It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here…okay it’s been years actually. I’ve thought about it, but like with everything lately the thought comes of I should and then the day takes over and I don’t. Plus the weight loss thing has been almost 5 years of ups and downs. Like a lot of the …
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Finish the Race
(This is not a transformation photo, but these photos are a year a part from one another. This is what this post, and me personally, are concerned with today.) We Baptists sing about it all the time, “just a little talk with Jesus”, one morning, not too long ago, I had just that. Kneeling down …
Just for the record…
What I’ve learned lately is that people are passionate about two things their political affiliations and which diet they are prescribing to at the moment (and a lot of other things, but these are the two people are really triggered to come after you for). Keep in mind this isn’t an anti-diet diatribe, but it …
Highway to the Danger Zone
One of the things I’ve noticed about the weight loss surgery community is that there is a lot of information about the initial stages of the journey, encouraging words, stories of incredible first year losses. Except for some reason, there’s a phenomenon where after the year mark the information, tips and tricks, and success stories …
Pictures are worth 1000 words, bad thoughts, and bad effects…or, at least, once upon a time they were.
Every photo was a nightmare, and now only some are. In today’s world when our lives are documented in every way on social media, pictures plagued me. I hated every picture of myself. Spent hours analyzing all the ways in which my choices had led me to become the person in the picture. Now, I …
Top Ten Tuesday
Losing 100 pounds does not happen overnight, and there are some critical things and people that have largely contributed to being able to accomplish this goal (something I honestly doubted I would ever do). Now that I am here, I have truly been reflecting on what helped me get to this point because it is …
I lost my goldendoodle…
Ok, not really, in fact as I type he is walking around looking for his next target of destruction…what can I say? I love a good bad boy and my dog is no exception. Going back to the title of this post, what I mean is that I’ve officially lost my dog’s worth of weight …