Ok, while I still have one day left of the itsy bitsy teeny weenie Hawaii bikini challenge I’m calling myself the official winner. I did not make it to the 11 total pounds I wanted to lose, but I did lose 9 pounds, so I declare myself the challenge winner. I’ve packed two darling bikinis [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Losing Weight’
15 Oct
And She’s Off … to a Very Slow Start
So I’m a week and a half into my itsy bitsy teeny weenie Hawaii bikini challenge and I’ve lost a whopping 1.5 pounds of the 11 pounds I set out to lose. This leaves an intimidating 9.5 pounds left to lose in the next four and a half weeks. So when I do the math, [...]
14 Oct
I Needed This
As I approach my 7-year anniversary it’s that time of year again. The time when I get to have my annual bariatric lab work followed a few weeks later with a visit to my doctor’s office for the results. As I braved the blustery autumn winds making my way into the LabCorps office this morning [...]
8 Oct
The Weighing Game
I know all there is to know about the weighing game. So you’d think that upon starting my Hawaii bikini challenge I would weight myself as a starting reference point to see if I’m making progress. But, believe it or not, I forgot. Now before we get too excited, I did remedy the situation yesterday [...]
23 Sep
A Cookie is a Sometimes Food
“Now what starts with the letter C? Cookie starts with C.” Oh how I remember those joyful lyrics emitted from the crumb encrusted lips of my favorite blue-furred, googly-eyed Muppet, the famous Cookie Monster. His endless refrain of “Me want cookie!”, “Me eat cookie!” still rings in my ears all these many years later. Oh [...]
16 Sep
Really, another bariatric blog?
Why am I doning this blog anyway? Well because us long-term post-ops get the short end of the stick. Endless info is out there for pre-ops and new post-ops but us forgotten former fatties have issues too.
15 Sep
Cut, but Uncensored
An introduction if you will, to me, your guide on this tour through long-term living with gastric bypass.
