Attention

I go to the gym every morning, at least 5 days a week. I don't have a lot of time, about 45 minutes, and I usually spend it at a relatively high intensity so I get some bang for my buck. People are starting to notice - I think 60 pounds was the threshold. I have read on other blogs that people are afraid to say something to you because they worry you are sick and thus losing a dramatic amount of weight. I have noticed that lately as people stare at me looking like they want to say something but holding back. But at the gym, they see you running and lifting weights so they can be fairly certain that you don't have a disease that is forcing you to lose weight. And the bold are starting to comment. Today, an old man that is there at the same time every day with me said I would look like him in a year... I laughed and said I would rather have boobs! People are crazy. I might be crazy too ;)

It wouldn't be my blog if we didn't go scientific every once and awhile... how is it that pre-surgery, I would shake and sweat if I ate less than 1300 calories - but post surgery, I can eat 700-800 calories and still run 2 miles? Is it that my body is using its own storage of fat? Or was the whole blood sugar thing in my head? Or perhaps it is a combination of both? This is my question for my surgeon next week....