Meals for me now consist of little two-to-three ounce servings of protein. I didn’t expect anything like that. 9 Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling is set to return to work Monday after undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, which he called “a life-altering experience.”Skilling, 68, said he has lost 50 pounds since the March 4 procedure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. I continue to check in with my nutritionist, and I’ve been fortunate. Personal Life. Because of the limited volume in your stomach, you don’t get the nutrition you once did with your former football-sized stomach,” Skilling said.“I will never eat the way I once ate before, thank God in a way. I think it was probably the right way to go, to be quiet, because this is pretty darn invasive surgery.”He’s broadcasting from home, but he (probably) won’t be wearing his new bathrobe on air.Skilling said WGN news anchor Micah Materre and weather producer Bill Snyder recently gifted him a bathrobe. On August 13, 1978, he joined WGN-TV.Currently, he is the chief meteorologist of WGN-TV. You’ll go down a pound-and-a-half one day, next day you’ll plateau, next day you’ll go down another pound-and-a-half and so forth and so on,” Skilling said.“I told him, ‘This is like watching climate change.’ You look at the temperatures every day and they bounce up and down, but what you’re more interested in is long-term trends, so that’s what I’ve been doing with weight. “You prepare for this for six months, and I think to have the rug pulled out on this thing at the last minute would have been really frustrating.”“My doctor said, ‘Don’t look at the scale every day.’ I said, ‘Doctor, I’m not only going to look at it every day, I’m going to look at it 15 times a day because I’m curious to see how all this works out.’ Weight loss after these surgeries is non-linear. I’d offered, by the way, to come back to work two weeks earlier, and the station said, ‘No, you’re not ready yet.’ We had originally planned and we were told to plan for four to six weeks. On Tuesday, the Mather LSC honored his wish, voting 6-4 to remove their school resource officers.The Hawks employed a more structured, low-risk strategy against the Knights on Tuesday than against the Oilers last week. Tom Skilling’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. Tom has won an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois in 1995.Once, there was a rumor of Tom being gay. Sun-Times file WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling announced Saturday he’ll step away from the weather center for several weeks to undergo gastric bypass surgery. He began broadcasting at WKKD-AM & FM when he was fourteen. We will continue to update information on Tom Skilling’s parents. “Suddenly you’re not there — and you leave those who follow your work wondering ‘Where is he? Once more details are available on who he is dating, we will update this section.The 68-year-old American news anchor has done well thus far. That’s the standard operating procedure on these gastric-bypass surgeries, although you hear stories about people getting back to work in two weeks,” said Skilling, who “I kind of hoped in the back of my mind to be back in two weeks, but the station said no, and frankly, I’m grateful. This has been very surprising to me.”'Leaving us behind': High-risk students ask, why can't all college courses be offered online?Outdoor dining may save restaurants during COVID-19.

He has transformed his North Side home into a TV studio to deliver his weather forecasts during the coronavirus crisis. I wish I didn’t have to do this but I know I do, and I absolutely do.’ The outpouring when I put a couple of things up on Facebook was beyond anything I could have imagined. He joked about wearing it while delivering the weather from home.“I told my news director that I’ve always wanted to do a weather show in a bathrobe. However, there was a rumor of him being gay. Sign up for the Forecaster Tom Skilling taking leave from WGN to undergo surgeryNavy Pier could be shut down, says private operator facing $20 million lossWith people staying away even since the popular tourist attraction reopened, Navy Pier Inc. says it’s ‘looking at full closure, partial closure’ — but not going out of business.Lightfoot acknowledges residents, businesses justifiably ‘fearful’ after second round of looting"People are fearful.