A Small Update

[filkertom]

The magic number is 353.

That is what I weigh now, rather than 395.

The magic word is "stairs".

That's what I went up and down six times today -- three up to the fourth (a landing), three down to the floor, six times, no problem at all. Okay, something of a problem, I mean, I need the handrails, and it's tiring. But I could've done it a dozen times or more.

I am now close to the point where the only limiting factor is my endurance.

And Les brought me my new walker, and some Tim Horton's for lunch, and my roomie has gone home so I am (for the moment) by myself in the room which means I don't have to listen to Law and Order and Charmed on TNT all day, and they're about to make popcorn for the afternoon movie, and it's a fuckin' lovely day.

How's by you?

Comments

[joshuwain.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Tom! :) I'm down to 302 as of yesterday, myself, and am doing a lot of walking as well.

[janeg.livejournal.com]

Congratulations - that is really major loss. More to come, I know, but your energy level will be improving from now on because of your new "lightness of being".

So stairs matter more than institutional food?

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[bald-ruminant.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

And keep it up!

Dunno yet how the day is going. Will find out at the "all hands" meeting in a little under an hour.

[nimitzbrood.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's some major lost weight dude! Congrats! Keep at it!

As for today it's not bad because I actually managed to get bank onto the motorcycle this week finally and I'm damn happy about that. :-)

[dement1a.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear you are doing so well! :D

[devospice.livejournal.com]

That's great, man. Keep it up!

[brmj.livejournal.com]

Great news! Congradulations on the weight loss!

[lukeski.livejournal.com]

So does that mean that the ultimate question to life, the universe, and everything is "How many pounds will Tom Smith lose?"

Congrats! :)

[nightmarewriter.livejournal.com]

*Groan* I whipped out the calculator for THAT?

It was bad enough when I was that age... lol

[sweetmusic-27.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Go Tom! We're all rootin' for you!

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Yeah Boy.. keep it Up.

Spent most of the morning arranging travel for our fall convention season and enjoying being around the family.

[wwetuesday.livejournal.com]

Awesome man.

[voiceofkiki.livejournal.com]

Absolutely thrilled to hear all that. I'm constantly sending mucho love and huggles your way.

[ladystarblade.livejournal.com]

Woot! Congrats! Get on with your bad self. :-)

I'm trying to get ready to hit two music festivals, two conventions, another Irish Fest, and a trip to the Carolinas in the next two months...and working out the logistics is a nightmare! But kinda fun, in an exhausting way.

[kshandra]

SO much icon love.

Hey - that's Freddie!

[qnofhrt.livejournal.com]

Where did you get that icon? I LOVE that video!

Re: Hey - that's Freddie!

[kshandra]

It's credited properly on my allpics page, and free for the taking.

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

:) That icon is made of awesome sauce. :D

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

Kick ass!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! Way to go, dude! Both on the losses, and the gains.... Take it easy on the Timmies... :)

Me: Baseball tonight, Skinny White Chick with Vixy and Tony this weekend, and then next week: Cool new gig!

Magic Number

[baronet.livejournal.com]

So you're telling me that the magic number (in relative terms) is -42? If only we had a really big computer to tell us what the question is.

Re: Magic Number

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

The question is, "Weight: the Filk...?"

Re: Magic Number

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

-42 is the Anti-Answer, what the dark side has on it's answering machine, it's what behind the $500 card on the Jeopardy column "Evil," it's the number that crashed the first Mars Polar Lander, it's... it's... um, I'm out, next up.

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

Woo! Congratulations!

[mofilker.livejournal.com]

This is where the phrase "I'll take the stares (sorry, the stairs)" finally begins to take on a whole new meaning. Are there 42 of them?

By the by, I'm hoping and planning a FEMA (Filkertom Emergency Medical Assistance) at Archon this year. How it goes depends on who shows, of course, but I'm planning on it, so {HELLO OUT THERE...} if anyone is coming to Archon and is willing to take part in a "Sing a Song of Sick Puns" FEMA benefit, let me know here (mofilker) or via the Archon website.

Glad to hear you're coming along, sir. Like quadrivium said, "Kick ass!". Especially now that there's less of it...

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[timewalker.livejournal.com]

So glad things are going so well for you. Keep up that positive attitude.

[bosswriter.livejournal.com]

Good job on the weight loss and your determination to keep dpoing what it takes. I am sure that as the pounds melt off you will ever more energetic than you are now.

I shudder to think of the bottled up energy that will be released at your first concert after you recover ( I want to be there!)

As for what's up, am sitting in the pedestrian mall two blocks from the Convention center in Denver. So far Worldcon is so-so, the CCC is nice but the attendance is a little thin and the logistics of the consuite being at the Sheraton 6 blocks away from the CCC is a real pain.

Panels have been good and nice to see old friends.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Way to go! *hugs*

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Forty-two pounds? MAGNIFICO! Whatever you do, don't stop now.

I'm down to 260 myself, which is 25 pounds less than I was last GenCon.

Still, now that I'm working two jobs, it's kind of hard to find time to work out. Ah well. I do try to at least get a bit of walking done each day.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the weight loss. Pretty important, I bet, for your rehab.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, the last time I weight this much/little, I was at the peak of a period when I'd been going three times a week to Bally. And I felt fantastic, and I was able to walk a quarter-mile, partly uphill (I know because I did it). And then work kicked my ass and, between that and the way the Bally's filled up, I never got back to the workouts. So I'll take what I can get.

And, yeah, I'm sure my knees are happier they haven't got that extra poundage. :)

[bryanp.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. I need to get serious about weight loss again myself as the 35 I dropped last year is starting to creep back. Well, technically I've leveled off to where I keep gaining and losing the same 10 pounds ...

Great work and I'm glad you're feeling better.

[hms42]

Worldcon is fun. Lots was sung last night, Kathleen Sloan, Blind Lemming Chiffon did 2 short concerts to start the concerts off today. (Both were good.) Anne Harlan Prather is performing now and is wonderful! (She still has about 20 minutes left in the concert as I type.)

[hms42]

Congradualtions on the weight loss.

Keep at it! I once saw a picture of you from the late 80s/early 90s and if if wasn't for your voice, I would have never recognized you.

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

Congratulations dood!

It's great to hear you're doing so well :)

[phecda.livejournal.com]

Tom Smith reduced 10%! :-)

Congrats and hoping things continue in that direction for awhile. And glad things are healing up well. It'll be good to see you performing at Clave.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I prefer to think of it as "concentrated". ;)

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Congradulations on the fantastic progress. Sounds like you will be back to performing before we all know it. That is a very good thing.

[bathtubnz.livejournal.com]

Well done.

Good Job Bro!

[incredible-burp.livejournal.com]

Congrates on making headway. I was hoping you would drop a few being tied down for the time being. my buddy "Lumpy" lost 40 lbs with his broken ankle and he had his wife there looking after him. she refused to bring him soda pop... I'd die if I couldn't get a Mt. Dew once and a while.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Well the two big things for me recently is leaving my current job (the new one starts Monday) and my Mom getting her right shoulder socket joint fixed. She'll probably be in some physical therapy too. We don't know if there's any permanent damage, but from what Dad says, I'm optimistic all things considered.

There's other stuff going on I blogged about in my LJ. Why don't you go enjoy it now? (OK sorry for the Lukeski moment.)

Weigh to go!

[gypsy1969.livejournal.com]

I should heed the example.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaay! Keep up the good news!

[danceswithlife]

Inspiring! Keep up the great work.

I get to spend the next 3 days in rooms with 500 people who like one of the same things I do--Ken Wilber's Integral Model (the first ever Integral conference). Some of them even like science fiction, and a lot of them like music. If the rest of the weekend was anything like this first evening it's going to be wonderful.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Go you! Both on the weight loss and on the strengthening legs!

[surakofb5.livejournal.com]

Congrats on all your good news!

I am healing nicely. You probably missed my post about having the wrong bricks for breaking at my 2nd dan test, which left me with bruising, swelling, and some nasty ligament damage. Then I tripped a week later and landed on the exact same spot. So it's going to take a long time to heal. At least I can do some typing now.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

I've lost some (but not as much, and not enough) since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and giving up sweets back in May.

That's an accomplishment. Keep up the good work.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Excellent start. Congratulations.