Today I had my 1st post-op exercise assessment at the Green Summa/YMCA Rehab Center. My pre-op session was so informative. I was looking forward to today’s assessment. I like the exercise trainer who works with me. I find her very motivating and informative. It was different than I expected. Today was all about setting up a healthy and beneficial exercise plan for me. We spent…
venting for a fill
I had my 2nd fill toady. I have been feeling down all week. The weight loss has been stalled and moved a few pounds up… mostly from my emotional eating. I was just disappointed in myself and the surgery. I have been trying to be so positive, but my progress just seemed to have come to a halt. I took it out on my surgeon’s…
Greek String Beans
The local farm market had some end of the season green and wax beans. I will miss fresh local produce after the frost has hit. Hopefully it will be late October or early November. I seem to always steam them with herbs. Today, I dug out an old recipe from a local Greek Church. They serve these beans at their annual festival. They are oh…
brad pitt support of gay marriage
I think Brad Pitt says it very nicely. I may use this myself… “Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8,”…
2 months post-op report
It’s hard to believe that 2 months have past since my surgery date. I have plateaued in my weight loss over the past 3 weeks. I have bounced between 215 and 220 pounds. I decided to report my weight as it was this a.m. I am at 219 pounds. That is a 39 pound loss since early June. I set a goal of being at…
Low-Low Chicken and Broccoli Bake
It’s Monday, and I wasn’t in the mood to do a lot cooking. I dug up this recipe and customized it to what I had in the refrigerator. It came out very tasty. I love casseroles; hot dishes to you folks in Minnesota. The problem with most casseroles for bariatric patients is that they usually have pasta, noodles or rice as a main ingredient. I…
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original mavericks… apologies to Brett and Bart
Man I haven’t heard so much about Maverick since I was a kid. It seems like any day I expect to see John McCain dressed as Brett Maverick and Sarah Palin as Bart Maverick with six shooters. I go back to my post several days ago about how rightwing organizations attempt to hijack a word and create an illusion that they represent that word. John…