Mona's Musings

What motherhood means to me

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:10:00 -0700

I was a sickly child and I don't know exactly where I got this idea, but I never thought I would live past the age of 20 or 30. Therefore I never had those getting married and having baby fantasy/plans.
I didn't get married until I was 30, after 8 years ...

Relationships since WLS

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:03:00 -0700

When I went in to this all I thought about was how I would change physically, I'm not sure if it ever occurred to me how it would affect my relationships with other people. Strangers, acquaintances, family, friends....pretty much everyone. Most of the changes have been positive, but I must ...

Maintenance

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:26:00 -0700

I'm trying to get a hang of this maintenance thing. I've always been good at gaining and losing, but notsomuch at maintaining. I'm currently bouncing between 116-119, so I'm a little bit below goal. I've cut back my exercise from 6-7 days/wk to 4-5 days/wk. I'm actually working on learning ...

G-O-A-L! (finally)

Wed, 21 May 2008 06:35:00 -0700

This morning was the day I've been waiting for for 1 year, 3 months and 5 days (not that I'm keeping track or anything). I've finally reached my goal weight of 120! I hadn't expected it at all when I stepped on the scale this morning, so it was a very pleasant surprise. ...

Flat as a pancake!

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:05:00 -0700

I had my tummy tuck on Monday and today is Thursday. I'm a little bit swollen but still lookin' good. This was the best medical experience I've ever encountered, which was nice considering that it all came out of my pocket. I chose my PS based on a recommendation from ...

Monday is the day

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:54:00 -0700

I've been waiting for this tummy tuck for 8 years, since the birth of my first child. My body has served me well but that extra skin on my stomach has got to go! Before I had kids I had a nice looking stomach, even when I was heavier I ...

Clearance, Clarence!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:05:00 -0700

Clearance-Clarence
Roger-Roger
Vector-Victor

I love that movie 'Airplane'. But more than that I love the fact that I'm cleared for an extended TT on 4/28/08! If you are added as my friend you can see the scary before pics under 'Photos'. I have an awesome nephrologist who saw me on his day that ...

Consults & waiting...

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:58:00 -0700

I went to my first 'live' plastic surgery consult about a week ago. I had submitted pictures to a couple of docs online, but this was the first time I looked the surgeon in the eye. I would like to get this done locally because I want to recover at ...

The elusive 120s

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:00 -0800

I finally made it to the 120s...by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin, but 129.5 IS the 120s. I honestly never thought it would see those numbers on my scale, ever again. Even after surgery and successful weight loss, I just couldn't wrap my mind around it. Mind you, I'm 5' ...

My first VSG Christmas

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:25:00 -0800

I finally lost a pound! It's four days short of a month since that's happened. I'm sure it didn't have ANYTHING to do with the holidays...all the snacks...and my lack of willpower. However, in comparison to years past I've done well. I always thought if I didn't gain during the ...