http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/laureen629's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2013/04/24/goal-of-a-disney-/Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:07:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2013/04/24/goal-of-a-disney-/  <br/> I went on vacation to Florida last Tuesday, not that that in and of itself is terribly unique, because I have been going there for over 30 years now, but last week, something was different. . .<br/> I arrived in Orlando to spend some time with my two daughters, the older ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2012/08/07/life-s-little-reminders-of-what-life-was-like-----/Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:14:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2012/08/07/life-s-little-reminders-of-what-life-was-like-----/Recently I had my, now 14 yo, granddaughter up for a visit, that same one, who was part of the reason I made the decision to have WLS.  When I asked her, at 9 what she wanted for her birthday, she had wanted me to go to Disneyworld with her, that ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2011/05/24/long-time-since-i-added-to-this-blog------/Tue, 24 May 2011 06:21:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2011/05/24/long-time-since-i-added-to-this-blog------/As someone commented on my last post, it brought me here and made me think on where things currently stand. . . <br/><br/>Well I've regained 25 lbs. from my lowest weight and that has me fearful, had a support group meeting on Sunday and there are a good number of ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2010/03/16/two-and-a-half-years-----/Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:44:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2010/03/16/two-and-a-half-years-----/Wow can it be that I am now a WLS veteran of sorts. . .  I remember how long the process took when I was considering and planning to have my surgery done, and now 2-1/2 years has gone by. . .<br/><br/>Life has changed for me in countless ways, all of ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/10/29/i-finally-heard-the-words-----/Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:24:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/10/29/i-finally-heard-the-words-----/Are you done?  How much more weight do you want to lose?  <br/><br/>To which I replied, that I was happy where I was, but hoped to lose about 10 more pounds. . .  It was my dental hygienist who said those words to me and she has been someone who ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/10/16/two-years-today-/Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:07:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/10/16/two-years-today-/Two years ago, under the wonderfully skilled hands of Dr. Pupkova, the tool of gastric bypass was given to me and as I look back now, I want to share some of the experiences I&rsquo;ve had along the way. As a disclaimer here (lol), I want to state this is my ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/08/20/something-i-posted-today-that-i-want-to-remember-----/Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:04:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/08/20/something-i-posted-today-that-i-want-to-remember-----/Last night I went to my monthly support group and it was good to see people and we had a couple of people who are just coming up on the 1st year post-surgery and listening to them talk about how this has changed their lives just reminds me of all ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/05/01/been-a-long-time-and-so-many-challenges-----/Fri, 01 May 2009 05:54:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/2009/05/01/been-a-long-time-and-so-many-challenges-----/I have not written in my journey section in a very long time.  Well in this time I've faced many challenges and some food demons have come out to haunt me, but I won't let them take over my being.  <br/><br/>The first challenge came in February when I had to leave a Barix ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,212724/Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:53:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,212724/Last night I went to my "sister from another mother" son's wedding.  It was a fabulous wedding and one of the things I am realizing is that food is not the main event in my life anymore, as between Thanksgiving and now this affair, I came to realize how I ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,203471/Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:24:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/laureen629/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,203471/Today I met with my surgeon and she was very pleased with my numbers (I have lost a total of 78.3 lbs.) and how I am looking, she said I look smaller than the size 12 I can now fit into and agrees that probably 15-25 more pounds would be a good ...