Let’s talk shopping. Because I’ve just fallen back in love with it. Um, can I just tell you how FREAKING AWESOME it is to go the your average shopping mall in average Knoxville, TN, and walk into any average store and know that there will be something — MULTIPLE SOMETHINGS — that will fit? I CAN tell you how awesome that is because I just...

Remember last month when I got all braggy and was like “Look at me, I lost weight, I am so awesome, suck it”? Yea, well, that was all a big pile of dog crap. I have not lost another pound since then, and to say that I’m frustrated is the understatement of the century. Kinda like Ann Romney saying she’s not wealthy. I am as frustrated and she...

Alright, kiddos, I promised you more about my Adventures in Lapband Land last week, and being a woman of my word and also a lack of other topics to write about, here it is. When we left off, I had just explained how the lapband works. Any questions? No? There will be a quiz later, so you guys better have this down pat. There is no extra credit. Anyway, why did I...

This week, I reacquainted myself with one of the greatest tools I have in my weight loss arsenal: my lapband. I mentioned in my first post about losing weight that 6 months after my wedding, I underwent lapband surgery, also knows as Laparoscopic Gastric Banding or Adjustable Gastric Banding. I realized this week on my way to my appointment with my bariatric doctor...

My original idea of a weekly wrap-up was kind of a flop. I’m not afraid to admit that. My original plan for a weekly wrap-up was born out of my (stupid) idea that I’d have frequent weight-loss successes, that I’d be saving 97% of my grocery bill with coupons and that I’d read a book every 3 days. I, apparently, was hallucinating when I dreamed...

I have been in a ROTTEN mood lately in regards to my weight loss — OR LACK THERE OF — and the fact that I have not lost a pound since Christmas. CHRISTMAS, people. It’s Leap Day, for Pete’s sake. Christmas was a million years ago. If I was 10 pounds from my goal, I could understand the plateau, but I am way far away from my goal. So it’s...