Weight Loss

My first trip since weight loss began

May 1, 2013 Weight Loss

If you have been a reader for a while you know I love to travel and I often go to conferences as well as on blogger summit from various brands. I think BlogHer in August of 2012 was when I stopped. It was self-imposed because my weight had become a big issue and made it [...]

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Weight Loss Ups and Downs

April 8, 2013 Weight Loss

So in two days it will be three months since my surgery and the start of my weight loss journey that is actually working. Yay! There have been ups and downs along the way for sure since my last update. Yesterday Hubby and I took a ride with the top down on my convertible and [...]

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2 Month Update After Weight Loss Surgery

March 11, 2013 Weight Loss

Well it has been two months since I had my weight loss surgery, a vertical sleeve gastrectomy, and while I have been able to tell a big difference in how I feel already, I wasn’t sure if you could tell in the way I looked. Hubby took several pictures of me before my surgery and [...]

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Weight Loss Surgery 1 Month Later

February 12, 2013 Weight Loss

Today I had a follow up with my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Minkin. It has been just about a month since I had the gastric sleeve surgery (the weight loss surgery on January 10), and it has been 12 days since I had my gallbladder removed. January was a rough and tumble month for sure! The [...]

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Getting Back Into the Swing of Things

February 4, 2013 Living

Now is the time for me to get back into the swing of things I think. I am slowly healing up from both surgeries and hopefully there will not be any other major issues come up (knock on wood). It will take me a bit to get back up to my normal pace I am [...]

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Good Riddance Gallbladder

February 1, 2013 Weight Loss

Yesterday I had surgery again, this time to remove my gallbladder. Good riddance! I did not even know I was having gall bladder problems, but apparently they have been there for a while. Once I read about some of the possible symptoms a lot of them fit. Compared to when I had my gastric sleeve [...]

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It is not just fat…

January 28, 2013 Weight Loss

Now I know there are many of you out there who may understand the things I am going to talk about already and that is awesome, but even though I consider myself a very smart person I really had no comprehension of this. So I am fat. I have been fat for a long time [...]

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I’ve been plucked!

January 21, 2013 Weight Loss

Okay, so not plucked as in feathers, but I had my first follow-up visit with my surgeon, Dr. Minkin, today and he plucked out all of my staples. Yay! They were starting to itch! Let’s see, what else has happened since my last update, but first a quick clearing of a myth about weight loss [...]

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After Surgery Update

January 14, 2013 Weight Loss

I am now four days out from my surgery. Thanks to all of you who have offered your good wishes and support, it truly does mean a great deal to me. To be honest, the best perk to blogging is that I have such great supporters and cheerleaders in so many of my readers. I [...]

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The Big News

January 11, 2013 Weight Loss

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may have already seen the big news. I am actually writing this post from my hospital room. Yesterday I had weight loss surgery, specifically a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. My weight has been an issue for a long time and I had been contemplating this for quite [...]

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