http://thelosingside.paulglover.net Experiences of a gastric bypass patient. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:05:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My '3rd Birthday' is coming up this Friday, Feb 5, 2010. 3 years ago on Friday I arrived at 'stupid o'clock' in the morning at Roanoke Memorial Hospital amidst a windchill that can only be described as what Northern Canada must feel like. It was awful and in fact snowed the ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20100131/happy-3rd-birthday-to-me-the-good-the-bad-the-pretty-and-the-ugly-a-reveal-all-post/ Here it is, another New Year. Where did the last one go? They all seem to go faster and faster? It is so hard to believe it has been 10 years since Y2k. It is scary. In any event, it has been a challenging couple of years (not so much ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20100101/happy-new-year-2010/ I knew I would make it! I am too determined not to gain weight to not make it so I did it! I got the ten pounds and then some off! I am actually, as of this morning, at my all time low. My husband is not at all pleased. ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20091021/at-last/ I am not quite sure when it happened. I think it was the marathon birthdays (Taylor's, mine and Sarah's) and the fact I can't tear myself away from the vending machine at work when they load it with Cinnamon Toast Crunch bites, but somewhere over the last several weeks I ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090929/my-first-real-battle-and-i-will-win/ Look at the stars,  Look how they shine for you,  And everything you do, Yeah they were all yellow......... Coldplay   "Yellow" Awwwwwwwww yes, one of my favorite Coldplay songs. My yellow, however, is one of my newer shirts that I managed to get free from a local discount retail store after unbeknownst ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090714/yellow/ A lot has happened in the last few weeks to make the world stop and take notice. On the same day the world lost two big entertainers. One, a beautiful , golden locked lady with the million dollar smile that this pudgy 12 year old would have given anything to ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090705/but-seriously/ Ok, 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 ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090705/wow-wow-wow/ Just 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 ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090615/wow-wow-wow-wow/ BMI 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 ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090613/my-week-without-paul-and-goals/ 101 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 ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20090509/116/