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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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Post-Op Week 25 Progress Report and the Way I Sleeve

Posted on December 29, 2013 | 6 comments

This week saw a slight gain. Am I disappointed? Slightly. Am I discouraged? Not a bit. Let me explain.

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What Discipline, Determination and Drive Look Like

Posted on December 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

What do discipline, determination, and drive look like to you?

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Post-Op Week 24 Progress Report and Holiday Week Plan of Attack

Posted on December 22, 2013 | 2 comments

This week’s date with the scale ended really, really well. In fact, it was much better than I expected.

I had not expected to lose quite as much as I did, but I will definitely take a 7.2 pound loss any week, especially during the holidays! I was expecting maybe 2 or 3 pounds, but not 7!

I’d say I navigated Week One of Holiday Eating Hell pretty successfully. As we go into Week Two of said eating hell, I’ve got a game plan in place to make sure I’m just as successful come next Sunday. I’m closing in on 100 pounds gone since day of surgery. I’m really hoping I hit it before my 6-month appointment on the 2nd. That would be an awesome way to begin the New Year.

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Catching Up: Daily Bites and Navigating Holiday Eating Hell

Posted on December 20, 2013 | 2 comments

I’ve been absent from this space for more than usual this week, but as I posted yesterday, work got in the way of life. And now…I can breathe again. At least until January 6, when we start spring semester.

I knew going into this final week of the semester, things at work would be challenging, food-wise. Why? you might ask yourself.

Have you ever been on a high school (or any school, for that matter) campus during the month of December?

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Post-Op Week 20 Progress Report

Posted on November 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

This week’s loss was crazy good. Six more pounds gone. I’m starting to notice a pattern with my weight loss–I’ll have weeks where I lose 1-2 pounds, followed by a couple of weeks where I lose 5+ pounds. Consequently, my weight loss pattern looks a bit like a gently descending hillside. See?
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