Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I hit my highest weight ever, yet I just could find the motivation to do anything about it.  That is something I never understand.  I have battled my weight for a good 15 years now.  I have gotten to where I want to be a few years ago.  I was there.  I had the taste. …

Hehe.  That’s what I kept thinking for a title post. I have not been on the scale since my recommitment to my health.  And honestly I am really enjoying it.  I am feeling accomplished just by logging my food into my Lose It app.  Some days I am above goal, some days below.  Isnt that…

I have been missing for a while.  A looooong while.  And when I pulled up my blog tonight I was a bit saddened when I saw that my last post was labeled” How Jennifer got her groove back”.  The truth is, like most disappearing weight loss bloggers, I was NOT able to get my groove…

I mentioned in yesterday’s post some of the steps that I have had to go through to try to get approved for the surgery.  In case you didn’t see them I will repost them here. Lose 5% of starting weight Meet with nutritionist regularly Psychological clearance Sleep Study and clearance Blood work Several appts with…

I met with the nurse practitioner at the Bariatric surgeon’s office Monday.   I was only down 6 of my 12 lbs required (5%) in order to schedule surgery.  Obviously I have never been through this process before so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Before she came in I heard the nurse giving her a…

Much to my surprise, just a few hours after my last post, I received a call from the surgeon’s office.  She was calling to give me a surgery date.  What?!  Already!?  The date is March 24th.  She then said she was submitting my file to the insurance company to get me approved.  I am hoping…

I work at a school and have a day off the week before my surgery.  My surgery was scheduled for a Monday.  I called the scheduled and politely asked if it was an option to have the surgery the week before at some point.  That way I would have to use less sick time.  To…

My VSG Experience- March 17, 2014 After only two months from the time that I went to my Bariatric info session, I was sitting in the pre-op room waiting for my VSG surgery.  Although it was not the typical 3-6 months that I was told it would take, I had done ample research on the…

I had my bariatric surgery, Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, on March 17, 2014.  Its been 4 weeks and I am down 30 lbs since surgery, and down 39 lbs from when I first stepped foot in the surgeon’s office in January.  Weight was coming off pretty quick after surgery but has slowed down since.  Sometimes I don’t lose…

I am happy to report that my tantrums have stopped!  Now that I have moved onto “real food” I am not feeling deprived.  The soft diet was tougher than I thought it would be.  I am just over 6 weeks out from surgery and I am down 45 lbs.with 8 of that being lost pre-op.…