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	<title>Bariatric After Life &#187; Motivation</title>
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	<description>Motivation, Inspiration, Education For Life After Weight Loss Surgery &#124; No Negativity &#124; Positive WLS &#124; WLS Success &#124; Recovery From Obesity &#124; Food Addiction Help &#124; Bingeing After WLS &#124; WLS Mentor &#124; Gastric Bypass Barbie</description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Go Fly a Kite</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2012/01/lets-go-fly-a-kite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a great neighborhood. First of all, our block had a cul du sac, which meant that we didn&#8217;t get much traffic (except for the kind that thought there was an exit out the back). Secondly, we had a really cool hill (both on the street AND in our driveway), so we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Throwing Stones (and Missing The Mark)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Me (Pouting) &#38; My Big Brother (Greg) in Big Sur My mom did this picture for me. When I was about six, my parents took my big brother and me camping at Big Sur. If you&#8217;ve never been there, it&#8217;s a stunning area on the central California coast, just off picturesque Highway 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll Be Kicking It Up a Notch in Vegas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! I&#8217;ll be speaking at my 3rd WLS Vegas Meet &#038; Greet (2nd for WLSFA) in May. Are you coming? Here are the event details: What: 2012 WLSFA Mother of All Meet &#038; Greets: Kick It Up a Notch! When: May 18-20, 2012 Where: BALLY&#8217;S Hotel &#038; Casino (on the Strip, baby!) Price: $110/Person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OBESITY IS NO LAUGHING MATTER</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/10/obesity-is-no-laughing-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/10/obesity-is-no-laughing-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OBESITY ISN&#8217;T FUNNY By now, I&#8217;m thinking that most of you have already read Dr. John Kelly&#8217;s unfortunate article, where he used one-liners to &#8220;find humor&#8221; on the subject of obesity. If you haven&#8217;t read it, I&#8217;m not going to post a link to it because I think enough people have already read and responded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drinking &amp; WLS: I Choose Not To</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What we say is as important as how we say it, and what we hear is most important of all. I’ve spent a lot of time dissecting my self-talk. I think about how I speak to myself – what tone I use, whether or not I’m condemning myself, and whether I’m being kind, compassionate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did I Shave My Legs For This? Letting Myself Be LOVED.</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/08/did-i-shave-my-legs-for-this-letting-myself-be-loved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/08/did-i-shave-my-legs-for-this-letting-myself-be-loved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a Little Life Lesson for Living a Happier Bariatric After Life™ I have always hated my legs; they just aren&#8217;t good looking.  Sadly, I was not one of those women whose legs stayed skinny and shapely while the rest of me got bigger. Okay, that&#8217;s not entirely true: I had an hourglass figure&#8230;but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Julie P. Taught Me to Be A Better Me</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/08/julie-p-and-a-better-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/08/julie-p-and-a-better-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was little, people told me that I should be an artist, an illustrator, or a cartoonist when I grew up. I heard this all the time (probably because I was ALWAYS DRAWING something) and besides, it wasn&#8217;t a far-fetched idea. Didn&#8217;t all of us imagine we would grow up to do something &#8220;fun&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catch Me, Daddy!</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/08/catch-me-daddy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, our family vacations were nothing less than legendary, mostly for good reasons, but sometimes, for &#8220;less-than-grand&#8221; reasons. Like the time we took a rented motor home out to the middle of nowhere (Salton Sea, to be exact.) Now, if you are unfamiliar with Salton Sea, let me tell you that it is less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day My Sunflowers Died (and Taught Me How To Live)</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/07/the-day-my-sunflowers-died-and-taught-me-how-to-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/07/the-day-my-sunflowers-died-and-taught-me-how-to-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was about three years old, my grandfather gave my brother and me a handful of sunflower seeds to plant in the backyard. He thought it would be a good learning opportunity for us, especially after my horrific experience with the tomato plants that got eaten by those scary, fat, caterpillars that looked like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In My Own Way&#8230;and That&#8217;s Okay.</title>
		<link>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/07/in-my-own-way-and-thats-okay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bariatricafterlife.com/2011/07/in-my-own-way-and-thats-okay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am my own worst enemy. Despite my best efforts, sometimes, I just can&#8217;t get out of my own way. Okay, it IS true that I am less of a personal roadblock than I was before I began my weight loss journey, but there are still times when I threaten to derail myself, all because [...]]]></description>
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