Update from the field

It's been a little while since either Hark or I posted anything.  To be honest, we have good reasoning for it.  We've both been swarmed here lately with school, work, and problems outside of both of those things.

I've been having some issues lately with my gallbladder and I still don't know what the exact cause of the problem is.  Hark has been feeling under the weather as well.  If someone were to stack 12-16 credit hours per week, 20-40 hours of work, and (in my case) the responsibility of being a single parent on top of that, you would have a good look at our daily lives.

As far as I'm concerned, I've had to make some changes in the diet that won't agitate my gallbladder until I figure out what the problem is.  This has been especially hard because one of the foods that I've had to cut is bacon, and I love bacon more than any other food on this planet.  I've also refrained from doing any strength training for the time being as well, because my abdominal and dorsal muscles are put into SEVERE pain any time I overuse them.

Hopefully, I'll know more tomorrow.  I'm supposed to have an MRI to see if we can find out what the little bugger below my stomach is up to.  If it is a problem, I honestly hope they remove it so that I can get over it and go back to my old routines.

Don't worry though, friends.  We'll be back soon!

Noticeable Change

I've been on the Carb Nite Solution for over a month now.  When I weighed myself two weeks ago, I had lost nearly 20 lbs of the weight that I had put back on.

I had intended to post this update with my current weight lost as well, but with it being the winter, and me having a son, my schedule doesn't always allow me to get to the gym when I want to.  The gym just happens to be the place where I weigh myself.

Checklist of things I need to buy:

• A bathroom scale

Anyway, the picture is worth quite a few words.  The first thing that I've noticed about myself is that I am noticeably not as wide as I used to be.  My moobs (man boobs) are smaller as well.  Something you can't tell from these photos is that ALL of the clothes I was wearing a month ago are so much looser on me now.  My jeans are practically baggy, when they were snug when I bought them just a month ago!

Progress is happening!