Last night a few friends messaged me to let me know about a program that was going to be on BBC.  All I knew was that they were discussing obesity and gastric bypass, so I knew it was something I’d have to check out. I’m so glad I did!  My husband came in and watched it with me and we …

The catch-up continues! Here goes! WEEK TWO The Food Week two brought on a lot of changes, all of which were definitely for the better.   I was no longer stuck to thin liquids and I suddenly had a whole new variety of food opened up to me.  I was able to eat pudding, protein shakes (I also was able to …

I think the thing most people are curious about, other than the surgery itself when they are thinking about it, is what happens afterwards.  What are those first few days and weeks like?   Well, I’ve heard every story under the sun from the woman who claims to have gone back to work only two days later, to people who were …

I wanted to try out some of the rest of the colors from my Dutch Treats mini pack from the Holland Collection.   I also was keen to do a bit of nail art as it’s been a long time now. A while back I got an order from an online shop that had a pack of 12 colors of nail …

When I heard that OPI was releasing a Holland Collection, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it.  Of course, this left me with the dilemma on whether I was going to try to swap someone in the states for them or dish out the ridiculous prices you pay for them here IN HOLLAND (we should get a discount …

Now that I’m back on the nailpolish bandwagon, I needed to add a little sparkle to my life. I couldn’t choose which of my new polishes to try so I closed my eyes and picked one!  Well, two actually.   The above photo is a base of Revlon’s Lunar with a top coat of Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black. As you can …

First, can I just say again how the time seems to be flying by?  Really? A MONTH?!  An entire month since my surgery?? Shocking!!  I KNOW, I really need to get with it and catch up with these updates. Now, where did I leave off?  I believe I had just gotten out of surgery and was about to head into …

I’m baaaack! After a terrible stretch of time with a really annoying rash on two of my fingers (that I still have no idea what it was, by the way!) and then a few stressful months leading up to my recent surgery, this is the first time I’ve painted my nails in over FOUR MONTHS!! I’d gone far too long …

Well here I am, three weeks out from surgery and still amazed by how quickly the time is going by.  I kept meaning to do a big update here on my blog but I think Facebook is getting in my way.  I blab so much on there about everything that is going on and when it comes time to blog …

Well, in case you were wondering I’ve now had my surgery and am now home.  I’m doing very well and plan to sit down this weekend and write about my experience at the hospital and my first week home. For now, I just want to share some videos that I found really interesting.  Everyone seems to rave about this Dr. …

So tomorrow is my big day, and I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed!  It feels like just yesterday that I was in the process of making the decision to have weight loss surgery, and now here I am.  Tonight Xander and I leave for Brugge, Belgium and tomorrow morning at 10:30am I check into the hospital to …