A Little Squeeze
I’m having Lap-Band surgery on Monday, April 30th. I have a blog about it, called A Little Squeeze.
I haven’t really figured out what I’m doing having 2 blogs.
On one hand, I have read many WLS (weight loss surgery) blogs and they have helped me greatly in my personal decision about whether to have this surgery. I love reading the candidness, the struggles, the victories… and I have had a lot of trouble finding Lap-Band blogs that are current and/or have more than just a few entries. I want to be candid as well. I thought about making A Little Squeeze private and semi-anonymous, but, frankly, I’m just not smart enough to do that. I’d end up “outing” myself anyway, so better to just start on the up and up and let everyone in on it.
I will post here about weight loss and the Lap-Band, but I don’t want my pink toes to turn into a weight-loss blog (which tend to not be very interesting unless you are losing weight. Marybeth is a fabulous exception to this generalization). Also, sometimes when I find a good WLS blog, I don’t always want to read all the posts about everything besides just weight (like cats, their on-again-off-again boyfriend, and how much they love windsurfing). I’m afraid to bog down my pink toes with weight loss, and I don’t want to clutter A Little Squeeze with all the stuff in my head that has nothing to do with weight.
So for now, I’m going to wing it. I’ll have 2 blogs, and will probably do some cross-posting.
I do ask you, though – if you know me personally, please please please don’t talk to me about A Little Squeeze. You’re free to read it (like I could stop you, heh) and free to ask about the Band and everything, but please don’t talk about the detailed stuff I put on there (like my exact weight, yeesh!). I’m going to be transparent, but at the same time ask you to pretend you don’t know all this other stuff about me. Yeah, I know – real healthy. It’s just where I’m at right now. Things will change.
I’m taking comfort in the fact that I’m able to take this one day at a time and just wing it for now. The perfectionist inside of me is screaming at me – demanding a spreadsheet of what goes in which blog and a timetable for integration. Well, that perfectionist is getting a big ‘ol raspberry. I’m gonna just figure this one out as I go.
UPDATE: Tech-savvy husband got me a domain name and pointed it at my Blogger blog. He’s so awesome – and so handsome! Anyway, thanks to Dave, you can now find me at www.alittlesqueeze.com Ooh – I’m so cool!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:57 PM
Wow – a lap-band… very brave! I have a friend here who has one, and it’s been an interesting journey.
I have three blogs… one established but nothing written (our ‘post-modern church plant’ attempt), one for work reflections, and my personal blog. There’s a little overlap, but not much. Hope the two work out ok for you.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:32 AM
It appears that your blog a little squeeze is only by invite only. I’d love to read your journey – I was banded on September 20th and just had my first fill. what a trip.