Truthfully, there is no watercooler in my office. But, regardless, this is subject matter I prefer to keep out of the workplace.

So... where to start? Briefly, I was supposed to begin my 6 month "supervised weight loss" period back in April 2008. However, I was still somewhat arrogant at that point and thought "Nope, I can do this on my own. I am NOT going to sit on my @ss for 6 months and not lose any weight." I was at the borderline of having a BMI to qualify - hence the no weight loss for 6 months thing even thought it would have been considered my 6 month program for the insurance company. So my arrogance got me to November 2009 where my BMI was 10 points higher. Yes, 10. Ugh. So much for success. Yay!

Luckily, during that time frame my insurance policy somehow changed and that 6 month period was shortened to 3. That 3 months zipped by, especially with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years thrown in there. Next thing I know I'm starting the pre-op diet, waiting not so patiently for that insurance approval to come through. Finally, the Thursday of the