I just spent the last 10 min blowing up this ball. How am I supposed to have the energy to do sit ups on it now?

Break time!

This has been a long time coming.  I just heard from the doctor yesterday that I’ve been scheduled for surgery.  I’m going in for Gastric Bypass on May 12th, 2010.

Gastric Bypass surgery is a procedure where they reorganize your stomach and intestines to prevent you from eating more than a few ounces at a time.

Here’s a detailed article on the surgery and a video.

It’s taken 6 months of testing to approve me for the surgery.  Now that I have medical approval I have to be on a liquid diet for a month.  Essentially only protein shakes for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for 4 weeks.  Then I’ll go in to the hospital and be there for 3 days.  After that it’s another 6 weeks of liquid diet and a lifetime of other dietary and physical changes.

For a while I thought I could hide the surgery and convince everyone I was just very successful at dieting but that passed quickly.  At this point except for a few close friends and family no one knows, so I figured now is as good of a time as any to announce it.

I have been thinking about creating a new blog dedicated to my Gastric Bypass experience and hopefully success.  There will be more info on that soon.

As for now I am making this announcement official to my friends, family and followers.  More to follow…