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Post-Op Week 95: Good Enough is Good Enough

Posted on May 3, 2015 | 3 comments

When is good enough good enough?
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Post-Op Week 70 Progress Report: 5K Finisher and Being Tired

Posted on November 9, 2014 | 3 comments

Not terribly pleased with the scale this week, but it’s all my own doing. And it needs to stop.

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Post-Op Week 66 Progress Report: Achievement Unlocked–Misses Size Pants

Posted on October 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

This week saw me lose most of the gain I had last week. How, I don’t know. This was a good week for the most part, though.
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Post-Op Week 62 Progress Report: Swimming Without Floaties

Posted on September 14, 2014 | Leave a comment

Completely surprised by this week’s progress. I don’t know what could have been the cause, because there were so many things I was changing at once (bad scientist, changing more than one variable at a time!). Whatever the reason, I hope this means I’m finally off the plateau I seem to have been on for the past 3 months.

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Anniversary

Posted on July 8, 2014 | 5 comments

My husband and I went to the hospital where I had my surgery last year and tried to recreate the photograph we took before I went in for my surgery. I didn’t keep the outfit I wore to the hospital, so I chose something that was pretty darn close.

Today is a pretty important day in my life. A year ago at this time, I was recovering from my sleeve surgery.

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Post-Op Week 48 Progress Report: In Which I am Too Small For Lane Bryant

Posted on June 8, 2014 | 2 comments

Not surprised by this week’s progress, as it follows the pattern I have come to know over the last few months. I have made a few tweaks to my program in the past two weeks and I think they are paying off. Continue reading →

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Posted on March 10, 2014 | Leave a comment

I welcomed my 41st year of life today with open arms.

Last year at this time, I celebrated my 40th in New Orleans at Commander’s Palace, one of my absolute favorite places in the world to dine. After a brunch of hibiscus martinis and sugarcane syrup lacquered boudin stuffed quail, I spent the day with my husband at the casino and walking along Canal Street.

In pain. And miserable.

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Identity Crisis

Posted on February 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

At what point does your weight start defining you?

At what point does your weight stop defining you?

This week in therapy, I talked about how I felt as though I never let my weight define me in the first place.

My family did that for me.

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Emerging From the Funk

Posted on January 16, 2014 | 4 comments

This has been a hard week, for multiple reasons. Continue reading →

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Updating Holiday Traditions: Mindful Gifting

Posted on December 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

You were probably expecting a post about mindful eating because I said I was going to write about that today. Well…

I was going to write about mindful eating today, but after a particularly soul-wrenching therapy session today, I decided against it. And I don’t mean soul-wrenching in a bad way; I was given an awful lot to think about and ruminate on, some of which I’ll write about eventually. So if you were expecting my insights on mindful eating, I apologize and will write about that later on this week. Promise.

What I will share with you is something my husband and I did today that has become a holiday tradition for us.

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