My six-month post-op appointment is quickly approaching. Officially, my appointment is exactly 26 weeks after my surgery date. My surgery was on a Tuesday, and my appointment is also on a Tuesday. Twenty-six weeks is actually 6.5 months if you count a month as four weeks. If you count a month as the 9th to the 9th, it is still two days short of my six-month anniversary.

I had surgery August 9, 2011 and my appointment is Feb. 7, 2012.

Before my surgery, I had hoped that I would have lost all of my excess weight by my six-month appointment. That’s right, all 115 pounds.

I have lost 65 pounds since my surgery, so I am not yet at goal. I have had several stalls, which I hadn’t really considered before my surgery.

Still, I am two pounds away from the 180s, and I would like to lose those 2 pounds before my appointment Tuesday.

Although, truth be told, even if I did manage to do that, it wouldn’t necessarily be reflected at my doctor’s office since my appointment is at 1 p.m., and I will weigh in with clothes on.

But I would feel better, and it is a goal. It also ignores that fact that I haven’t lost any weight in more than a week. It’s about time, don’t you think?

I am getting frustrated with the scales. I know I’m not supposed to rely on them, and this has proven completely true. The other day, I was completely dressed including boots. I stepped on the scale, and it said 192. My naked weight has been stalled at 191, so I figured if I shed the clothes and boots, I would be less than 191.

I stripped down naked and stepped on the scale again. It still said 192. No difference at all, but it also put me a pound over my low weight.

So I complained loudly and proclaimed that I hated the scales. Then, for the heck of it, I put just my boots (which were heavy) on the scales. They weighed in at 1.4 pounds. So shouldn’t 192 – 1.4 be less than 192? Plus the weight of the boots doesn’t even consider that I was wearing a pair of jeans, shirt, jacket and undies.

Scale math — I do not understand it.

Anyway, the good news is that I am seeing other changes. For instance, I can feel a very distinct toned muscle in my thighs. It is still hidden a bit by flab, but I can feel it. It wasn’t there before, so progress.

I don’t really have any concerns or questions to discuss at my six-month appointment. I know that I need to keep up my exercise (if not expand it), and I really need to up my water intake. It is something I tend to slack at (always have).