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Wow! Wow! Wow!
5 July 2009Ok, so I have had some first! A few WOW! moments as we call them in the WLS world. One for me is the ability to wear high heels without falling over. Actually, the ability to wear high heels and even stand up! LOL. When I was at my heaviest and even at some weights [...]
Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!
15 June 2009Just a quick update. I had a super WOW moment on Saturday!
I was taking a pair of capri’s back to JC Penny’s that I just was not too happy with because they were a bit baggy in the hips and rear end. They were low rise (which I love low rise) but were even a [...]
My Week Without Paul and Goals
13 June 2009BMI today 21.3
Well, it is Saturday and Paul will be home tomorrow night! Yay! So, how did my week without Paul go; my first week apart since he came over from Ireland? It has been a trying one, that is for sure!
The first weekend went pretty good. I had a ‘mother-daughter’ Saturday with my youngest daughter. [...]
101 Goals in 1001 Days!
9 May 2009101 Goals in 1001 Days!!!!!!!! Ok, here it is! As mentioned in earlier posts, I am jazzing up the blog and branching out from just being about gastric bypass. While many of my goals pertain to my weight loss and keeping my weight off and staying healthy, many of my goals are things I simply [...]
New Pics!
5 April 2009I am working hard on the next post. It is very ‘different’ but very fun. It is also quite challenging. While a lot of it is weight related there is also a lot that is just plain life related. So look for my next BIG post in the next week or so.
I did want to [...]
Just to make it official…..
30 March 2009I sent out an e mail with the wrong info, then sent out a correction e mail.
Just to make it official: as of the last few days and this morning also, I have lost 171 lbs.
How do I turn this thing off?????
28 March 2009I am still sliding down the scale. I am 4 lbs below my sweet spot but honestly do not want to be. My BMI is 21.3 which is not too dangerously low, but still….. I have been told numerous times by different health care professionals as well as family and friends: I do not need [...]
Jazzing it up!
14 March 2009As I type this, I am sipping on my protein shake…. the same kind I have each morning and have been drinking for two years…. and sip my much needed coffee. I had to go to a somewhat emergency visit to my nurse practitioner yesterday for extreme problems with my asthma this week (EVERYTHING is [...]
I Have Arrived!
11 January 2009My 2 year anniversary to my gastric bypass surgary is quickly approaching! On February 5, 2009 it will be 2 years ago exactly that I ‘went under the knife’ and had my insides cut and rewired. It is and I maintain always will be one of the best decisions I have ever made in my [...]
2 Year Anniversary Appointment Moved Up!!!!!!
27 December 2008I ate a lot over the Christmas holiday. I did not deprive myself. I enjoyed every goody and each meal to the fullest. I figured I would put on a few pounds.
Now I had dropped to my all time lowest right before Christmas Eve. This is only 8 lbs more than I weighed when I was 12 [...]