Category: Authentically You
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Muddy Roads
I have had the ultimate pleasure to encounter some beautiful people lately. Those who have gone through the same surgery and those who’ve taken pounds off on their own. And they are all such an inspiration. I know a few people who have had the surgery and they are all having different results. All have…
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A Revelation
It’s been a couple years since I’ve written in this blog. Mainly because my computer died and writing from an iPhone just doesn’t cut it. But the other reason is because I felt like a big, fat, failure. I gained all my weight back after hitting my plateau. I found out that the knee surgery…
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It’s A Choice
As you all know I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. And this journey has been wrought with choices and decisions, failures and triumphs, sorrow and joy. I’ve been up and down, up and down, bigger and smaller. And I’ve never reached my goal. But I have hit small milestones that…
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Depression Phase 1
I have never considered myself depressed. I know some people who suffer from it and I don’t relate to them at all. At least not with that. But I recently took a health assessment quiz at work. Working in the health care field I have a few resources available that others may not have. Anyway,…
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Epic Fail
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had a week. I ran out of food and it takes a week for it to get here. So I’m in deep trouble. I have not fixed all my own issues yet, so when the potato salad, the pasta and the alcohol called I answered with the Hallelujah chorus. Oh my! Well…
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Exercise part 2
It’s happened. The transformation has happened. I never thought it would, nor did I think it would happen this quickly if it happened at all. Exercise, my nemesis, my evil tormentor, basically Satan himself. It has it’s hold on me. Why? Because I can move easier now. I can move with less pain and believe…
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There Will Be Days
There will be days that you feel like total and complete crap. Days when the food just doesn’t want to go down. Days when you just want to sleep. Days when you can’t get out of your own head and feel FAT! Days that if you get 5 feet away from the bathroom it’s a bad…
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Changes and Rewards
You hear it all the time. Change is inevitable and it’s good. It promotes growth. But most people are hesitant to change, some even hate it. I am not one of these people on most fronts. I love to re-arrange my furniture, I thrive at work when things are changing (which is constant) and I…
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An Ongoing Struggle
Why do potato chips still call my name? Why is the ice cream in the freezer still trying to tempt me? Sigh….. It’s a daily struggle to not eat those things that used to be my friends. They would calm me and soothe the stress. But they would also permanently attach themselves to me, like…
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Life
Have you ever used the phrase “Hind sight’s 20/20”? Every time I hear Brad Paisley’s song “If I could write a letter to me” I always think about what I would say to my 17 year old self. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3bn7V0zdU Would I tell myself all the great things that will happen or would I voice warnings? Warn her…
My Journey’s My Own 