I cant believe its been a week since I last posted but here it is, the beginning of August. Tomorrow will be my 2 month anniversary since my surgery and I am still at the 41 pound mark in terms of eight loss. I didnt have a chance to weigh in yesterday because I was at a trade show bright and early and arrived home late so I will have to wait until next Saturday to see where I am at in terms of weight loss. Since this show only comes to my area about once every 4 years I planned on spending the day there but was also worried and concerned that I could do all the walking needed to see everything I wanted to see at this show. The exposition center that the show is being held at is extremely huge and would kill the feet of even the most experienced walker/runner. The worrysome thing for me is the fact that the last time I was at this show I was unable to walk from the parking lot to the door of the exposition center without breaking out in a shirt drenching sweat and needing oxygen to breathe. I also need to mention that I was carrying a sports bag filled with items I needed to bring which weighed in at about 25 pounds.
As I left my car I muttered a little prayer and asked for help in getting myself around the show without making me look like a sweaty pig. I approached the doors and realized I had yet to drop one single bead or persperation from my forehead and my breathing was not the wheezing type I was used to when I attended these shows in the past. I walked the show floor and about halfway through I realized I needed to take a rest and found a comfortable chair and watched the world go by me for the next 10 minutes. After this rest I was able to continue walking the rest of the floor and returned to my car without hearing the pounding of my heart in my ears or having to wring out my shirt. This was a major triumph for me and the realization has kicked in that I am actually losing this weight and a 41 pound loss really is significant. The success at this show has actually fueled my desire to lose even more weight and I am hoping I can keep this momentum as summer starts to wind down and fall slowly creeps in.
On a side note I had mentioned I had news. My daughter made my wife and I grandparents for the 2nd time today. Its difficult to believe we are grandparents at a young age but its even more difficult to realize my daughter is a mother of 2 and is pretty good at it as well. Wasnt it just yesterday we were going to her band concerts and watching her walk across the stage to accept her 8th grade diploma? Although she and her husband live 800 miles away we get a constant stream of pictures and videos of our grandchild and I am sure more of the same for grandkid #2 will be coming shortly. Although I have wanted to do this surgery for a number of years I think the thing that really pushed me over the edge was becoming a grandfather for the 1st time last year. I realized that I might not be around to see him graduate high school let alone get married and have kids of his own. I wanted to be the grandfather who took him to ball games and bought noisey toys to take home and annoy his parents with. I think I am more confident today than ever before that I might actually be around long enough to see all things things happen….and then some.
