Accountable August – How Did I Do?

Accountable August – How Did I Do?

Accountable August was an idea that Curvy Cass from Instagram had – and I jumped right on in. Old habits sneak in easier than you want them to, or even anticipate, so a month of being truly accountable came at the right time.  And it’s not that I am being...
Eight Months Post Gastric Bypass

Eight Months Post Gastric Bypass

Its been a long time, four months, since I wrote a diary update on this blog about my life post gastric bypass.  I’ve been keeping an open Facebook album on my personal profile and of course there is Instagram (over there in the sidebar on the right) but I felt...
Winning the Battle of the Brain

Winning the Battle of the Brain

I also think about food a lot.  And I blog about food a lot.  The majority of my Instagram posts, especially lately, have been about food.  But then I was writing a cookbook you know.  Oh yes – RELEASED SOON!! So what I wanted to talk about today was the Battle...
Four Months Post Gastric Bypass Surgery

Four Months Post Gastric Bypass Surgery

On Friday I had my four months post gastric bypass surgery check up appointments with the team from Weight Loss Surgery. The last time I saw Carol, our nurse, was during my pre-op consultation and since then I have only spoken to her on the telephone.  I remember her...
Knock, Knock, Knocking on 50 Percents Door

Knock, Knock, Knocking on 50 Percents Door

I use an app on my iPhone, in addition to my scales and My Fitness Pal and Fitbit, to keep a track of my weight loss.  It is called My Weight and one of the reasons I like it is that it produces a nice graph and also shows me progress in percent and over time.  For...
Gastric Bypass – The First Month

Gastric Bypass – The First Month

I know as you get older time passes a whole lot faster but yikes! A month has gone by since I had my surgery and I can remember waking up from it like it was yesterday. Rather than just write a summary of my week, I thought I would use a couple of emails I’ve...
Week Three – and a Birthday!

Week Three – and a Birthday!

So last weekend we went to a wedding and this weekend we had a birthday – mine!!!  All year I had been thinking about how I wanted to celebrate but when it came down to it, I just wanted a simple cruisy and quite relaxing day. My beautiful friends drove down...