.  It was my favorite outlet to work out my thoughts and my friends and family had a window into my experiences.  However, one day, someone read something that I wrote and got upset and it took the fun out of blogging, so I quit.

But I miss it and I need it, so I'm back. 

In my first year after surgery, I lost about 85 pounds.  In the second year, I lost another 10 pounds.  In the third year, I had plastic surgery to get rid of extra skin and to fix some saggy parts...  During that process and subsequently, I have gained back about 25 pounds.

It is time to get back to bidness.  My plan for 2013:

1. Food - in January, I will eat food delivered by a healthy delivery service.
2. Work out - I will CrossFit 3x per week.
3. Running - this is a separate on from working out, becase I would like to get back to running.  I want to run a 5K next Labor Day and a 10K next December.  It might be aggressive, but what the hell, right?

I'm looking forward to 2013 and getting back on the quest to better myself.  I will give myself some kudos for 2012 because a couple of weeks ago, I had the first "normal" labs of my entire adult life.  No cholesterol issues.  No sugar issues.  No deficiences...nothing!  That is a huge deal.  Now that I'm healthy, it is time to get more vain.  :-)

I don't have any specific weight goals, really.  Although, I do want to get back to where I was.  That is the initial goal.  I know that running will get me there even though I hate it.  The first step is to get started which won't happen until the new year.

Wednesday, January 2nd, I plan to CrossFit and walk.  Thursday I will start my new running program.

Blogger, it is so good to see you.  I missed you!