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Comment on Olympic Fever by Kirsten

Kirsten — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:48:36 +0000

Figure skating is my favorite, and I’m really enjoying all disciplines this year. In ice dancing, I was interested to watch Belbin and Agosto, but after watching Davis and White, I can’t wait to see their performance in the free skate! I’ve even gotten into the snowboarding and skiing, which normally I don’t care about. But the Olympic spirit is what it’s all about!

Comment on Olympic Fever by Kristan

Kristan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:34:06 +0000

LOL. I don’t hate you, or that song. It’s cute and catchy.

We’ve been watching a lot of Olympics too. My boyfriend is into both sports and America, so it’s like the perfect combo, hahaha. Personally I’m only really interested in skating (figure and speed, but not ice dancing) and curling. But I still like the overall spirit of the Games.

Comment on Reading and Writing by Kirsten

Kirsten — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:46:24 +0000

Yeah, but even though I WANT to be able to put up a post more often, I can barely keep a once a week schedule. Time flies, then I realize that it’s been two weeks since the last post. Kinda tough to write if I don’t write anything!

Comment on Reading and Writing by Zhu

Zhu — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:34:14 +0000

There is nothing wrong with blogging less often - for instance, there is no way I could blog everyday, my three times a week schedule works for me.

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by dore

dore — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:38:11 +0000

Thanks for positng this! It is very inspirational to some who are about to make a similar leap. I am very glad to hear it is such a success so far and wish you both continued success.

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:34:47 +0000

Thanks, Candice! I’m totally enjoying is renewed interest in cooking - I had the best beef stew for dinner tonight. We have some friends here in town who had the Lap-Band, and 1 has gained weight back while the other has reached and stayed at goal. It’s all about taking control!

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by Candice

Candice — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:30:44 +0000

Congrats to your husband on his weight loss. I have a friend who had the vertical sleeve and she is also very happy with the results so far. (I had Roux-en-Y, as did my mom and several friends I know, all with varying results.) It’s wonderful that your husband has taken up an interest in cooking because building a healthy relationship with food is so important - and he’s right, when you get to eat so little, it becomes so important that it taste not just good, but great, if it can. I hope he has continued success!

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by Kirsten

Kirsten — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:49:49 +0000

@kelly, if Mister has a recipe he wants to share, I’m sure he’ll have me post it on the blog. I think he plans on using my co-workers as guinea pigs for all the baking he wants to do.

@zhu, the disk thing is bad. Mister’s not talking surgery at this point as it’s something he’d rather avoid altogether, but once he gets down to goal weight he’ll see what kind of relief that brings and if any further treatment is warranted.

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:21:19 +0000

I’m stoked that Mister decided to go through with it - and even more so that he let you share his story. It’s very inspiring!
Maybe you can prod him into sharing some of his recipes… I’m also pretty good at doing bland stuff.

Comment on The Incredible Shrinking Man by Zhu

Zhu — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:57:59 +0000

That’s great!

I totally understand the herniated disk catch-22. My partner had an herniated disk three years ago. We never knew what caused it, it just came little by little up to the point that he was in a lot of pain and could barely walk. He is not overweight (170-80 lbs) but because of the pain etc. he had gained a few pounds, putting pressure on his back etc. Vicious circle…!

Between the diagnosis and the actual surgery, we waited almost a year (yes, the Canadian health system does have flaws). The herniated sick surgery was quick and went great, he walked without pain the morning after it.