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Quick update

This post was started on Tuesday night. My laptop battery died in the middle of it and my personal battery drained shortly after.  :-) Yes, today marks the first anniversary of my surgery but the related post will not be going up tonight. I can add one more missed workout day (today) to the list. Today has been the toughest day since treatment ended. I was running on empty by early evening and even fell asleep just sitting on the couch. WOW. Tired is not even the word and it came on hard. That said, feel free to read yesterday's post and stay tuned for an anniversary post soon.  Thanks for hanging with me for the past year. What a ride!
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Good evening dear friends,
I'm struggling to keep my eyes open but I'm determined to post. I so love the blog but my days are so full and my energy is beyond depleted at the end of the day so it makes it hard to sit down and write. Here I am with some quick updates and a plan to compose a more in depth post in honor of tomorrow's milestone.
So here are the quick fire updates. Yes, it's time for me to share all my business!

  • I have not missed any additional workout days since my last post. In total I've still only missed one day so that's a record of 81 of 82 days. 
  • I loosened my grip on my strict calorie counts this past but, I'm happy to say, that my weight has stayed level. I have a meal at work tomorrow I'm not going to count but Thursday I'll be back at it.
  • I don't think I posted my latest inches lost number. I don't have the sheet in front of me but, I believe, at last count I was close to 25 inches lost. Remind me to tell you about the bolus. It's interesting to have a wax mold of part of your torso and to put that mold on and see the actual difference when you've lost some weight. Kind of cool!
  • I'm really pushing for more days in the office. My patience is being tested with my tolerance - I feel like a wimp but I am gradually doing better. At some point in the afternoon I just hit a wall but hopefully that wall will continue to move later and later in the day. 
On a side note, it's March for Babies time again. As you might recall, I'm pretty passionate about this cause and we are typically one of the top fundraising teams. I had to miss out last year because the walk was a few days after my first chemo treatment. I was heartbroken to miss it but we were well represented. We would love to have you as a Groupie! If you can make a donation, any amount is appreciated. If you want to join the team, I'll post a link to our team page below. This year I'm also combining fundraising and our t-shirts so if you'd like a groovy shirt and help us raise some money, check out the other link. 

Thanks again for your support throughout the past year. 

Love to all!
Andee


To join our team, Gabriel's Groupies, or make a donation:   http://www.marchforbabies.org/adoolin
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