Monthly Archives: January 2014

Competing Against Myself

Posted on January 31, 2014 | Leave a comment

Friday nights are gym nights in our household. This has become a new normal for us post-op, and has actually become something my husband and I both enjoy together. Tonight we had dinner with my family, and then went to the gym a couple of hours afterward.

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I’m Growing Accustomed to My Face

Posted on January 30, 2014 | Leave a comment

On the left: my old school ID badge, ca. 2006. On the right: me, last night.

Looking at my badge photo, I can’t believe I was actually that big.

Looking at my current photo, I can’t believe this is what I look like now.

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Changing Your Behavior: Dining Out Strategies

Posted on January 29, 2014 | 3 comments

I’ve seen a few posts lately about these on the sleeve forums I frequent:

so I thought I’d share my thoughts on them.

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Setting New Personal Bests

Posted on January 28, 2014 | 2 comments

In my therapy session tonight, my therapist and I talked about how this past week was, and how I responded to the sameness of the scale from last week to this week.

I think I handled things better this week than I did last week but there is still much work to be done up here (tapping head).

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Monday In Photos

Posted on January 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

I am headed to bed soon so I thought I’d make this a quick photo post.

First, the fun shoes I wore this morning:

Everyone should have at least one pair of fun shoes. This is my other pair.

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Post-Op Week 29 Progress Report

Posted on January 26, 2014 | 8 comments

No change this week. I suppose I should be grateful that there wasn’t a gain, but this doesn’t reduce my frustration level any. If anything, this week’s lack of forward progress frustrates me even more.

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It’s Expensive Running To Stand Still

Posted on January 25, 2014 | 4 comments

Today in my part of the Lone Star State, it was a gorgeous day. We decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather we had today and went for a walk in the park near our place.

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Infuriated

Posted on January 24, 2014 | 5 comments

I’m not mad about anything I’ve done or not done this week. This week has actually been a pretty okay one, considering it’s period week, my hormones are crazy, my sleeve is gurgly and acidy, and my calories have been over 900 (but under 1000) each day. My protein intake has been pretty high, I’ve walked quite a bit every day (3 miles plus most days), and I’ve been good about getting in my water. I’ve also decided to start taking an antacid before breakfast and dinner to help curb the acidic tummy. It seems to be working.

So what has got me so incensed?

Tonight we watched the last episode of “My 600-pound Life.” The episode we saw was about a woman named Penny.

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January 22: One Year Later

Posted on January 22, 2014 | 2 comments

One year ago today, I weighed around 400 pounds.

One year ago today, I attended a seminar to learn more about WLS and to meet a potential candidate to perform the surgery I’d already decided I would have during the summertime.

It was at that seminar that I met Dr. Nick Nicholson, my surgeon. Continue reading →

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“But you’ve lost so much weight!”

Posted on January 20, 2014 | 2 comments

I saw this at a restaurant where I had a meeting tonight and thought, how apropos. Even though I was in my gym clothes, having squeezed in a workout when I was not expecting to have the time to do one today, I thought to myself, “I. Look. Good.”

Everyone else seems to think so. It’s time I started believing it too.

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