Picture from the No Body Shame website I have previously talked about my struggle with the cognitive dissonance between wanting to support/promote/embody body positivity even though I have had WLS. Cognitive Dissonance My news feed this morning sent me to Dances With Fat, specifically to a post talking about not allowing weight loss talk in …
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WLS and Health Update
<— this pic is where I started this pic is where I am now –> I actually started this post back in March, when I was 7 months post-op. Work, grad school (#gradSchoolSucks btw), family issues, etc. derailed my good intentions to start writing regularly again. May 17 was my 9 month anniversary of …
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Brain Fog
One of the symptoms common to many chronic illnesses is “brain fog”. It’s a nebulous thing that doesn’t sound like much until you’re dealing with it. Once you have dealt with it, you realize how debilitating it is, all on its own. Trying to describe it to someone else is probably futile, but here goes. …
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What’s in a name?
In my last post, I referenced my autoimmune disorder as ‘rheumatoid disease’ (RD) instead of calling it psoriatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. I’m going to continue using the terms autoimmune disorder (AI) or rheumatoid disease (RD) instead of PsA or RA because it better describes the disease process instead of just one of the symptoms. …
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Spoonie Life
Winter is a hard time to be a Spoonie. Well, it is for me, anyway. Here in Texas, the weather is mostly mild, but weather fronts come through every few days and the temperature variances are crazy. Yesterday it was in the high 70s, this morning it was in the low 30s and we’ll have …
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Thoughts about online communities
If you don’t read the XKCD comic, you should. XKCD Duty Calls I’ve been a “netizen” since the early days of dial-up AOL. I probably shouldn’t admit that, since it reveals just how long I’ve been on the internet and thus how old I must be. For an introvert like me, the internet provides a …
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End of the year rush
I know it’s been weeks since I posted anything on this blog. The end of the year is always a bit of a blur for me, and this year is no different. Mea cupla. Halloween rushes into Thanksgiving, and then there’s a rush of birthdays and anniversaries for me before Yule gets here. Add in …
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Intuitive eating and WLS
So for the past few weeks I’ve been struggling with how intuitive eating does or does not fit with weight loss surgery. I don’t have a healthy relationship with food to start with, so I’m admittedly at a disadvantage. We grow up with certain foods being labeled as “bad” and “good”, and some foods being …
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Cognitive dissonance
I used to hate the term “cognitive dissonance.” That’s because I had a guy one time use it as the reason to quit seeing me when it was very clear to me at the time that the only dissonance was that I was smart and fun to be with, but I was also fat and …
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Three Weeks in my Sleeve
Three weeks have blown by since my surgery day. I’m now eating soft foods and working on getting my protein and other nutrients from food instead of relying on protein shakes. I still have a protein shake every day for breakfast to get a good start on the day with about 1/2 of my protein …
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