My anniversary was was July 10th @ more than o month I'm already seeing major changes from my time at the gym, I'm definitely seeing my muscle increase and some definition, my sure on put me through a grilling initially when I said I wanted to go back ASAP the while I was still in the hospital, so the very next Monday I went back, only treadmill and light circuit at first, but after my follow up he said he was sure I knew what I was doing so I got the green light to go all out, now I can break down my days again into specific muscles, it's the only thing I do well at and I excel at it, I was curling 20lbs at the beginning and am up to 50lbs now, etc...... So I wanna keep going, because I was trained by my friends who are hardcore bodybuilder scans Crossfit experts I only train 3 days a week and rest on the weekends, it's the muscle healing philosophy that works well for me, I only wishing my knees were good because I would love to do a 5k run or even walk, but I'm happy and look forward to when I can finally get my Kayak and do some fishing, I'm also really looking forward to doing some camping again, I just want people to know that I never doubted the surgery for one minute or questioned it, and it's true that I've gotten a second chance at life, I'm mostly grateful that I have such a supportive family and that my friends are just as involved, when I say I wanna see how far I go with all this they say go for it, and love it when I post results, but even with all this I now feeling the need to give back and help others, so I'm gonna work on that also, it's not perfect all the time but it's 1000 times better than it was !!!!!!

I'm not where you are, but three weeks out and I can walk longer distances, don't have to run to the bathroom every half and hour, and my clothes aren't bunching up around my stomach.

Those are milestones, I use those instead of the scale to dictate my progress. I only wish I could walk long distances, so you have strengths I do not, I also urinate regularly now and it helps me sleep better, I was on the verge of needing a C-PAP and now I don't, measure your progress by health, I know peeps on here that can now run 5,10 15 miles a day, I envy that, my strength is in the gym, find what you excel at and you will be happier, I know it's a long road but we didn't exactly get here overnight anyway, the biggest boost I have gotten so far was getting into a pair of shorts I hadn't been able to wear in 7 yrs, and I even managed to get into 1 size smaller than that last week, although it was a tight fit my goal is to wear them comfortably in two more weeks, that would bring me down from a size 60w to 52w, 8 waist sizes lost and going, inspiration keeps me going .........