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It's been a while since my last post, but things are still moving along. I went back to the eating disorder clinic for my follow-up session. I took the same tests that I took at the beginning of the sessions and answered the questionnaires. I noticed that my answers were much more upbeat and positive than before. I was asked if I would like to take part in an advanced study they are starting in a few weeks, and of course I said YES! They will call me when they are ready to proceed. I was asked to go weigh myself and call the weight in to the clinic, even though I had just weighed in two weeks prior. I did as I was asked and to my surprise, I was down another 12 pounds, I now weigh 625 lb. That was on the 30th of May, so I am most likely down more since then. 613 lb. was the starting point for me back in 1996 and after loosing 75 lb. I hit a stagnant period where I did not loose any weight. I got pissed off and quit my regimen. In January of this year I hit rock bottom and was hospitalized for a week, and here I am re-loosing those same pounds and more. The first goal for me is to reach 613 lb. and I am very close.

It's been hard to stay motivated about exercise on a daily basis. But, I have been lifting at least twice a week and walking more. But not five times per week as I have been told to do by my PT. I am experiencing knee pain in my right knee which makes even harder to get out there and do it. I do walk whenever my body feels up to it though, and my second and third visits to PT have shown marked improvement in my stamina and recovery time. It's not a big improvement, but it has been a gradual one. I felt very good last Sunday and went to Lowe's Hardware store, which is a huge warehouse outlet. I walked for about 60 minutes with an additional 15 minutes of sitting in between. I rested up Monday and Tuesday and will lift today when I finish posting this information. Tomorrow I plan to walk for 15 minutes, and Friday I will have my PT session and we'll see if I have improved on my stamina and recovery time. My guess is that I have! I am doing the best I can, but I am hard on myself when I miss workouts and walks. But as long as there is progress rather than regress, one cannot argue with the success I am having.

Other than the long walk at Lowe's hardware and the 12 additional lb. lost, I have not had any other real breakthroughs over the past three weeks. Of course, at Lowe's I bought fixtures and cement to build and repair my horseshoe pit. Playing horseshoes will help give me more exercise and keep me active. The pits are framed in and now I need to set the pins in cement and sink them into the sand out back at the proper distance from one another. Then I can sink the frames and mix something into the sand to give the landing area more bite. The shoes disappear in the sand, which makes it harder to find them and score the inning.


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