In January of 2003 I made some significant lifestyle changes toward the goal of better physical fitness. I began regular running again, I learned to drink my coffee black instead of filling it with fru-fru cream or milk and sugar, I slowed down my soda intake, and I drastically cut back my food portions.

As you can imagine I began to lose some weight. And for six to eight months I would give a Wednesday weigh-in to the staff and students at one28. I went from 257 (the highest ever) down to the 220's during that time. But for various reasons I stopped giving the weigh-in. Perhaps one reason was because we switched to small groups on the second and fourth Wednesdays--so we weren't all together on a weekly basis. But probably the biggest reason was because I just stopped working to lose the weight like I had.

Well, it seems like a good time to start the accountability again but this time it will be a blog-in. I do plan on getting back to some less "personal" blogs after Ichthus, but for now this is on my mind. Obviously I got a new jump start with the fundoplication and the subsequent diet, but I'm already back to choosing my food and portions instead of having chicken broth chosen for me. On Thursday before my surgery I weighed 229. Today, two weeks later, I am down to 219. In another week or so I'll probably be able to start exercising again so that should help even more. I'd eventually like to see 197 at least to say I'd lost 60 total, but a resting poundage around 205 seems realistic. So, 219 and counting ... hopefully down.