Gwen's WLS Journey

I think this blog is officially done. I wouldn't say the "journey" is over at all. But I've said all I think I can say abo...

I am at my lowest adult weight since the age of 18. My brain still isn't totally caught up to my body. I have bought way more clothes th...

It's been an exhausting winter, and I am looking forward to spring.  I am within a few pounds of my goal weight, and yet that seems like...

Here's a quote I stumbled upon that I wanted to preserve: There are no tricks. Run because you have to. Run because you love it. Run b...

A funny thing happened this December.  I started running every day.  There was this challenge on Facebook.  Run every day between Dec 1 and ...

On this day last year was my band-to-sleeve revision surgery.  It seems so strange that it's been a year...a whole year, and yet only a ...

It looks like most of the country is experiencing this same cold snap.  It has consistently been in the 20s here in Portland, which is extre...

I'm giving in to fall.  I am still not over summer being over.  A typical Portland summer doesn't really start until late July, and ...

I had a good night.  Today was hot, after a week of fall weather--gray and rainy--last week.  This week is hot, 96 degrees today, and I am h...

Well. I have been training with my personal trainer for about 3 months now. He is awesome, I am stronger and leaner, and it's been good....