Three years ago, I was in a hospital room recovering from gastric sleeve surgery. Recovery sucked, but then recovery from any surgery is hardly a walk in the park. The surgery continues to be hands down the best thing I ever did for my health and overall quality of life. Three years out, I have …
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Two Year Surgiversary
Facebook’s On This Day reminded me that today is my 2 year Surgiversary. So much has happened in the last two years. My life hardly resembles that of two years ago, in a good way. Here’s a picture of me also from the general time period before surgery. It isn’t until photos like this show …
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The coffee monkey on my back
I love caffeine. It’s a serious and lasting love I’ve had since I was a teenager. I grew up in a religious denomination that teaches not to defile your temple (body) with drugs like caffeine. It wasn’t a “you’re going to hell” prohibition, but it was certainly discouraged. As a result, I didn’t learn to …
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Review of 2017
Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to look back and see how the year went, and try to decide what’s important for the upcoming year. 2017 has been a rough one, certainly. I think the country made a mistake with the election of #45, and I find him to be a complete embarrassment. …
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Light at the end of the tunnel
And it doesn’t even look like it’s an oncoming train. I’m in the final countdown for #gradSchoolSucks — 3 weeks left. It’s hard to accept the fact that I’ll no longer be a student a month from now. Well, IF I get my paper done for my Capstone and I don’t flake on the rest …
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One Year Surgiversary
So today marks the one year anniversary of my life-changing surgery. I had my checkup with my surgeon yesterday and got the best surprise. You see, I have a scale that is consistent but not accurate. It has consistently throughout this process weighed me 5 lbs lighter than the doctor’s scales. I thought I could trust …
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Body Positivity and WLS
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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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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