Hi all. I thought I saw a few folks with "scrap" in their names or posts and it made me wonder how many scrapbookers are out there, planning to save and document their journey.

Or, for those non-scrappers in the bunch, how many of you are journaling or blogging your trials and tribulations?

I initally thought I'd skip that aspect as I'd have to admit not only to myself, but others, that I am morbidly obese.

But I figure if I can help one other person through my experiences then I've done someting good and right.

Lord knows reading the variety of information and struggles, along with triumphs, on these various posts has encouraged and educated me, helping me to start the WLS process.

Anyone else?

I'm blogging. Scrapbooking is one of those things I think I'll do but never get around to. :embaressed_smile:

i'm blogging my adventure - and loving it! you should check out my blog (link in my signature below). it's a bit silly...a bit sarcastic - but it's me! photos of the surgery and all!

I have decided to start a scrapbook about my journey. I am gathering up pictures beginning with childhood and continuing through the present. I haven't decided, however, how to do my weight loss journey though. A month at a time? That might give the biggest differences! I am only two weeks post op so I do have time to decide. I am a Creative Memories consultant and teach people how to organize their memories whether it be regular photos or digital. For myself, this is one journey I need to document!:biggrin2:

I've been blogging my journey since 2002... the good the bad and the ugly. You can tell through my blog when I'm doing well and when I've given up. The anger I've gone through and the successes. I've not posted a ton of pictures, but I also have a website that goes with it with lots of pictures and such. I don't update it as much as I do my blog.

The link is in my signature...

I'm a big scrapbooker, but I haven't considered doing my weight loss. Maybe I should. I could do it digitally and then print them out for an album. Hrm.

I'm collecting things from all along the journey and will eventually scrapbook it.

I am scrapbooking and journaling. To me, the journaling is part of the scrapbooking because it will reflect my feelings about life changes I may not want out there for just anyone who looks at my scrapbook to see.

I scrapbook when i feel like it. I have started to write about my lapband surgery I am writing it all out then will mostly just add my pages in a hidden door or something. I really hate to journal but i feel it is important.

My friend who had the lapband about 7 months before me has her layout planned with the two of us the title is friends from thick to thin

I'm too lazy to journal. But I do take pictures, and keep a picture progression. I dont' blog it, they're just sitting comfortably on my local drive, for my own reference or to share as I need to.

I'm a major scrapbooker. Love it, totally addicted to it. Just had my corner nook in my room turned into a scrapbook section with cabinets, desk and all the goodies. Now I'm trying to get it organized so I can scrapbook.

I haven't scrapbooked my journey, but I've been blogging it. I have taken lots of pictures so I'm hoping to some day maybe scrapbook it. The problem is, I haven't shared my story with too many people. My kids don't even know I have the band, only my DH and my mom. My in-laws don't know, so it kinda prevents me from scrapbooking it I guess. Unless I do it just for myself,which I might.

I think its a neat thing to look back on where you began and how far you've come.

I'm not scrapbooking it per say but I am blogging it (link below) of which I will likely print it out along with the pictures that I will be taking along the journey and maybe put them in a book but nothing fancy like scrapbooking.

Im a scrapper, even have a website i love it so much, so i definatly did scrap my journey.

I was the same, i didnt want to see those horrible fat photos ever again but i realised that time was a part of my life and while i hated being that way the documentation of it shows how much i have grown and changed, it also inspires me with other things i have trouble with because if i could lose that weight and get my life back then i can do anything ( in a smaller body)

Bel

I am a blogger but do it only for my website right now, i would like to share my story on blog but im scared about the feedback i may receive