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The War Against Regain. 🙄🙅‍♀️🤬

Let’s get right down to it; regain can and does happen. Just because you had weightloss surgery doesn’t mean you’ll magically keep the weight off! It is truly just a tool. A tool you must use and let guide you for the rest of your life. This is a hard topic for me, as I’m… Continue reading The War Against Regain. 🙄🙅‍♀️🤬

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I am still here.

I am still here. Pushing my mind farther than it’s ever been. Learning balance and my own personal zen. I am still here. Physically forcing myself through each and every workout. Constantly reminding myself what my life's journey is all about. I am still here. Stronger today than I was yesterday. & know I can… Continue reading I am still here.

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“But you don’t look sick. . .” 🙄🙄🙄

- the above pictures were taken within 8 hours of each other. the left; I had been up all night. my entire body hurt & I was violently ill because of medicine I have to take to treat one disease. the right; I showered, pulled myself together and gave the day all the energy I… Continue reading “But you don’t look sick. . .” 🙄🙄🙄

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Happy Three Year Surgiversary to Meeee. 🎉

On this day three years ago I walked into the hospital ready to make a change. Ready to put in the work to live a healthier life. Ready to face whatever challenges came my way. Ready to focus on myself. In these last 3+ years (I started my VSG journey almost a year before my… Continue reading Happy Three Year Surgiversary to Meeee. 🎉

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It’s November; Let’s Talk About Being Thankful

With so much negativity and chaos in the world today & Thanksgiving fast approaching I figured it’s the perfect time to reflect on what exactly I am thankful for from this past year. & maybe this can or will encourage others to dig deep past the heartache of this year and remember how blessed we… Continue reading It’s November; Let’s Talk About Being Thankful

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My dark days made me strong. . .

Or maybe I was strong all along & they just made me prove it. 🖤🖤🖤 It is as dark as the midnight sky; not even the shimmer of a star do you see glowing in your eye. The night has swallowed the moon and it's dim glow; you try to feel your way. don't step… Continue reading My dark days made me strong. . .

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What a FREAKIN’ day. 🙄🤦‍♀️🤬

Today is a freakin’ day. . You know one of those days you’re good not having again; ever, ever again in this lifetime.

anxiety, change, depression, happiness, insomniac, poetry, support, Uncategorized, vertical sleeve gasrectomy, vsg

Oh Bittersweet Father’s Day

In the last twelve-ish years since my Poppa passed away I have felt any and all emotions you can imagine surrounding Father’s Day. The first several chapters of the book I started to write of a life without my Poppa I would lock myself in my room and fall into my own pit of sadness… Continue reading Oh Bittersweet Father’s Day