People Noticing
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Well, here's something weird (but very, very nice!)
In the past week I had 4 separate people ask me if I am losing weight. YAY! It has gotten to the point where it ...
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Plateaus
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Whooops! I let a month go by with no blog - sorry!
This past month has been insane. Unfortunately there is not much to report.
Plateau...it is such a prett ...
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Slowly Eating Better
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Hey Guys!
I bet y'all thought I would disappear for months again at a time; well Surprise! Here I am!
I told you I was going to try to do this again, that means bei ...
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Getting Back on Track
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I have been sent an angel, and her name is Mary (rather appropriate, huh?)
She is one of the editors on BellaOnline.com with me and she has also gone through gastric by ...
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So - How Am I Doing?
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I have been getting so many emails asking me how I am doing and what my progress is, probably because I have not been posting. (You think? Duh.)
But it h ...
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The night before
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Well, its almost here.
I should have posted last week about my pre-op, but i got a little distracted by everything. (I'll go back later and describe)
But as for to ...
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Psychological exams
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I have noticed a trend in all my past blogs; every single one starts with "OK". I will do my best not to submit y'all to that any more. However, immediately after surgery I ...
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Insurance
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
OK, this is the fun part! However, unless you want to pay anywhere from $20,000 and up for your surgery all on your lonesome, it is a neccesary evil to fill out your insuran ...
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Nutritionist
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Okay - here's most of the info the nutritionist gave us. Her spiel probably took up more time than anyone else's, and with good reason. My stomach is going from (well I prob ...
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1st Appointment
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
OK, so my 1st appointment is actually 3 hours long! WOW! But...it's not at the Dr.s office, it's back at the hospital at their weight loss surgery clinic. Dr.s Proctor & Ric ...
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Getting Started
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
not OK, so I decided to get serious about the surgery. My friend "C" had recommended the website: www.obesityhelp.com , which i had checked out before, but this time I regi ...
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Case gone badly
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
As I said in my las post, someone who had been reading my blog wrote to tell me of her sister who passed away due to complications from surgery. I wanted to share this with ...
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No Salmon for Me!
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I love seafood, which would normally be a good thing - because it is one of the proteins I can eat right now. So Friday I got a small piece of salmon, marinated it and sauté ...
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I can EAT!
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Woo-hoo! I went for my 1 week post-op visit on Friday (should've posted then; sorry.) Dr. Richard cleared me for starting on soft solid foods; scrambles eggs, cottage cheese ...
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Feeling blah
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I am beginning to wonder about all those other people's blogs I read that just had tremendous amounts of energy as soon as they got home from the hospital; cause it ain't ha ...
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My First Mistake
by
Michelle T.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Well, it didn''t take me long to make my fist mistake. i actually did it while I was wrting the "I'm Home" blog earlier.
One of the major rules of "eating" post surgery ...
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