Don's latest article

Hi guys -

Just a quick note to mention that my latest article is up at "Mom...Guess What!" magazine.  You can read my article on page 27 of the newest issue at:

www.momguesswhat.com

This one's about how I spent my last day before my surgery and the thoughts that were going through my head.

Also, I can't recall if I posted about my last article (Santa Claus as a role model).  If you missed it, you can catch it in the last issue at the same website above.

Hope you like!

Don

Don,

Thanks for sharing that.

It was fantastic! I didnt know we had such talent in our midst.

Kevin

I loved it.  I copied your second-to-last paragraph into my food diary.  I want to go back and think some more about if I have redefined myself in this emerging new body.  I think I need to.  I too had a fine life in the fat body and definitely took advantage of it but I am not too sure that I have fully embraced this new life or self-respect.  I've always respected the brain (never let it fail) but never the body (always let it fail).  How do I embrace body self-respect?  Can I transfer brain self-respect skills to body . . . Will I get complacement and/or disappointed when the weight loss stops?  Will I be able to keep exercise in my life at a reasonable level?  Will I start making more and more poor choices?  Or, can I limit the bit of sweets and margaritas to "the-time-of-the-month" and holidays?

Sounded like a good last day (before surgery).  I was working and did not give myself a chance to really think about the meaning.  I think I need to give myself some time this summer to rethink myself . . . internally and externally. 

Thanks for sharing honestly!

Don, loved it. And it seemed fitting with Easter, spring and rebirth...

I feel like an entirely different person at times and at other times I feel like the same person but everyone treats me so differently.

appreciated your sharing, thank you.

deb366

Don, That is an excellent article. You are a talented writer. I know many people think bariatric surgery  is the "easy way out". I think this goes back to their mis-education or no education on the surgery and process. Little do they know that this is work, and hard work. I suspect you would react differently today when overhearing this type of comment. I know I am. Good job, bud. -- Tom