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Yea, I know. I haven’t written much here lately. I do have some ideas… what I don’t have is time.

Well, I do… but in my infinite wisdom I have started yet another site. I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned it here yet or not… but just in case I haven’t, I figured I’d tell you about it and show a bit of what’s I’ve posted there recently.

FormerFatDudes.com is the site.. and unless you’ve been ignoring me… or this is your first time here… you know I had Weight Loss Surgery (WLS) – three months ago today actually. Guys are still in the minority (4 or 5 to 1) when it comes to WLS, and while the number of sites out there geared towards WLS is growing all the time, they’re mostly done by women invariably revolve around “womens issues”. Well there are certain things that only another dude can relate to. So yea, there’s lots of stuff there for both dude and dudette WLS patients, there is gonna be stuff that is just for the dudes.

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Alright, I have to credit a frequent reader of this site, MissMaryMac with this idea. In a posting on her own blog entitled I Am Not a Kangaroo! she mentioned naming her pouch.

I found the idea intriguing, and decided to steal.. er.. run with it as well.

She named her pouch Simon… cause what Simon sez, goes. I’m not quite that creative, and have settled on the simple name of “Joe”.

Joe and I are going to be together the rest of my life… yea, a sort of life-partner, but not THAT kind. (not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

Sure, I’d rather spend the rest of my life with a Rachel, or Suzy… but I don’t think my pouch has any sort of female tendencies… so Joe it is. I kind of get images of Snoopy as Joe Cool when I think about it… and Snoopy is sort of a picky eater at times as well, so it’s all good. Also, he’s a much better mental picture than my pouch is.

So yea… in the weeks, months, even years to come… when you hear/see me talk about Joe, you’ll know who… or rather what… I’m talking about.

Wow. This is my 200th posting.

I really should come up with something profound here.

But I’m kinda coming up blank.

It took me 20 months to the day to get this point. No, I didn’t plan it this way… just one of those things.

The tag line, “More than you really wanted to know…” still pretty much applies. I post a lot of stuff here, and I wonder at times if anyone really cares. But then I decide I’m not sure I do.

Yea, it’s nice to know people are reading stuff… I know I have some friends and family that do, and I appreciate that. Beyond that though, I have to admit… most of what I write is for me. Nothing against any of you… it’s just the way it is. If I really wanted to write for an audience… well, I’m not that good.

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Been a few days since I’ve posted anything.

Saturday was taken up with paintball. Was a good day, even if we only had a small showing down in Morristown. I tested out the bullet-cam I have. Worked rather well mounted on my barrel. I need to play with the video and figure out how to post it. Maybe. It’s not very exciting, but there’s some larger games coming up, at least now I know it works.

Yesterday was Mothers day. (hi mom!) Had a nice day at the sister’s. I had a “lunch” of 2 or 3 shrimp for a shrimp cocktail. Everyone seemed to like the blackberry cocktail sauce I brought. Later, my brother-in-law and I went to see Star Trek. Was very good. Better than I expected even. And of course leaves a whole lot of doors open for the future.

Today, I packed a lunch… but ended up getting a small Wendy’s chili… ate less than half of it. Tonight, pizza. It could be a couple-time a week thing down the road. It’s easy and I can whip it together with whatever I have on hand for meat and veges.

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Yesterday was a good day.

Mostly.

I got up waaaaay too early after seeing a late showing of Wolverine with some friends. All for the sake of paintball. K, yea, it’s worth it.

Three and a half weeks post-op, and I was out at a large scenario game with about 450 other players, running … well walking mostly… around the field, up and down hills (feelt like I went up a lot more hills than I went down), shooting at the other team, getting shot. The usual. It was a beautiful, partly cloudy day with a high temp in the low 70s.

I tried to pack smart for what I can eat these days. About a cup of cut up watermelon, figured it would be good to snack on to help keep my hydrated. For lunch, some apple slices and a small packet of peanut butter. Then just in case, a handfull of peanuts in the shell and a Cliff bar.

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The other night for dinner, I grilled some fish and had some Chili Lime Perch for dinner. Now, post-op, right now I’m eating only 1-2oz of protien or so per meal. So when you cook over half a pound, there’s going to be left overs.

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