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Let's do it Loser

2017-07-04T11:39:00.001-07:00

So it has come to this. WLS. Weight Loss Surgery. I have always thought of people who had to get weight loss surgery as cheaters, lazy, losers. My god how did they let themselves get so big that they would have to get surgery to lose weight. Why don't they just put the fork down. It is cheating. Alter your body and you cant eat and gorge so you are forced to lose weight. What losers. They have given up. They were all so proud of their weight loss too. Like of course you are losing weight. You have no choice now. These were my condescending thoughts as i was on day 5 of my 800 calorie a day fast. Smoking, popping ephedrine tablets, caffeine pills, eating only one meal a day and putting pretending to tie my shoe to put my head between my legs until the dizziness passed. All these things to stay a slim 160 pounds. Until the day I quit doing that and the pounds piled on. Now i am a massive 260 pounds and I am terrified. I spent three weeks on nutrisystem and lost 2 pounds. i have been counting my calories to stay under 1200 for 2 weeks and haven't lost anything. I still smoke and my back hurts when I am standing at the sink cutting doing the dishes. i have opportunities to travel and turn them down with lame excuses because I cant afford to upgrade to First class and no way is this fat ass flying coach. I mentioned WLS in passing to my doctor thinking he would tell me how silly and extreme it was to even consider that. Instead he was way too excited. He referred me to a seminar. He said he would do everything he could to get me approved. He clapped me on my lumberjack back in congratulations beaming like i had graduated college. I was heartbroken. So I went to the seminar and thought well I am going to be so out of place here a chubby girl amid the morbidly obese of america. No. Yes some massive people were there but no most were my size some were smaller. I listened to the seminar, the pretty power points telling me hardly anyone has complications, a few have some minor bumps, everyone lives happily ever after, it is not a quick fix. Blah Blah it is a tool. You are not a tool it is a tool. And then the prerequisites came. OMG did they come. A mammogram A colonoscopy A psych evaluation A 6 month supervised diet A recommendation from phsysican 40 bmi or 35 plus high blood pressure and maybe something else sleep apnea or high blood pressure or diebietes lose 15 pounds No smoking for 6 weeks and they will piss test you. So.....wtf...I scheduled everything sure why not. I called my insurance. It sounds like they cover it and they seem to say no prediet is required but we are doing that as well just in case. I am on month 3 of 6 so by the time all this shit is done I will have this down. But no smoking and lose 15 pounds? How is that going to happen. Last time i quit smoking i gained 10 pounds the first week? 15 pounds from when to when? Oh well We shall see. I will log it all here. I am keeping this blog private for now and when i get it approve and have the surgery and maybe one year anniversary I will publish it all at once and be an inspiration to the entire world WEEEE.

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The Farrar Side Podcast

2016-06-18T08:09:00.000-07:00

My daughter and I do a podcast where we discuss Zombies, Vampires, Dragons, and Witches. It is really funny because we wander off subject and get all of our facts wrong. Enjoy.

My Daughter and I try to convince each other our favorite Zombie Media is Best. Warning Strong Language.

2016-04-23T13:53:00.001-07:00

Stupid Arse

2012-12-01T09:16:00.001-08:00

So I had a nice thanksgiving But in the excitement of making a huge hallmark type meal I forgot??blew off ? daily BM
So when I went Friday my arse blew up ! Out?
I know people don't talk of such things
But oh my god Hemmorrhoids !
Wtf
How terrible
7 days of it
Nothing helps
You can't walk or sit or sneeze or cough or bend over
A hot bath helps
But good luck getting in and out of tub
Good luck trying to pee when it feels like you got stick up ya I guess it's like sneezing with eyes open
Can't do it
Good luck trying work
Good luck not blowing your head off
Good luck trying to keep your family from hating you because all you do is bitch and whine
I know I'm a big baby
Anywhoooo
I am better
And I am thankful for being able to sit
And bend over
Walk upright
And sneeze without sobbing afterwards
Yay
How was your holiday?

Gobble Gobble

2012-11-21T15:40:00.000-08:00

To get you in the mood.....

Perspective

2012-11-10T14:05:00.000-08:00

Next time I complain about Sophie and Goober annoying me

I will watch this video

Fun Observations

2012-10-13T14:59:00.005-07:00

So Chicago was not near as stressful as I thought it would be
It was a great hotel great view and the food was fantastic
Training was way over my head of course but managed to make it through and I might have learned a thing or two
Is it learned or learnt?
I guess I will have to learn that too!
I posted a view of our room.
You can see we had a great room.
Right in heart of things
We could watch all the tourists and observe all the traffic.

Things I discovered while there:

I am horribly out of shape
I walk too slow, city dwellers walk with a purpose dammit get out of the way
Everyone dresses nicer than me
Everyone has better hair than me

Also
All fat people use the same "I need to rest "tricks:
Stopping to look at sites, (leaning on bridges, fences, standing staring up at skyline with hands on hips)
Bending over to tie shoes
Stopping to pretend to readjust bags etc.
Stopping to take pics
Good tricks fellow chubsters but once I noticed us all doing them I couldn't help but laugh

Other news
With my fitness ap I have lost 7 pounds in two months WOOHOO
Not to say its been easy or I haven't had my moments
Two weeks ago we decided no junk food in house
Last week after no sweets I found myself in a sad situation
I made toast
The toaster didn't quite toast it brown but I slapped butter on it anyway
Then I thought maybe I will put some sugar on it
I put too much sugar on it so I just put the other piece of warm butter bread on it to hold the sugar in
As I am gobbling it down and not sharing with the dog (GROWL get away its mine!) I realized
I am eating a warm sugar and butter sandwich
Hmmm
So yah a few bumps in road
But hey 7 pounds
Go me

Windy City

2012-09-30T07:13:00.000-07:00

My job is sending me to do training in Chicago
4 Days paid hotel
3 Days training
We are taking the train
Should be fun
I even went shopping and bought outside clothes
Well that's a lie
My mom bought them for me
Well that's a bigger lie she charged them for me
Thanks Mom!
I even tried on clothes that were too big and had to go down a size
WIN!
I am such a home body and venturing outside I am all EEEEEE what 50000 things can go wrong.
Instead (Starting now) I am going to be all WEEEEEE Im going to Chicago
I promise to blog about it when I get home

Let it Die Already

2012-08-10T03:38:00.000-07:00

Another month and only one post
I should let this blog die already
But...I cant
Even if I ignore it shamelessly, don't give it any attention, forget it is there...kind of like my friends
and extended family.
Hi Friends!
Hi Family!
I still love you thanks for not giving up on me

Before the economic collapse, depression, recession, slow down what ever you want to call it
I worked all the time because OMG all that money
I also did a lot more things out side of the home because OMG lets spend all the money
Now I am poor and work all the time and OMG I need money
So what do I do
I work
I watch a lot of tv
I work
I babysit my grandson every other weekend (The whole weekend, well last week we packed his crabby ass up and took him home early but anyway, how awesome a Grandma am I?)*actually not that great if my mom wasn't here helping I couldn't do it.

I cook and eat
OMG do I eat
Big fat ass

I am starting myfitnesspal today.(www.myfitnesspal.com)

Its pretty cool app and its free, you can track points and exercise

I was going to exercise yesterday but someone took my Dance Central disc out of Xbox
(Kid wanted to play a video game or something)
It happened when my daughter, son in law, grandson stayed with us for five days when they were out of power last month? month before? Its all a blur

Funny story on that.
We were all on edge after day five.
I was mentally patting myself on my back for how cool and calm I was when they were driving me nuts.
The last night daughter said
OMG I cant wait to get away from you people
What????
You are having trouble living with US?
How can that be?
I was utterly shocked to think that she was having a hard time too
HAHA
I mean come on....ME? Who doesn't want to be around ME???
It was probably her Dad driving her nuts

Anyway
I think it's on the bottom of the entertainment center somewhere, but to get it i would have to like bend over and stuff
So maybe today
Baby steps right?

Whats going on

2012-07-08T14:29:00.001-07:00

What's going on ........you never blog...
Hmm
Let's see

Grandson
I am loving being a Grandma
He is adorable
We watch him over weekends a lot
Its amazing to watch him learn grow, did our kids grow that fast?
I don't remember

Work
My job has changed so much in the last 6 months
From phones to reporting to analytics to OMG I don't know what I am doing! Can I learn it?
Turns out I can..... most times
Job security though? I don't know. I have seen people smarter than I am, people that seem to work harder than I do ..get let go.
Or maybe they didn't work harder or maybe they weren't smarter I don't know
I really like what I am doing but...
Its a yay another paycheck type thing because who knows how long that will last

Money
I'm so broke.... so poor I hate it
I miss casinos, shopping, traveling, probably why I am broke
Because as you can see that's what I did when I had money

Family life

That's always good
I like having Mom living with us
She does so much to help
She makes me laugh
Hubby is always hubby
He works hard
We get on great
He makes me laugh

I worry I am boring because I can never think of anything to do that doesn't cost money
Or nothing interests me to do that doesn't cost money
Why worry I am boring I know I am boring LOL

So that's why no blogs nothing much going on really
I hope you are all having a great summer

Pics

2012-07-04T12:49:00.001-07:00

Drake 6 months old
He is so fun

What a Grandma

2012-06-26T20:29:00.000-07:00

Discussing random picture on our facebook feed.........

Daughter: Did you see that one picture? The way the light hits her she looks disoriented and confused.
Me: Oh so they look like the baby?
Daughter: Yah I guess
Me: LOL hes funny, he always looks confused
Me Where am I, Who are you, What is that, I'm confused!
Daughter: That's because he is.
Me: I know it's great
Daughter Yeah I guess

What a Grandma Right?

What?

2012-05-06T09:22:00.002-07:00

Mom lives here now
She cant hear
Hubby has worked in factory all his life
He cant hear
So all I get now when I speak
Are stupid looks or a What?
Then I have to yell
Followed by....
Why you yelling are you mad
LOL
No I am not mad
But going mad
Im gonna practice talking loudly and sounding happy
I mean stage actors do it all time right?

Yappin

2012-04-21T12:11:00.001-07:00

My daughter is kind of getting internet famous on you tube
She posted a lets play the sims video and it got thousands of hits 60 k or something
So she posts one once a week or so
Me being nosy I was all what do you do what is it I wanna be on it
so here it is

Basically I learnt ....um nothing
But you can hear how my daughter and I banter back and forth
She cracks me up

Sorry

2012-03-11T14:43:00.000-07:00

I never blog as much as I use too
I think its because I would only blog when something in my life made me laugh
I am still laughing a lot
But its just at my new Grandson
I dont want to be one of those blogs that yammer on about their kids or grandkids
Boring
but on a side note
Here is my Grandson in his new Bumbo
HA
Isnt he cute

Tag Team Gammas

2012-02-18T13:14:00.000-08:00

We had the baby for two nights!
Woot
Me Hubby and Mom
So we basically tagged teamed the poor baby
It was a lot of fun
He is a lot of work though
He was awake allll day and no real naps but he did sleep all night
He would wake up once to eat then right back to sleep
What a good baby
I dont think his backside hit any thing but our laps the entire two days

Do you want him?
I got him
I can take him
Let me take him
Do you got it
Back and forth
Gamma Great Gamma Gampa
What a spoiled baby!
What fun!
We took a ton of pics
Ill post some later
Changed him so many times we had to wash all his clothes on day two
We also ran out bought him new clothes, washed those and changed him some more.
Gave him a bath and changed him so much we almost ran out of diapers
LOL
He went home one sleepy baby
Cant wait to do it again

Stop messing with me

2012-02-11T14:28:00.000-08:00

The new xbox has a touch sensitive on off switch
Since it took me forever to get it hooked up to work properly, its still lying on the floor cables all over and not in the entertainment center.
I love it
I watch lots of netflix zune vudu etc.
The other night I was watching Fraiser
Side note isnt he hilarious?
some favourite quotes from the show.

Frasier: I'm at a loss for words.
Kate: Wouldn't you know? On the day I'm leaving

Frasier: I'm not chicken. I'm just really hesitant

Frasier: (looks at watch)
Martin: I saw that!
Frasier: I'm not bored, I was simply wondering how long we've been sitting here enjoying ourselves.

Anywho......the xbox keeps powering on and off on and off
Im dinking with the wireless remote
clicking click click click

Its the dog
Lying on the floor
He keeps stretching, and his pad would touch the power button
on and off on and off

LOL

Stop taking my Pic

2012-01-29T16:53:00.001-08:00

Doesn't he look annoyed lol

Cute

2012-01-23T19:42:00.001-08:00

I know everyone thinks their grandbaby is CUTE
But.........
Isnt he CUTE!!!!

Finally

2012-01-21T19:17:00.000-08:00

The girl is struggling being a new mom
I think she is doing great
We went over for a few hours so she could get a nap in
Later she said I really have a lot of respect for you now.
Now?
Now you do?
Yes how did you do this when you and daddy were alone in Germany?
Oh that raising a baby with no friends or family around for two years in a country we didn't speak the language?
Yes! How did you do it?
I cried a lot and Daddy was a big help.
He cried a lot too Lol
So see she is doing fine

Frugal

2012-01-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

Him Hurry our show is starting
Me: I am just taking care of the leftovers
Him Hurry up
Me: Running in I didnt want those left overs to go to waste
Him Did you eat them?
Me Bahahahaha you are so lucky I am not PMSing or that would not have made me laughed
Him I know

Worth the Wait

2012-01-06T20:59:00.000-08:00

Here he is
9.3 oz Jan 5th
My Grandson
I remember watching my girl get married and thinking...They are going to make beautiful babies
I was right

Happy baby

Look at all his hair!

Wheres the Baby

2012-01-04T20:28:00.001-08:00

On its way so they say
WEEEEE
Call me Grandma
No wait that sounds old
Gamma?
Nanna?
MeMaw?
Aww I dont care just cant wait

Argh

2011-12-31T17:20:00.001-08:00

Stress level is off the charts
The daughter went in to hospital on Thursday to have them induce labor
They sent her home today
She obviously isnt ready, poor kid
They sent her home and told her they will try again Wednesday if she hasnt gone into labor by then
Poor kids
How stressful
Here is hoping it starts soon and goes well (
I will keep you updated