Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Fifty Pounds Lighter

About a week before Doug had his stroke, we both had started a Jenny Craig diet. Today he finally reached a milestone of losing 50 pounds. When he was in the hospital, he lost about 36 pounds, and then another 14 pounds after coming home.
Parts of the left side of Doug's cheek, face and scalp are still numb since the stroke. Sometimes he might bite his cheek because he can't feel it, so Doug has been eating soft and smaller bites to avoid hurting the inside of his mouth.
Here is a 5 pound bag of sugar. Doug has lost the equivalent of 10 of these. I think that is great news. He would like to lose more weight, so hopefully with exercise and healthy eating, he will.

3 comments:

Dalene said...

Wow that is great news! That will make a difference for him.

Marlita said...

That is great about the weight loss! I wanted to tell you that the picture of the dress is on our blog towards the beginning of August posts.

RoverHaus said...

Congratulations Doug!!!!

THis really is great and I'm sure you'll be feeling the benefits of this for years to come.

Keep up the great work!