Caveats
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Before and After DS Weight-Loss Surgery
A few snapshots of Then and Now
Duodenal Switch and Related Sites
Weight-Loss Surgery
- Must-read words on weight, prejudice, and "passing"
- Educate yourselves
- Getting real
- Getting there: March 2005-2006
- Tectonic plates, paradigm shifts, and self-discovery
- Fat phobia and self-hatred
- What pre-ops need to understand about loose skin
- Food landscape keeps changing
- Weight loss - has it changed you?
- WLS as prosthetic device
- The pros and cons of WLS
Blogs I Read
Health and Wellness
- The Google 15
An excellent weight-tracking tool that keeps track of your moving weight average over time so that no single weigh-in is a cause for ecstacy or despair. - Understanding Your Tests
A good preliminary resource for understanding your lab work (though of course it's no substitution for discussing results with your doctor) - FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
An essential tool for me during my first 6 post-op months -- and a good reality check for anyone keeping track of daily food intake (e.g., calories, fats, carbohydrates, etc.) and activity levels - Gmaps Pedometer
A wonderful tool that allows one to map exercise routes and calculate miles covered and calories burned
Products
- Low Carb Corner
As near as I can tell, this site sells nothing but two kinds of breakfast cereal -- but as one who's avoided cereal since my DS surgery because it contains virtually no protein and far too many carbs, Protein Crunch is a wonderful option (i.e., 27 grams protein, 2 net grams carbs). It's horrifyingly expensive but for WLS cereal lovers, it's worth the occasional splurge. - Perfectly Sweet
Expensive but excellent source for sugar-free and no-sugar-added bakery and candy items. - Pure Protein RTD shakes
At an average of 35 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbs, and 160 calories, these ready-to-drink shakes work for me because I can chill them, grab them, pack them, and go. Available from a variety of online sources or at GNC stores. - Spanx
A line of comfortable foundation garments (and even easy-to-pack clothing) that comes in handy post-op to corrale that wayward, formerly obese flesh and make you feel comfortable. Available online, at Lane Bryant in larger sizes, at Nordstrom in smaller sizes, and sometimes at outlets for less.
More (and Less) About Me
Extras
Countdown to Alaskan Cruise
May 2008
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Recreational Viewing
2008 Recreational Reading
Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
In progress.James A. Michener: Alaska: A Novel
In progress. My friend and traveling companion on our upcoming Alaska cruise, D, gave me this book for Christmas. I'd better start it now if I want to have it finished by the end of May because, like all other Michener works, it's a tome and begins at the dawn of frickin' time with tectonic plates forming ...- Phyllis A. Whitney: A Place for Ann
(**) - Phyllis A. Whitney: Nobody Likes Tina
(**) Dana Stabenow: A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak Mystery)
First in the series, courtesy of Sparkly Jules. In progress.- Phyllis A. Whitney: The Silver Inkwell
(**) - Phyllis A. Whitney: A Place for Ann
1941 original edition, now out of print. (**) Diana Gabaldon: Outlander
(****)Ian McEwan: Saturday
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2007 Recreational Reading
Ian McEwan: Atonement
(****)Daniel Mendelsohn: The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
(*****)Adele Geras: A Hidden Life
(****)Louise Steinman: The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
(***)Shaun Tan: Arrival
(*****)Sebastian Faulks: Engleby
(****)Anne Perry: The Face of a Stranger : A Victorian Mystery
(**)Emilie Carles: A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France
(****)Anne Brontë: Agnes Grey
(***)Charlotte Bronte: Villette
(****)Elizabeth Enright: Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze
(*****)Harry Bernstein: The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers
(***)Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Head of the House of Coombe
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