Diet Pulpit

Yesterday was my third visit to the weight loss surgery center and this time I met with the surgeon, (instead of the director) and went over some of the pre-op tests results that have come back. My weighin at the office was 295 lbs, only a lb and half more than the home scale.  The [...]

Tags: gastric bypass surgery, health, medical tests

Weight 293.5 lbs, which reflects another 1.5 lb drop for a total of 13 lbs since the new beginning four weeks ago. It also happens to be the weight I was when I first started this journey to health and this blog back on May 1, 2006 (see Weighin Summary for complete weekly updates).   Once again proving that my [...]

Tags: fatblogging, supplements, weighin

I have been enjoying the combo I put together this week for my green smoothie. 1 banana 1 serving  frozen peaches (no sugar added) 1 cucumber (skin and seeds removed) 2 oz reduced fat coconut milk 1 TBL of Aloe Vera juice 2 cups of water The taste is light and refreshing. I added the [...]

Tags: green smoothie recipe

I tossed together a quick, easy and healthy soup this weekend and it came out so yummy I wanted to share the recipe here. Since  I’m always on a diet, I don’t cook very often so it was a real treat for me.  Hubby does most of the cooking for himself and my daughter.   But this [...]

Tags: healthy recipes, soup

I need to VENT so please bear with me – plus this is my first week giving up diet sodas *sigh* so that adds to my being cranky. I know I have to jump through a million hoops, have lots of tests, etc. etc. to get approved for weight loss surgery – but yesterday was [...]

Tags: doctors, gastric bypass surgery