I haven’t been too diligent about updating my blog, but luckily I have been diligent about my challenge. I went to the doctor for my annual checkup yesterday and I was down to 205 lbs. I got a big surprise though. Every time my height has been measured for the past 20 or so years, I have been 5′9″. Yesterday, I was 5′8 1/4″! I thought I was a bit young (a couple weeks shy of 42) to be shrinking, but I asked the nurse if it could be related to my ruptured and herniated discs. That is exactly what it was. I had no idea it would affect my height – especially not that much. I am still calculating my BMI based on 5′9″ though! I figured the change in height didn’t affect my body composition – my spine is simply compressed.
I got a little behind in my reading because I had been driving to work. I started taking the train to work again, so I am getting caught up this week. But the big news is that I have decided to let go of some of the books in my To Be Read (TBR) pile. I will never get through 911 books, so I decided to keep only the ones that I REALLY want to read. I have donated about 150 books so far, and I have another 150 or so boxed up. I got more boxes and I think I can probably get rid of another 200. This will put a huge dent in the massive numbers of books I have around the house. I feel better already! I am donating all the like new books to the Friends organization of my local library, and sending the beat up ones to Goodwill.
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Well done on the weight! No contributions to your bookmooch inventory?
Thanks, Margot! I decided I couldn’t afford to mail 500 books right now, in terms of both time and money. I’m sure some of them would have been mooched like lightning, but I don’t want to accumulate all those points, either, since I am trying not to acquire too many new books. I decided to go the expeditious route.