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Well, after nearly 4 months, I’ve lost 25 pounds and am still on track. There have been so many positive developments along the way, including obvious ones like fitting into my wardrobe and having people compliment me (without prompting) as well as not-so-obvious ones, like less back pain, hip pain, even better skin (less chafing).

Next month I will be easing into another phase of my program, increasing physical activity, and today being Earth Day, I started a week early by biking 1/3 of the way to work, about 2 1/2 miles. I was going to go to whole way but decided I wasn’t quite up to it, so I hopped on a bus (with bike rack) and made it in the rest of the way. Then I changed clothes and came in. I feel fresh as a daisy and so energetic!

Today I brought in a batch of fresh-baked scones for my office. I made them with a mix last night and know they are delicious , but I haven’t had one yet. They’re 180 calories each. I haven’t had lunch yet, so what I will do is check back towards the end of the day. If I’ve been good and feel hungry — and there are some left! — I will have one, with some coffee or tea. But otherwise, no. This is the kind of strategy that has worked for me these four months and I want to continue. Temptation really isn’t a problem if you plan for it.

Well, aside from continuing to do well on my diet this week, I’ve practically been fasting the past two days. It’s not intentional though; I had surgery (septoplasty, a nasal operation) yesterday morning and couldn’t eat beforehand and didn’t eat afterward for about 24 hours. My appetite has been improving and today I had lunch and some light snacks. By tomorrow I should be on my regular schedule and diet as far as eating. My appetite was just not there yesterday, that’s for sure. I threw up a couple stomachfuls of blood and that certainly wasn’t very appetizing! And BTW, if anyone wants to know what it’s like to have septoplasty surgery, I’ve got a whole blog post about it over here. It was definitely a serious operation, more involved and traumatic than I thought it would be. It also sucks not be able to breathe through your nose — at all. However, once the doctor takes the stents out of my nose on Thursday, hopefully I’ll be able to breathe a lot better.