I found the following poem a few months after my surgery. I cried. It was as if the author read my mind. Someone understood what I was going through. I wasn’t alone! I wish I would have shared it earlier, but I lost the website I found it on and who the author was. I’ve [...]
I had Gastric Bypass Surgery January 13, 2009. I fully intended on blogging about it, mainly for moral support. Each month that went by, and they flew, I kept saying, “I need to get some posts done”. Another month would pass. It’s been 2 1/2 years. I wish I could tell you life is perfect. [...]
I survived the month of Hart Adventure Boot Camp of Missoula I didn’t do it alone though. Amy and Helen were my rocks and without them, I might have ran out the door on day one. I thought about it after every lap during WARM UP. The closer to the door I got I thought, [...]
August
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Hart Adventure Boot Camp. I had heard about this program before through the Missoula Businesswomen’s Network. At one of the monthly meetings I met the owner, Cindy Hart. My friend Stacy suggested we try it out. I said sure, but hoped that she’d forget. About 6 months later a co-worker brought it up. I made [...]
January
4
Instead of having a super long post about my dieting history, I thought I’d break it up. Not only that, but I didn’t realize it would be so much information. If I had not started to fade, I probably would have rambled on and on. Since it was several years ago and I’ve since shredded [...]
January
2
In 12 days I go into the hospital to have Gastric Bypass Surgery. I am not scared, nor do I have any doubts that it is the right thing to do. To help reassure myself though, I’m going to reflect on my past attempts and failures at weight loss. I don’t want to start from [...]
