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Read more about The Land of Healthy

The Land of Healthy

This weight loss site/forum is a living and evolving place. You have your lurkers. You have your new people that ask a question and never come back. You have your new people that visit and post often and try to absorb all of the info and support offered. You have your people in between that are in the stages of losing. And then you have your veterans who maybe only need to lose 10-20 pounds or have reached their goal.   When I got a lapband, I didn't really do a lot of research on the other su

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• Leepers
• March 4, 201412 yr

Read more about The Mind is a Muscle Too

The Mind is a Muscle Too

Well, not technically.   But we forget that we have to work our minds in this process just as much as we work our body.   If you are constantly thinking or saying negative things, then that is the energy you are putting out into the world and it is what you're gonna get back.   A long time ago, I was sick of going to bed every night feeling anxious and laying there, having a thousand things a minute running through my mind. I decided, I want a quiet mind.   When I couldn't go to sleep, I

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• Leepers
• February 10, 201412 yr

Read more about Dammit Gym, I'm a Walker!

Dammit Gym, I'm a Walker!

Here is a breakdown of how I spent my 60 minutes today at the new gym we joined:   1 minute- deciding if I wanted to use the treadmill in the giant room with all of the exercise bunnies 2 minutes-picking out the treadmill and wondering where to put my sweatshirt I had taken off 1 minute- thinking I looked really new to this 1 minute- sneaking glances at the other people, noticing all the old people that were there and realizing that I was the fattest person there 45 minutes- walking on th

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• Leepers
• January 22, 201412 yr

Read more about Session with a Whine-O

Session with a Whine-O

Last week I was losing weight like crazy. This week the weight loss slowed to a crawl and hit a speed bump.   I did keep up with my exercise. And I faithfully, brutally honestly, kept up with entries in My Fitness Pal. I am eating soooo much better than I used to. No fast food, no sodas. Lots of healthy food.   This week though, I ate out 3 times and went to gatherings at a friend's house twice this weekend.   Wednesday I went to lunch at Chuy's (a mexican restaurant). I felt I made a real

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• Leepers
• January 19, 201412 yr

Read more about Starting From Zero

Starting From Zero

Today I would like to talk about exercise.   First, I would like to say that if your doctor or bariatric team has set an activity plan for you, you should do your best to follow their plan. This blog entry is more about those who are out there who have not started exercising and have no plan. Maybe you have never had an exercise regimen in your life, maybe you have tried exercise before but hated it and couldn't stick with it. This is just one girl's opinion and it probably goes against anythi

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• Leepers
• January 15, 201412 yr

Read more about Leeper's Story

Leeper's Story

Helllooo!   Twice, I spent at least 20 minutes swiping out a blog entry on my phone and then I couldn't get it to publish. So here I am to try again on my computer. The other entry was about a couple of embarrassing situations that helped lead me WLS. I think though, that I'd like to give a little introduction about me and how I got to this point.   My name is Leigh (rhymes with eeeee) (One time I had a guy ask me if my name was pronounced Lay because if you put an "S" on the front of my nam

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• Leepers
• January 11, 201412 yr