I know I already sent you the link on Twitter, but thought I'd post it here again...in case anyone else wants to check it out.  I'm 18 days pre-op and have already been blogging.  It really is therapeutic!  So for any that want to check it out, clicky here: The Bariatric Goddess

 Stalkers make you feel loved, right? :D  

I'm sorry but I don't speak Typepad, and I only understand a teeny bit about HTML.  I hope you can get it to work.   If so I'll had your button to my page.

 I was blogging for a while then got really busy. I just started blogging again...
I am now 15 months (almost 16 ) post op there have been alot of changes... 

 this is true... now its more about wanting to support others and help them deal with what they are going through. Wanting to give something back...

 Maria --

I have been writing blog posts since 2004 -- and pretty much every day since 2008.  I'd like to say it was motivation, but honestly a lot of it comes from necessity to keep my head out of the fridge (or the oven, depending on the day... just sayin') and out of my own way.  

Initially it was because I was home all day everyday after I lost my ability to drive.  I got bored and had to do something -- I just amped up what I was already doing -- writing.  I never planned to blog long-term, I figured I would go back to work after a few months of seizure-control but it just hasn't happened.  I wish I had a better answer for you.  

I do wonder if I would bother blogging at all/so much if I got a Big Girl Job... probably not.  But I'm currently in college, and I'm not really qualified to work anywhere and earn better than I can do from home, yet.  I don't know what I want to be when I grow up - nor do I know when I will be able to work outside of the house.  Maybe never, maybe I'm destined to work for myself ...

 For now, I have four kids.   I mean - that's a good enough job and all that - but I am not fulfilled as a stay at home parent - I never have been.  I want a career at some point.

I have a link. Other than that...no brilliance with code here.

Not that I'm saying I'm briliant...but..no...wait...I'm FREAKING awsome!

(think I may have had a teensy weensy bit too much coffee this morning. I'm totally wired.)


http://www.journeywithme.org

 

• A Gastric Bypass Journey - This is a narrative on my gastric bypass journey going through the decision, pre and post operative issues and then tracking months after surgery.
• Adventures of Gastric Girl - A roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery patients' experiences and advice about life before and after surgery, including diet, exercise and maintaining a positive outlook on life.
• Back Across The Line - A personal journey through weight loss surgery, diet, nutrition and mental health issues. The site also looks at information about the serious risks associated with obesity surgery.
• Bari Bits: Reflections of a Weight Loss Surgery Patient - A blog following the self-reported weight loss surgery experiences of Traci, a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery patient, with a focus on post-surgery motivation, feelings and lifestyle.
• Bariatric Girl - Yvonne, a long-term gastric bypass post-op, examines the positive aspects of weight loss surgery.
• Brandy's Lap Band Journey - Includes pictures of her weight loss progression, details about how much and what she eats, as well as her struggles with plateaus.
• Chris's Adjustable Laparoscopic Gastric Band Blog - The personal weight loss surgery blog of Chris, an orthopedic surgeon and lap band patient. Includes information about all aspects of his post-surgery lifestyle with a focus on exercise.
• CupidsKiss' WLS Journey - One Canadian woman's account of her trials and tribulations through weight loss surgery.
• Diminishing Dawn - A thirty-something Canadian woman's documentation of the process of getting approved under the Canadian health plan for weight loss surgery, and her post-op experiences.
• Donna Weight Loss Surgery Fund - Diary of Donna and her experiences as she prepares for weight loss surgery.
• Fatty Fights Back - The author chronicles her weight loss struggles and her personal victories after losing weight with the help of adjustable gastric banding. Includes before and after pictures.
• Gastric Bypass Information, Recipes, and Support Page - Offers surgery types, recipes for gastric bypass patients, and before and after pictures.
• Gastric Bypass Truth - The Skinny on Life After Weight Loss Surgery - A blog aims to let people know that surgery is not the easy way out and to detail what having and living with it is really like.
• Getting Skinny in Texas - A lap band surgery patient's blog about her weight loss surgery experiences, including her surgery, recovery and life after surgery.
• Hot Fat 4 Sale - A woman chronicles her RNY surgery and eating disorder treatment over the course of three years.
• Journey to a New Me - The blog of a roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery patient, including her surgery, diet, exercise, relationship and medical follow-up experiences and advice.
• Judy's Weight Loss Surgery - One woman's experience with weight loss surgery including photos and journals.
• Less of Me and More of Life - A woman from New Zealand discusses both the physical and emotional aspects of her weight loss surgery.
• LessLisa - A woman's journey to lose 100+ pounds, with before and after photographs and a journal.
• Lise the Loser - A blog about a Seattle-based woman's personal experience with Lap-Band Surgery. It includes before and during pictures along with weight loss and food tracking logs.
• Lose Weight Find Life - The experiences of a RNY laparoscopic gastric bypass patient and weight loss coa*****luding her story, motivational tips and post-surgery diet information.
• Melting Mama - A blog about life after weight loss surgery. Includes recipes and reviews of products for post-ops.
• Mr. Mom's Second Chance - Story of 500 pound Mr. Mom, Steve Colarossi, who has laparoscopic Roux-en-y (RNY) with Dr. Ralph Crum at Norwalk Hospital; drops 224 pounds in 8 months after gastric bypass.
• My Gastric Bypass - One Woman's Story - One woman's experience losing over 350 pounds after RNY gastric bypass surgery. Includes weight chart, photos, journal, and reconstructive surgery information.
• My Weight Loss Surgery - Bariatric surgery journey with measurements, goals, hospital experience, journal, pictures and links.
• MyWLSJourney.com - One woman's story of lifelong morbid obesity and her decision for weight loss surgery (WLS). Pictures, information, journal, helpful links.
• Necessary Mutilation - Captures a woman's emotional and physical journey of having an open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, before, during, and after.
• Pam's Weight Loss Surgery - One woman's journey into the land of weight loss surgery. Includes before and after photos and information regarding life after surgery.
• Read This Sign - A blog about the turmoil that sometimes accompanies massive weight loss. Includes before and after pictures.
• Reflections of a Wife, Mom and Weight Loss Surgery Patient - A blog about the author's experiences, including pregnancy and child-raising, being a wife, working and the role that faith has played.
• Sherri's Lap-Band Page - Contains the author's before and after pictures, her surgery story including doctor information, progress, and information on Gastroenteritis and the band.
• Shrinking Pamelalala - A Floridian woman's blog about her experience with the vertical sleeve gastrectomy.
• Shrinking Susy - Includes before, during and after pictures, monthly weight loss charting and details about life as a post-op.
• The Long Road to the New Me - A mid-40s American woman's blog about her experience with gastric banding.
• The Skinny Online - A blog about losing weight with RNY and healing after years of suffering from a severe binge eating disorder, morbid obesity and depression.
• The Weight Is Almost Over - A woman blogs about trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and learning to have fun after surgery.
• The World According to Eggface - A blog about the author's weight loss surgery, plastic surgery and gastric bypass-friendly recipes she's collected and developed.
• Tracy's Lapband - A young American woman's experience with having adjustable gastric banding in Mexico, along with updates, pictures and information on living with this form of weight loss surgery.
• Waking Up Skinny - Gastric bypass patient in her twenties shares her experiences with weight loss surgery and life before and after.
• Who Hid the Donuts? - A humorous blog about a woman in her early 40s losing weight with gastric banding.

 I copied and pasted it from a Google Result for WLS Blogs ... let me try to follow my tracks.

 Nope, I find blogging boring, I tried for awhile to blog but I can't maintain an interest in it. I spend most of my online time not on OH on Flickr.