Sparkly Jules' DS Journey

I may be done here. I've been the same weight within five pounds or so for seventeen months. I run anywhere from 171 to 185, depending on if I let carbs get the best of me, averaging around 178...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2016/08/this-might-be-it.html

Today is my two year anniversary of surgery for the duodenal switch with biliopancreatic diversion ("the DS") HW 351 SW 316 CW 176 Height 5'10" I've lost 180-175 lbs depending on the day. ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-year-surgiversery.html

I apologize for neglecting you but, honestly, I have been both busy and not in a state of mind to talk about food and stuff. I don't know if I can ever catch up on the last six weeks, so I'm goin...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2016/02/hello-my-little-neglected-blog.html

"Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, JIngle All the Way...." So I ate carbs. A lot of carbs. Not compared to what I ate as an obese person, but definitely more than I would as a post-op DS person. The ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2016/01/oer-fields-we-gocarbing-all-way.html

Good cheer from me to you and yours. I'll be taking a break for the next week or so to spend time doing holiday stuff, being with family, and so on. See you then. Jules

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/merry-christmas_23.html

Here's a gratitude list for today, Saturday, December 12, 2015 Warm comfortable home where I can safely sleep in peace with the kitties, warm and dry Good, healthy food to eat A safe place to c...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/less-whining-more-gratitude.html

I went to town yesterday to get the mail (junk mail only; no "magic"), and then down the street to the grocery store. I got the tomatillo salsa for my pork tacos (which were fantastic BTW), and I...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/i-went-to-town-yesterday-to-get-mail.html

The mental? Notsomuch. I went out to the post office last night and then to the grocery for sour cream to have with my pork tacos last night. I didn't eat them, though. I had yogurt and clafout...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/physical-carb-cravings-have-eased.html

 Cravings are down, waaaay down. Yesterday was the worst day. I felt angry and so sad about not being able to eat a whole box of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies that I honestly felt like ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/carb-detox-day-3.html

The struggle is real. Cliche, but true. This was my response to a "what's your motivation" post on one of my DS groups. "Detox from carbs. I had super bad PMS last week and if it slowed down ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/carb-detoxing-again.html

I've been, and still am in, crazy hormone carb land. I'll be back when the crazy and the carbs go away. That is all.

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/where-have-i-been.html

I'm stressed. Duh. A lot going on. I would like to soothe and comfort myself with food. I can't. I'm full. If I weren't full, would I still try to soothe with food? Probably, but with...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/soothing-with-food.html

***UPDATE 11 24 15*** We had some of the pie last night. The filling is delicious and so is the crust. But.The crust sticks to the pan and gets soggy. I am thinking that perhaps baking the cru...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/sf-pumpkin-pie-with-crust.html

My husband showed up out of the blue early yesterday morning. He's off all Thanksgiving week. I knew he was coming down, I didn't realize it would be Saturday. Whatever. We went out late in the...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/witness-to-obesity.html

So I met with the hematologist, and based on my most recent labs in August, he said an iron infusion is indicated with a bariatric surgery diagnosis; however, MEDI-CAL will NOT pay for an iron i...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/hematology-update.html

I've forgotten if I promised a post on something and just haven't gotten it done. I'll have to read through my posts to see. I am going to the hematologist today, and I am a wreck. The anxiet...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/hematology-appointment-at-last.html

I started my period yesterday. WTF? I had the diagnostic D&C with hysteroscopy on October 15, which was just a few days before my regularly scheduled period on the 20th, so after getting scra...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/what-fresh-new-hell-is-this.html

Well, I finally got a referral to not just a hernia repair surgeon, but a hematologist. It was a bit of a struggle, I fortunately had thought to bring written evidence of my desire for an IV iro...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/referrals.html

I finally got in to see the GYN on Friday (after four calls leaving four voicemails and then sending a fax on Wednesday...) and the pathology report indicated everything is benign--polyp, fibroid...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/11/update.html

The first clafouti is one by Martha Stewart and which I've modified for low carbs. The recipe is as follows, my changes in red. It is delicious. I have a slice (1/6 th of pie) every morning for ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/clafouti-i-ii.html

Hi, I still don't have my laptop. So that's why I'm behind on my blogging. However... I do have two new clafouti recipes to put up and I think you'll really like them. My financial issues have ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/quick-dirty.html

I need $300-. It would be loan only. I will pay it back at the end of January. I have three important bills to pay, but I can't. One of them is eBay. If I could get that paid, I could start sell...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/i-need-help.html

It only took 4 months to get scheduled. *snort* So I'm having a hysteroscopy and diagnostic d & c. Or what they call in the biz, a "dusting and cleaning." I check in early, and hope to be don...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/outpatient-surgery-wednesday.html

Like a wrinkly meat sack. Really. A very healthy sack of wrinkled meat. Although I'm not thrilled with this, I will take it over the alternative. Ignore both my dirty rug and dirty feet--I was ...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-do-i-feel.html

I’m tired. I mean…my ass is dragging. I started noticing it in the spring, and it’s just slowly gotten worse. Last December, when my husband and I moved into this house, he and I loaded and...

http://julesdsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/10/ongoing-tsuris-with-iron-infusion.html