And then...

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...