All Good Things Must Come To An End – My Journey To Health And My Best Life Continues

Time marches on and so do I.

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New Kittens Are a Non-Scale Victory – Long Term Success After Weight Loss Surgery

Just imagine me at 70 years old, weighing 424 pounds, trying to get up and down from the floor. It didn’t happen before I had weight loss surgery at 55 years old so it certainly couldn’t happen at 70.

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Is It Really Hunger OR Am I Just Tired?

I am using the tool between my ears to solve the mysteries of hunger and satiety in those areas that my surgery doesn’t, and can’t directly, help me.

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The Saga of The Sapphire Necklace – Celebrating Life After Weight Loss Surgery

Now I am the proud owner of a sapphire necklace that is the history of my weight loss surgery journey and I wear it with love in my heart and pride in my step every time I have the opportunity.

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It’s My Fifteenth Surgiversary!

YOU ARE POSSIBLE!. Never forget that as you travel your journey to health.

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Why I Attend Bariatric Conferences For Long Term Success After Weight Loss Surgery

I help fund grants for surgeries for those who are in medical need and do not have the insurance coverage or the financial ability to pay for the surgery.

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Motivation, Inspiration, and Support on My Journey To Health After Weight Loss Surgery

Where do you get your motivation, support and inspiration from?

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STOP The Negative Self Talk for Long Term Success After Weight Loss surgery

So how do I shut off those negative thoughts in my brain? I shout out loud or in my head STOP! Then I replace them with positive words:

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Modifying My Daily Actions Due To Unforeseen Circumstances

The moral of the story is NEVER GIVE UP! There is always a way to get it done.

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Regain After Weight Loss Surgery – It Doesn’t Have To Be Forever

It’s not easy- it takes planning, consistency and perseverance; and each of you is definitely worth the time and energy. I was, and I am.

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How Does My Lap Band Work – No Really!

He put into words and fact based statements what I have been saying since May 28, 2004 - “As soon as a band was put around my stomach the gnawing hunger I had dealt with, the never having had “enough” went away.

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Getting That Newbie Feeling Again

Today I weighed 162 pounds and my next goal is 159 which has seemed so elusive and so hard to reach until my first fill since my new band placement in November of 2014.

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Being Invisible And Obese

I have been in uncomfortable positions over the years as a result of my obesity and have this to say to the rest of the world - FAT doesn’t make you invisible. We are human beings, and if a small woman had been in the same situation I bet all 6 of the guys at the pool would have got up and helped her.

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Discovering My Realities Day By Day

Lesson learned. Almost eleven years post op and still a work in progress and loving the journey.

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Success After Lap Band Surgery Take 2 – And The Story Continues

The number on the scale is not my ruler- I rule the number on the scale!

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Moving Off The Couch To Keep The Scale Moving – Long Term Lap Band Success

I will try it and either I can or I can’t, but I will NEVER say NO! That is, to my trainer at the gym.

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Random Thoughts Of A Lap Band Patient Seeking Success

I vow to look in the mirror each day and say, “You’ve got this girl. Just look at what you have been able to do”

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The Saga Of My New Lap Band Journey Continues

When I go back each and every Monday since surgery I see progress and THAT boys and girls is what matters. The scale is moving in the right direction.

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Finding My New Journey To Lap Band Success

Today I vow to change the story being told in my head. I am losing between 2 and 3 pounds per week, and my first goal is within reach. It is more than enough!

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Long Term Lap Band Success – There Is No Shame In Regain

Many of our bariatric doctors will tell us that we can “expect” a 10% regain after a couple of years. Most of us conveniently forget we ever heard, or read, those words anywhere

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Next Installment of As The Stomach Turns- Random Thoughts of a Newbie x 2

So by now I am a few weeks into my new Lap Band and Plication Surgery and have noted several interesting tidbits

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Making Every Bite Count

With my Lap Band I was able to successfully lose 250 pounds in about 27 months and keep it off.  I was able to control my hunger through food choices.

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Finally Getting Some Real Food After Lap Band Surgery – Feasting Not Fasting

All of my clothes are getting too big.  It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.

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Lap Band Success – Planning For A Trip To Disneyland

 I suddenly realized that going to an amusement park for a few days was no different than any other traveling.  I needed a plan, one that would keep me on track…

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Ten Years And I’m Doing It All Over Again

The bottom line is I want a working tool to help me with satiety so that when my emotional eating tries to kick in I am not fighting both physical hunger and emotional cravings.

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Lap Band Success – Aftercare Is Key Wherever You Are On Your Journey To Health

Yup, I own the choices of what I put in my mouth, and perhaps my gain would not have been so much, but the fact was that my band was not holding fluid.  THAT is where the hunger came from.  I had a band, but no fill in it.

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Lap Band surgery — My First Thanksgiving

Wow, this is the first big holiday dinner at my house since being banded.  I have 15 coming for dinner and am making all of my traditional dishes.

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Long Term Lap Band Success – Reflecting On The Differences

Just a few minor changes in what my reality has become since having surgery, shedding 250 pounds and learning what I am capable of.

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My Life After Lap Band Surgery – Dealing With Change or How Not to Feed The Beast

The difference between before lap band and after lap band is that the poor choices do not persist for very long because I do not like the way I start to feel.

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Lap Band Surgery – What Have I Done? Buyer’s Remorse Is Not Uncommon

Buyer's remorse is very common in the early days after weight loss surgery. It's not unusual to wake up from surgery, in pain, under the haze of anesthesia and wonder "WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY BODY?"

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