First, let me update you on my new decade's resolutions.
- Quit smoking pot: Going very well. As there is no more pot in the house, I haven't smoked since I decided to stop. I still crave it though, sometimes. But I can live with that.
- Training: Doing fairly well. Most weeks, I train 3 times a week, still taking private boxing lessons and doing the elliptical. I hurt my back a couple of weeks ago so I skipped two weeks, which is ok, and I skipped maybe once or twice because I felt tired. But more often than not, I do as I said I would so I could almost tell you that I'm proud of myself but God forbid!!!
- Thesis: Not going as well as it could. I tend to procrastinate, do a million of trivial things, do a bit of work and procrastinate some more. Will try to improve on that.
All right now. I have more or less given up on the idea that I could or would be able to lose weight on my own. So I'm thinking of having bariatric or weight loss surgery, lap band surgery to be more precise. This is a procedure where they place a band around your stomach to reduce the size, hence limiting the amount of food you can ingest at once (to read more about bariatric surgery, and lap band surgery:
http://www.weightlosssurgery.ca/. In Canada, the waiting lists for these surgeries are monstrous so I would have to pay for the surgery and go to a private clinic. It costs around 20 000$-25 000$ for the whole procedure and there are no waiting list technically. I submitted my "application" and I'm waiting to get an appointment with the surgeon. I suppose I should hear from them within a couple of days and I'm fairly anxious about it. I have tons of questions before I make up my mind for sure. For example, is the procedure reversible (what if they find a miracle cure like a pill or something in two years)? What amount of weight should I expect to lose? Will I be able eventually to eat the food that I like or will I have to stay away from certain food? What if I eat too much, will I die? Will my stomach bursts? Etc., etc... I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go ahead with it, unless the risks are overwhelming compared to the advantages, which I highly doubt.
That's pretty much it for now. Until next time...
