Current mood: exhausted
So I hate it when you get done writing this awesome blog and myspace loses it!!! I'll try to recreate the awesomness that I wrote and then it got lost.
I think that when you go on vacation you should get an extra 2 days to recover from your vacation. While our vacation was fantastic I am totally exhausted from it. We went camping in the high Sierras of California. What a beautiful place. Lisa and I took so many pictures just because everything is picture perfect. It was so pretty there that hiking wasn't so bad. Besure to check out the pictures on myspace or on my website http://www.geocities.com/cruzngrly.
The altitude was an interesting change. I had never been in high altitude. You are supposed to relax for the first 24 hours (72 if you are Lisa) so that your cells can adjust to the lack of oxygen. I wasn't really affected by the altitude until the last full day we were there and we took about a 4-5 mile hike. It's hard work to hike when you can't get oxygen. My weightloss made a huge difference (I think). It was amazing to me how much more energy I had. I wore a pair of jeans on the last day that I haven't really worn since surgery, I could hold them out a good 8-9 inches away from my body. It is shocking to me since they used to be so tight they would hurt after wearing them awhile. I have 2 skirts that are close to goodbye time. Unfortunately I haven't found anything to replace them yet. I have been shopping a lot at Goodwill and BarginWorld. We have found some great clothes. I have gone from a 3-4X to a 1x/xtra large. Sometimes I am still shocked that I've lost that much weight.
I finally updated my pictures with the picture of me at my heaviest. I still can't believe that was me, I don't even recognize myself in that picture. I am still working on protien consumption. My large intake of milk is where the bulk of my protein comes from. I have started to lose a great deal of hair (I think the last few pounds lost have all been from hair loss; J/K). I have talked to the doctor and I am taking large amounts of folic acid and biotin. Hopefully I will see the effects of being on these supplements soon. It's a good thing that I started out with thick hair!!
I'll write more later, right now I HAVE to go to bed because I am exhausted!!