Picture time….
It’s that time again. 2 months have passed since I last did a good body shot, so I thought I’d take some more pictures to see if they help me notice how my body has changed. I can see the difference...
View ArticleLiving in shades of grey…
I am fat. I am thin. I am somewhere in the middle? We never aim for the middle in life. No one wants to be just “ok” at something. We want to be the best, or we fear being labelled the worst. We always...
View ArticleMore than just weight loss….
As my fellow blogger FatGirlPHD is always preaching, this journey has to be about more than just weight loss, a fact I often forget when the scales are refusing to move. This month I have only lost...
View ArticleShame and loathing in Bolton…
It’s said that consuming sugar has the same effect on your body as taking high class drugs such as heroin. This week I have become all too aware of my addiction to sugar. Way before surgery I tried to...
View ArticleSize normal….
On a day to day basis it’s hard to find something that motivates me to make the right decisions, to eat well, to exercise, to avoid junk, to keep positive. Obviously the overall desire to be slim,...
View ArticleBig Plans….
It’s been 8 months now since I had my Gastric Sleeve, and besides helping me to shed 95lbs so far the sleeve has opened up my eyes to a whole new world. A world of protein powder, kettle bells, chia...
View ArticlePhase 1 – complete
For the past few weeks I’ve felt that my weight loss journey is at a strange place, and I’ve become a little lost, looking for the right direction to move forward towards. In July 2012 I weighed in at...
View ArticleConfident or Cocky? The attention seeking ways of a post op WLS patient…
When I was overweight it was hard to tell that I had confidence issues. I was loud, I was brash, I often had silly coloured hair and drew attention to myself. Of course I didn’t actually have any...
View ArticleMeeting “the other woman”– a crash course in self acceptance
I’m well known for doing weird and wonderful things, and putting myself out there. Tonight, I did something most people would consider rather “strange”. I had dinner and drinks with my ex boyfriends...
View ArticleUnderneath your clothes…
As Shakira once sang, underneath your clothes is an endless story. Underneath the clothes of a person whose lost a lot weight there is an even bigger story, and there in lies the topic of todays post....
View ArticleLost for words….
I’ve been wanting to blog for a couple of days now but not quite sure what to say. It seems I’m at a loss for words, which never happens to me. This week I’ve been spending a bit of time with a new...
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