Awesome!
Congrats on your improved year, Yarnold!

Man, I didn't know the details of that girlfriend story. Run, do not walk, away from that garbage.
Losing all that weight, I bet you probably had some personal identity challenges. One friend I had who lost a ton of weight had to go through a mental process of adjusting to "the new him". It's not uncommon.
The travel bug is whack though. (I like making whack mean so bad it's good.

) I still love it when I go to a new country, almost no matter what it is. You're surely a changed-for-the-better person for it.
Thanks!