YES!

I’ve been cleared for my surgery! This means that pretty soon they’ll call to schedule a date. I also meet with the surgeon, and I see the nutritionist one last time prior to the procedure. But the ball is rolling. I’m on my way.

I’ve been to the gym everyday this week, including Sunday, which is why you haven’t heard from me so much. Even getting up an hour earlier doesn’t seem to give me the time I need in a day.

And I can only do so much while I’m biking. I can check my stats. I can log my food. But don’t ask me to blog, friends, I’d probably lose my balance and fall off the bike.

I haven’t drunk a soda in a long, long time. I’m getting over 100 grams of protein, 100 ounces of water a day.

Sleep is still kind of an issue, but I’m not snacking, anymore—not even watermelon, since I found out how much sugar is in it. Fluids only.

Also, I found out that several visits to the nutritionist are very common. As it turns out, I was a bit hard on her, I think. She took what I said to heart.

If you’re anything like me—you’re probably not, but if you are—you forget that what you say has an impact, too. And you don’t always get to say you’re sorry…but you almost always are.

In other news, I am soon to leave my current work situation for what I hope and suspect will be a better-fitting one. It was a hard decision to make mid-year, but I’m confident I’ve made the right choice. That is all I can really say about it.

Now I’m off to the gym for a four-day streak.