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My Gastric Bypass: The Hair Loss Continues

My Gastric Bypass: The Hair Loss Continues

Breigh June 1, 2012 4

Well it’s been a month now since I first started noticing an increase in my hair loss, and it hasn’t slowed down a bit.  If anything it’s gotten worse.  The only good thing, if

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Twelve Year Anniversary of the Dress

Twelve Year Anniversary of the Dress

Breigh May 25, 2012 14

On May 12th my husband and I celebrated our 12 year wedding anniversary.  It’s still hard to believe we’ve been together so long as I don’t think either of us feel old enough to

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Project Fatass: The Trouble With Jeans

Project Fatass: The Trouble With Jeans

Breigh May 11, 2012 16

When people ask me what my biggest problems are after my gastric bypass I think they are expecting me to say that I’m sick, that I can’t eat the things I love or that

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My Gastric Bypass: Getting Real About Hair Loss

My Gastric Bypass: Getting Real About Hair Loss

Breigh May 3, 2012 12

First, let me say… UGH! Second, let me say… DOUBLE UGH! Right, well now that I have that out of the way, I can get down to the topic at hand, hair loss. The

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Non-Scale Victory: The Pink Tee

Non-Scale Victory: The Pink Tee

Breigh May 1, 2012 18

Three years ago Penny got me a ticket to see our favorite performer in the world, PINK!  It was such an awesome evening and I had the most amaaaaaazing time (I’m already counting the

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My Gastric Bypass: Three Month Photo Update

My Gastric Bypass: Three Month Photo Update

Breigh April 21, 2012 24

Ok, well it’s been a little over three months now since my surgery and things are going well.  The weight loss comes and goes in waves but I’m noticing the changes mostly in my

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DOUBLE DIGITS, BABY!!!

DOUBLE DIGITS, BABY!!!

Breigh April 16, 2012 8

Wahoo!  I’m so happy!  Today is a great weight loss day for me!  Getting below 100 kilos was one of my first goals after my surgery, and I’m finally there.  As usual when you

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Halfway There!

Halfway There!

Breigh April 1, 2012 9

As most long time readers know, my weight loss journey started long before my gastric bypass surgery.  Well technically it probably started when I was a young teenager, but this most recent attempt started in

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My Gastric Bypass: Two Month Photo Update

My Gastric Bypass: Two Month Photo Update

Breigh March 23, 2012 37

I know that when people who have WLS do blog updates, one of the things people are interested in most is seeing the progress photos. At least that’s what *I* always wanted to see

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My Gastric Bypass: Two Month Catch-up

My Gastric Bypass: Two Month Catch-up

Breigh March 22, 2012 4

I wrote weeks one, two and three at length because I feel like they were the weeks where I went trough the most changes.  It was one huge learning curve and my body was

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BBC’s Horizon – The Truth About Fat

BBC’s Horizon – The Truth About Fat

Breigh March 21, 2012 3

Last night a few friends messaged me to let me know about a program that was going to be on BBC.  All I knew was that they were discussing obesity and gastric bypass, so

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My Gastric Bypass: Weeks Two and Three

My Gastric Bypass: Weeks Two and Three

Breigh March 16, 2012 3

The catch-up continues! Here goes! WEEK TWO The Food Week two brought on a lot of changes, all of which were definitely for the better.   I was no longer stuck to thin liquids and

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