Almost there! May 5, 2012

I have one week left of my second session. After a 10 week derailment for physical therapy I am back in the saddle and ready to ride. I am excited that there is only one 10 week session left before I can have my gastric bypass surgery. I know that I still have to be [...]

Uh-Oh! January 9, 2012

So I have managed to only maintain my weight and not lose it. On the one hand its like yay! I have lost weight and am in a smaller shirt size….BUT this is a numbers game and let’s face it I am not losing the numbers. In order to be approved for gastric bypass I [...]

Oh-Em-GEE! January 2, 2012

OMG I made it! The holidays are officially over and I am ready to take on the world! I am a few weeks into the second session of my three session round with the Medical Weight Loss Clinic and things are looking mighty fine! By that I mean my backside. I said it! I am more [...]

Holiday Killer December 27, 2011

Oh the lovely holidays. The lights! The music! The presents! The fat inducing family gatherings! Ugh! Well, I managed to keep myself from gaining a thousand pounds, or any weight at all. Yeah, baby! The problem….I didn’t lose any either. Unfortunately, although it is a good thing I didn’t gain, it is a bad thing [...]

Ho Ho Ho! December 22, 2011

It’s Christmas! I’m freaking out! Just kidding, kind of. This year we are doing lasagna and garlic bread. O-em-GEE. For me this means a LOT of water with a sprinkling of Coke Zero because I like to feel naughty without going too far off the deep end. I had told myself I will just eat [...]

Empathy December 16, 2011

When you are working with people who are struggling to lose weight one of the most important things you need is empathy. To someone trying to do something that has become an almost insurmountable task this is more important even than knowledge. We all know the basics of how to lose weight. We know it [...]

Biased Against Bypass December 12, 2011

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that having Gastric Bypass is the easy way out. Are you kidding me? This is a massive surgery and it is painful so for people to make such assumptions not knowing the story behind it is maddening to me! Some people feel that if a [...]

If you really knew me… December 7, 2011

If you really knew me….

On My Way Kinda, Yet Not Really December 7, 2011

So, I have finished the first 10 week session. I am THIS close to my surgery! OK, not really. But it feels SUPER good to say it! Seriously, why isn’t this easy? Where is my magic genie?! If anyone had told me this would be so difficult…oh, wait, they did. In fact everyone told me [...]

Thanksgiving November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving is the one day of the year aside from Halloween that is guaranteed to ruin all diet efforts. The one day that we all dread. I went into it with the idea of using a small plate for dinner to trick myself into thinking I was eating a lot of food. Unfortunately my parents, [...]