azjag64
azjag64 wrote a blog post 14 years, 5 months ago
“I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control - Hello again… it’s been way too long… three months of a new job with full time cubicle living does have a tendency to disrupt and open up cracks, letting a few o...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 14 years, 10 months ago
Reeling in the Year - Yesterday marked one year since my lap band surgery & it’s really quite unreal to grasp where I was to where I am and where I going to be. I started out 84 ½ lbs ago (yes, p...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 14 years, 11 months ago
“Just a little patience” - OK, been quite too long since I’ve actually written. Little status updates and workout recaps are nice, but are basically traffic signs on my weight loss journey. That bein...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years ago
“Open up… Everything’s waiting for you…” - As I continue down my path, challenges love to just appear and almost taunt me. We live in a 24/7 world of constant messages of indulge in this, enjoy that, and somehow any possib...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years ago
“Out of woman comes the man…” - “Spend the rest of his life gettin back when he can” – Peter Gabriel
In honor of Mother’s Day, wanted to share something a little bit different, yet every bit as...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years ago
Jeux sans Frontieres - Getting a bit more engaged in the fight lately and hit a major milestone today… I have now lost 68.5 lbs. Yes, been a bit slow since December, and actually had a terrible ...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years ago
It’s tough to be somebody, it’s hard to keep from - I am definitely pushing myself more lately, and more blog entries are just one of the side effects. Going to CO, getting myself on to skis & actually doing better than I ever expe...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 1 month ago
I wont hold back anything… And I'll walk away a f - As my journey back continues, I feel like I am waking up from a multi-year fog. And as clarity grows, I revel in revisiting skills and abilities that I thought I had buried. The ...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 1 month ago
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making oth - OK, it’s been a while, and though I could easily try to blame too much work, travel, or having to fight harder to make that scale read less, this is something I must make the...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 3 months ago
"I know what I am, and I am what I know…" - An “on the road” update, writing from my Denver trip the day after skiing, something I truly loved and lost many years ago & somehow managed to do & reasonably well yesterday...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 3 months ago
“I know to trip is but to fall” - Been quite a hectic couple months, and I have been really struggling to stay on track. Holidays never help and add in business meetings, travel, and other factors & I am really gl...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 4 months ago
“Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find - OK, it’s been way too long since I have written, and I could try to blame increasing work and even pro football, but that is still weak. Being somewhat trapped in the snowdr...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 6 months ago
I’m Moving Through Some Changes, I‘ll Never Be the - OK, it’s been far too long since I’ve updated here. Leaves are changing, costumes & candy are everywhere, and Thanksgiving & Christmas will be here far sooner than any...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 7 months ago
If I Ever Lose My Faith in Me - Yes, it’s been a while but I have just been insanely busy with work stuff. Working in some capacity with three different companies in three different business verticals can ...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 8 months ago
And So It Goes… - Yesterday was my second band adjustment. Certainly went in with far less apprehension than the first time and it definitely started out well. In the three weeks between fills, I ...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 8 months ago
Dancin' Days are here again... - Yeah, a bit too long between posts, but I have been quite busy progressing through my startup projects, getting them both to that critical mass of where they will become significan...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 9 months ago
This is not a drill... - Been a while since last update… Been pretty much stuck in the weight loss rut still, but considering the variety of possible sidetracks I have endured lately (dinner at Cas...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 9 months ago
All the promises we break, from the cradle to the - Been quite the eventful week so far. Got my surgical staples removed Tuesday and then attended my first post op yoga class. Went to yoga to try it, not thinking that I would nece...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 9 months ago
We've got to get in to get out... - Been a bit preoccupied to post lately but today works nicely. Healing nicely & surgical staples come out Tuesday & will get my first band fill on the 24th. Aside from work stuff, m...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 9 months ago
A watched pot never boils... - For the last seven or so weeks, I have been making good progress on my road back, save for some early hiccups. As I have been healing post op, that progress accelerated until I fi...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 9 months ago
In transition - My journey to health has been quite the ride for the seven weeks I have been fully engaged in it. Pre-band, it was all a mental game, getting my mind re-wired into making the righ...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 10 months ago
"Every day, another miracle" - Lately I related much better to that line from the ex-teacher turned bassist, environmentalist, yoga aficiando, and world icon. Even though it's all of eight days post op & six we...
azjag64 wrote a blog post 15 years, 10 months ago
Week 1 Post Op - "Good" Pain? - Been having quite the ride since Friday. Did a whole bunch of stuff Saturday to make sure my sis' visit had some elements of vacation & that wore me out a bit for Sunday. I had m...
azjag64 had a Lap Band on Jul 16, 2010. 15 years, 10 months ago
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azjag64 selected a surgeon: Gowen Nirmul. 15 years, 10 months ago
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About Me
Scottsdale, AZ
Location
41.8
BMI
Surgery
07/16/2010
Surgery Date
Mar 24, 2007
Member Since
