339 Pound Monkey on My Back

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 …

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 …