I got to push my clutch in for the first time yesterday and man did it feel good. I'm feeling it today though. It feels like I went 10 rounds with Mike Tyson throwing nothing but body shots at me! Amazing when they cut your entire ab muscles and how much you actually work them out driving a really short distance. Still can't lift anything much heavier than my computer key board. Had my first soda yesterday and it was like liquid gold, man it tasted good after drinking nothing but water and poweraide over the last month. Already planning my next trip (Colorado) as long as I can take the jarring I'm there in August, high gas prices or not.

Down to 182 lbs as well from 217, what a way to lose weight.

Thanks for all the kind words.