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Post-Op Week 102: Acceptance and Moving Forward

Posted on June 21, 2015 | 4 comments

It’s been a couple of weeks since I updated anything regarding post-op life, so here is one.

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Post-Op Week 93: It Messes With Your Mind

Posted on April 19, 2015 | 7 comments

Slow and steady wins the race, right? This week I went veggie heavy and it seems to have paid off. So I’ll be doing that again this week too. I really like how I feel when I eat veggies, so this will be something that I continue to do.

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Post-Op Week 92: Craving Veggies

Posted on April 12, 2015 | Leave a comment

Plodding along this week. I ate more veggies this week, and liked how I felt afterward so I decided to go veggie heavy this week. I think the extra fiber will also be good for me–hell, I know it will be. I’m learning to listen more to what my body feels like having, and this week it really wanted more veggies.

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Post-Op Week 90: On The Road

Posted on March 30, 2015 | Leave a comment

I’m late with this week’s post but life happens. I got notification earlier in the week that one of my cousins had passed away, and the funeral services were this weekend, finishing up today with the funeral Mass. So I’ve been a bit preoccupied as we had to travel to be with family, which was far more important than updating this thing.

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Post-Op Week 89: Lessons From the Reset

Posted on March 22, 2015 | 3 comments

Well, the reset got me back down to my pre-Christmas weight, which is good. I had to relearn the things I learned during that pre-op period, which were tough. My doctor’s plan was very strict as pre-op plans go, so I knew the week was going to be hard.

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Post-Op Week 82 Progress Report: Even Steven

Posted on February 1, 2015 | 1 comment

No change this week, and I am more than good with that. This past week was a bit rough, and I fully expected to be up a lot this week as my week saw me eating so many things I don’t normally eat. Cookies, brownies…my students brought these things in as part of a class project and I was not strong enough to say no to any of them until the end of the week when I was just flat tired of eating them. I didn’t want the taste of them in my mouth, and I didn’t like the way they made me feel. So the fact that the scale didn’t budge this week is actually a relief to me. It could have been much, much worse.
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My Body, My House

Posted on January 26, 2015 | Leave a comment

“Your body is the house you grew up in, how dare you try to burn it to the ground.” #effyourbeautystandards pic.twitter.com/Jg08HVnkwg

— Felisha (@felishacarolle) January 18, 2015

I did some maintenance on my house tonight. Went back to the gym and rode the bike on a hills program for 45 minutes and then (likely to the chagrin of my ortho guy) did light leg weights and some upper body. It felt good.

I think from now on, I will try to remember that my body is the house I grew up in. I need to take better care of it since it’s the house I’m going to live in the rest of my life.

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Post-Op Week 81 Progress Report

Posted on January 25, 2015 | 1 comment

Finally the scale is creeping downward and the holiday regain is about gone! I’m hoping this continues. Still struggling to get motivated to exercise though. Perhaps I should focus on getting more sleep first, because the lack of sleep is hurting my want to exercise. When I am tired, the last thing I want to do is work out. I know I’m not sleeping enough but I have so many things I’m juggling right now that it’s hard to get them all done in the 24 hours I am given each day.

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Post-Op Week 79 Progress Report: It’s Not All Sunshine and Roses, Y’all

Posted on January 11, 2015 | 2 comments

First week back at it and not too shabby, considering that I am now 18 months post-op. If I can lose this amount or more each week, I will see my goal weight by Christmas. I’m definitely learning patience right now!

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Post-Op Week 78 Progress Report: Revising the Goal and Goals for 2015

Posted on January 4, 2015 | Leave a comment

Not pleased by the scale this week but after some careful thought and some good old-fashioned data analysis (ever the scientist, I am), I know why I am up and into a weight range I do not feel comfortable being in.

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