http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/subacloud's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2012/01/01/update/Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:16:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2012/01/01/update/I was gone for a few months and for that I apologize.  I went back to graduate school, which is awesome and I love it.  One of my classes was the hardest one I'll take.  Yay, it's over and I got an A.  The class replacing it next semester is going ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/12/29/i-m-back/Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:16:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/12/29/i-m-back/This is just a quick note before I go to work.  First of all, my apologies for the long absence.  I started graduate school.  It was fun, but there was a research class that kicked my butt and ate all my free time.... make that all my time, period.  :-)  I need ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/08/02/a-skinny-person-trying-to-get-out/Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:38:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/08/02/a-skinny-person-trying-to-get-out/It has been said that inside every fat person is a skinny person trying to get free.  My skinny self is emerging and the fat me is leaving.  Sadly, the fat me is not taking all this extra skin with her.  Oh my goodness, the loose skin is, well, it's like ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/21/my-life-is-a-backwards-country-song/Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:04:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/21/my-life-is-a-backwards-country-song/and that's a good thing.  Here's the joke:  <br /> Q:  What happens when you play a country song backwards?  <br /> A:  You get your wife back.  You get your job back.  You get your dog back.....<br/><br/>I'm getting my life back and I love it!!  It has be T-O-U-G-H these past few months.  Transitions, by ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/03/a-year-in-pictures/Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:45:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/03/a-year-in-pictures/Here is a progression of pictures which illustrate my weight loss.<br/><br/>Highets weight before WLS       Before liquid diet      Two months post op                          3 months<br/><br/>4 months                                     5 months                                        6 months<br/><br/>7 months                              11 months         Surgiversary<br />http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/01/200-pounds-lost/Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:41:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/07/01/200-pounds-lost/Today is the day that I officially lost 200 pounds.  I started this journey at 408.  I weigh 208.  I am very happy as you might imagine.  I still have a ways to go, but this is a great milestone for me!  <br/><br/>Last week was absolute hell for me and maybe ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/17/broken-stall--praise-jesus-----d/Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:14:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/17/broken-stall--praise-jesus-----d/Isn't it weird how weight loss is all backwards?  A broken stall is a good thing.  Weight loss is desired.  Smaller is the goal.  Broken, loss, smaller... good things.  Gaining is awful.  Bigger is bad, not better.  Going up is horrible.  Moving down is fantastic.   No wonder it's hard to wrap ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/10/one-year-in-pictures/Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:53:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/10/one-year-in-pictures/Pictures!<br/><br/>Before                               Now<br /> May 2010 (surgery 6-7-10)                                 (6-7-11)<br /> - not my highest weight -<br/><br/>Before                                         7 weeks                                                                             2 months<br/><br/>3 months                                                            4 months                                      5 months                        6 months<br/><br/>8 months                                    9 months                           One year<br/><br/>http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/07/surgiversary-day/Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:40:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/06/07/surgiversary-day/Today marks one year since my WLS.  I am grateful for the 100 pounds I lost this past year.  I am grateful for the celebration dinner I had with a friend.  I am grateful for the new direction in my life and am glad that my life is taking a change for the better.  ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/05/28/fat-head/Sat, 28 May 2011 21:24:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/subacloud/blog/2011/05/28/fat-head/I have a fat head.  I don't necessarily mean that my head is big.. it is.  I just have this fat way of thinking lately.  I weigh less right now that I have in about 25 years.  Until now, I have felt skinny because I was SMO.  Now, though, I ...