It hadn’t even occurred to me to write this, but after recent events with a family member, and some frightening and sobering revelations from their care team, it left me …
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my story
Weight Loss Is Not a Straight Line
One of the things I’ve learned firsthand while I was in the process of losing the weight is that weight loss is not a straightforward process, or a straight line. …
Unwanted Attention After Weight Loss: Will it ever stop?
One thing that comes up a lot is unwanted attention after weight loss, or during it, especially when you’re starting at a higher BMI like yours truly did. When you …
2020 weight issues
The year started off like any other, starting with the post-holiday season letdown, with a lot of people starting their New Year’s resolutions. I had some myself, and this blog …
My catalyst
I don’t have an exact date for this, but my catalyst for change was about a year before I started losing the weight, and part of what inspired me to …
My old self
Early on, when I had just started losing the weight, I made the promise to myself that I would never forget where I started. Just like I did with this …
Zero Hour
The year was 2017. A family crisis had come up for me, and it showed me firsthand how quickly tables can turn when it comes to health. This left me …
My Baseline Zero: Struggling With Weight Loss
**Note: This post is a reflection of the ideas, feelings, and attitudes I held over the years I struggled with my weight, based on my own memory, and journals I …
And So it Begins: My Life After Weight Loss
Hey, you. Yes, you. I see you reading, scouring Google and everywhere else you can think of in the middle of the night or at the butt crack of dawn, …