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On the subject of salad dressing . . What with plenty of rhubarb this time of year I have been blending rhubarb sauce and Kefir (yogurt) to make a great dressing on fresh spinach leaves. Sometimes I add a tablespoon of flax oil and fresh ground pepper.
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 11:17am — 2 Comments
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I understand what you mean about being on the low end of acceptable for this procedure... My BMI is 39.5, and that's WITH the band (which I must have out yesterday already.. please!). And you're right.. why should we wait until we're heavier still. I can hardly function well enough now. The obesity is debilitating even at this weight. I really need to lose at least 40 lbs in order to function well, and 100 lbs to be wtihin my normal weight range for my height. My husband and I feel so confident about this surgery. we talk about it nearly everyday. He is excited for me.. supports me 200%... has never known me as a woman at a healthy weight, yet he is incredibly supportive in every aspect of this.. so when he says how excited he is for me.. I tell him.. "well I'm very excited for you.. you're going to have a wife who is healthier, stronger, and if you think I'm so beautiful now.... wait!" haha... Of course, I'm concerned about my health first.. my personal confidence and appearance second.. but I am acutely aware of how I must appear to the patients I take care of... and feel just aweful when I counsel them on weight loss... I always feel like I must preface my health teaching by saying..."Ok.. I understand how overweight impacts your life.. look at me!" I should be a better model of health... I have tried all of the things that I suggest to them.. and when they have struggled for years.. I can't help but think in the back of my mind how many of them will continue to struggle years after our office visit. Something important has happened to the way I am thinking about this surgery.. I have decided that I have to face the fact that it will be very noticeable.. I know alot of people.. they will want to know how I accomplished my weight loss... and I will tell them... after years of really really trying non-surgical methods, I have found the MGB, and decided that I cannot waste another year trying to be successful on my own... MGB is a tool for life.. a partner in health... not an easy way out.. there are sacrifices, there is still work involved... perhaps less for some than others.. (and I will make no apologies to any of the critics that tell me that having the procedure is wrong because after all.. how can achieving wellness ever be wrong???). People are prescribed the nicotine patch to help them quit smoking.... nothing wrong with that.. people are given joint replacements, angioplasty to unclog arteries.. and the list goes on. There is nothing wrong with any of this.. so why should MGB be any different. I have decided I will not be an closet-MGBer. I may not tell everyone... just as I may not tell them any other personal details of my life.. but I will be straight up with those I love especially, and to those I know I can help in future...
Sorry for the rambling... but I think the journey has taken a bit of a new road.. and thought I would share. Goodnight Wendy.. keep us posted on your countdown to wellness.. and know I am rooting for you!! ~ B.
You probably got your contact letter by now. I haven't done one. Sorry. I should.
Chris
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