July/August Update

Still doing really well, feeling great.

Weight still the same around 68kgs. This seems to be the weight my body is most comfortable at and unless I have a tummy tuck (which I am told would take about 5ks off my weight) is the weight I should remain at, all things being equal.

I am continueing to be a guest speaker at my surgeons seminars, although this is looking at coming to an end as they are looking at developing a bigger online site with a short documentary about to be shot. I have been asked to be part of that doco.

Will post site address once it has been established.

June update

Still doing well. My weight is stagnant around 68kgs, sometime up a little and sometimes down around 65kgs.

I have had to increase the amount of meat I eat as my iron levels fell and doctor wants them up a bit, I was eating a lot of chicken and apparently chicken doesn't have a lot of iron in it. I try to eat red meat 3 or 4 times a week.

Have also changed my multi vitamin tablets to Swiss Women's formula, and feel a little more energized with them.

Meals: Normal Day

Breakfast
1/3 cup of rolled oats
White skim milk coffee - half hour after eating

Lunch
small tin of Salmon with Sun dried Tomato & Onion
2 Crisp breads

Dinner
small piece of fillet steak
Gravy eg mushroom, Diane

March 2011 update

Just back from cruise around New Zealand. Had a fantastic time. New swimmers didn't get a workout as weather was not that good.

The attached photo was taken on board the ship. (Photographer must have had a really good lens filter on his camera, as there is not a wrinkle in sight.)

People we shared a table with at dinner were amazed that I ate so little. I had to explain that I had had a gastric bypass. They were very interested and amazed that I had lost over 50kgs.

On the ship they had a lot of alternate places to eat. Food was available 24 hours a day. A big persons dream. Fortuately, my relationship with food has changed and I only ate small meals regularly. My travelling companions, stuffed themselves silly (they are average size people), then worried about how they were going to fit into their cloths.

I lost 300gs on the cruise, last cruise I went on (5 years ago) I gained nearly a stone. How life has changed for the better.

February Update

All still going well. I have put on 2kgs since Christmas, dietitian told me this would happen at around the 18 month mark. It is due to your body going into storage mode, apparently it will drop off again shortly.

I am heading off on a cruise around New Zealand shortly, had to get new swimmers as the ones I had were too big. Yah.

Lets hope so.

2011

Christmas went really well. Weight still the same, around 65kgs. Managed Christmas food well. Started back at the gym just after Christmas. Feeling really fit and well.