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		<title>It&#8217;s been 5 weeks&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over 5 weeks ago I had my stomach transformed into the wonderful gastric sleeve. I still have a fully functioning stomach, just much smaller. The first few days after surgery were rough, mostly due to a bad reaction I had to pain meds. I must say that vomiting after having surgery on your stomach [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=133&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Less than a week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow &#8211; I can&#8217;t believe my surgery is 5 days away. Jenn and I have been planning for this since June and it is almost here. My excitement is far greater than any nervousness I have. No one is stealing my joy or focus. I am ready and am so blessed to have an amazing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=130&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Not Be Anxios</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=128&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery, really?  Girl, you crazy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, actually, I am not. Surgery for weight loss is a very valid option for me. I am not lazy and have tried other weight loss methods &#8211; they did not work for me long term. I have no major comorbidities like diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, etc. Some people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=126&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talk is Cheap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all know that girl. The one with boobs the size of grapes that suddenly comes back from a two week vacation with grapefruits. You know she had surgery but she isn&#8217;t going to share that information with you. I have thought about what to tell people about losing weight. Could I say I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=119&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big news, smaller Monica</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The date is secured; 11/22/11 I will be having Bariatric surgery&#8230;about 80% of my stomach will be removed in a &#8220;gastric sleeve&#8221; procedure. With surgical help and lots of hard work, I will lose weight. I am hoping to write about this journey along the way.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=117&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back</title>
		<link>http://mexicando.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/im-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mexicando.wordpress.com/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the reminder, Jen Salas.  I need to write.  I love to write.  I write all over.  Little notes at work, my secret Live Journal, notes on my phone.  But honestly writing here is very fulfilling and who doesn&#8217;t enjoy fulfillment?!? It has been over a year since I last put up a post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=102&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Roof</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up across the street from an elementary school is golden to a small-town kid.  There are secret parts of the school that only you and your neighborhood friends know about.  It is like getting full-time access to one big kick ass backyard.  When you live close by, the school is yours for kickball games [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=100&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Where I Leave You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading a Jonathan Tropper book called This is Where I Leave You for my book club.  Just started it so only a few chapters in but so far, so good.  It is so funny.  And it seems to be quite timely for me.  Some of what he is describing about a relationship ending sounds just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=97&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environment vs. Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read this article and tell me who wins&#8230;Globe-Miami needs the jobs but this would destroy a beautiful area: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2009/04/24/20090424coppertour04224.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicando.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4061448&amp;post=91&amp;subd=mexicando&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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