Karen W.

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What are you eating/doing today? (Wednesday) - Good morning! Off to work, then I have my 9-month follow-up appt at the hospital.  Working on cover letters as I'm trying to line up a practicum for the spring/summer so that I ...

SV and NSV - Hi everyone. This morning I got on the scale and it said 161.  This means that I now weigh less than my husband!!  I've really been looking forward to this.  I've always weighed s...

What are you eating/doing today? (Friday) - Good morning. School work all day today, nothing exciting. B - Greek yogurt, a few grapes S - large milky decaf tea x 2; later, maybe more yogurt L - ham and turkey (deli) ...

What are you eating/doing today? (Thursday) - Good morning! I'm spending the whole day on school work.  I have what feels like a million readings to do, and I need to organize myself with respect to my assignments.  Then of...

What I eat at church has no calories...???? - About 13 or 14 years ago, my minister told me that anything I eat at church has no calories.  Of course she was joking, but my food-addicted brain has held onto that comment for al...

What are you eating/doing today? (Tuesday) - Good morning! Finally, I have only one thing on my agenda for the day.  I'm going to drop my son off at his program, go grocery shopping, and then RELAX!  Might tidy up a bit, a...

first Monday morning weigh-in of 2012 - Hi! HW - 255 SW - 240 LW - 165.5 TW - 164.5 Can't believe I lost this week!  A great way to start the year.

What are you eating/doing today? (Monday) - Happy New Year! What on earth am I doing up and posting at 9 am on NY's Day?  Well, my son (you know, the 8-year-old who doesn't like it when I sleep) slept at Grandma's house l...

What are you eating/doing today? (Friday) - Good morning! I had hoped to sleep in (which means staying in bed until 8 am) but was woken up around 6:30 by kids laughing; not a bad way to wake up!  My son had a sleepover la...

Xmas + PMS = food hell! - PMS hit a couple of days ago; a very bad time for both food cravings and impulse control.  So yesterday I did fairly well at Christmas dinner, although I did have a a couple of coo...

What are you eating/doing today? (Saturday) - I've already been grocery shopping and bought myself a pair of boots (for me for Christmas, from DH!).  I haven't been able to wear high boots since I was in my early teens due to ...

a question for all of the insomniacs - Hi sleepless folks!  You know who you are... I've had sleep problems for years, and have been on medication to help me get to sleep and stay asleep.  In the past few months, it ...

What are you eating/doing today? (Friday) - Good morning! Today I'm wrapping gifts, doing a ton of housework and laundry, and hoping to have time for a long hot bath before going to pick up my son.  I promised him that we...

What are you eating/doing today? (Thursday) - Good morning! I'm on my way out for breakfast with a girlfriend, then going to an appt, then coffee with another friend.  Tonight I'm taking my son to meet a cat who needs a hom...

What are you eating/doing today? (Wednesday) - Off to work, then running errands, maybe meeting up with a friend for coffee. B - Greek yogurt, blueberries S - tea w/ milk; later, grapes and 1/2 oz old cheddar L - 3 oz roas...

What are you eating/doing today? (Sunday) - I couldn't find this thread, so thought I'd start it off.  Better late than never. I ate some stuff that I shouldn't have had last night, and will try to do better today.  I'm g...

What's up with the cravings? - I went to a hockey game last night (Ottawa 67's) and had one hell of a time with food cravings.  This hasn't really happened since surgery.  And the hockey game wasn't a trigger, a...

What are you eating/doing today? (Wednesday) - Good morning, everyone. Kind of tired and not feeling quite right this morning.  Off to work, nothing exciting today.  I'm hoping to get out of work early enough to have a nap b...

10 lbs from goal and wearing skinny jeans - I'm now 10 lbs from goal.  I can't believe that I was 169.8 lbs this morning; the 160's, wow!  At 160, I will still be 10 lbs over the "normal" BMI category so I've been thinking o...

Hi Sirene. It's really common to not lose a lot right after surgery. I...

stall, lose, and gain pattern; normal? - I'm 7+ months out, and for the past 10 weeks this is what my weight loss has looked like: 3 week stall 3 lb loss in one week gain back one lb in one week 3 week stall 3 lb l...

stress and eating; a bad food day (long post) - Please give me a good swift kick in the ass. I had a terrible food day today.  I ate carbs to excess, in addition to giving in to a few mini chocolate bars (Halloween stuff at w...

volume of food you're eating? - Hi.  I had my 6 month follow-up appt yesterday, and the APN told me that lots of people around this time start eating too much food.  He said that my pouch holds about 1/2 C.  So n...

shopping NSV - A couple of weeks ago I posted about having an awful experience at my step-daughter's bridal shower (re: being angry and embarassed that my daughter's future MIL "outed"  me about ...

6 month surgiversary and a recap of NSVs - Hi everyone. Tomorrow is my 6 month surgiversary!  As I won't have time to post tomorrow, I thought I would do it today.  No pics, though; I'm a little paranoid about posting pi...