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I Know Now It’s Important

Here’s a visual for you. These pictures were taken yesterday morning.

Yes, I am within my weight range and BMI. Yes, I have lost a lot of weight. And yes, sometimes I don’t dress in the most flattering way. I did the same thing when I was heavier.
In both of these pictures I weigh approximately the [...]

I Still Remember Finding Them

I once helped someone get on track with their eating plan and one day when she and I were visiting with each other she said, “I’ve got something to show you.” I said, “Okay.”
She got out of her chair and walked down her hallway. She turned the corner and walked into her hall bathroom. She [...]

I’m So Excited!

If you are connected with me through Facebook you might remember that I was asking for bike recommendations. I got some good recommendations from Roy, but needed to wait until the cash flow came through. Well, this morning I was at a garage sale, which is where you will find me on most Saturday mornings [...]

Lazy or Large?

Before I gained 150 pounds I assumed that people who were overweight were lazy. I know it’s bad that I thought that way and I am sorry I did. When I was morbidly obese other people assumed I was lazy. I know they did. There is a stigma associated with weight that is not associated [...]

Fashionable Changes

Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CNBC there is a show called: One Nation, Overweight. Here’s a clip in case you are interested.
It’s spring and here in the south the weather is getting hotter by the day. It’s the time of year when I do a lot of spring cleaning, which I dislike a lot! Necessary but [...]

Share What You Know!

I’ve done a lot of speaking on weight loss over the years, but it’s usually been to smallish groups of people. Of course I talk in front of people when I teach my class and have spoken to various other groups. So when an organization in my hometown called me and asked me to do [...]

I Lost Him!

This is a picture of me with my oldest son, who is 13 and my 3rd son, who is 7. My daughter took this picture at the zoo a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was a nice picture of the three of us and couldn’t believe how tall my oldest son has gotten. [...]

The Truth I Tried To Deny

Did this ever happened to you? You were walking in the mall – either by yourself or with a friend and you caught sight of yourself in a mirror? Were you sometimes astonished and found yourself wondering, “Who is that and how did I get like this?”
Like many women, I avoided the mirror, especially when I was obese. I [...]

Not So Jolly

I don’t know who said that fat people should be jolly but I’d like to have a little chat with them.
I wasn’t a jolly fat person. Not by any stretch of the imagination. I wasn’t happy go-lucky laughing my way through the embarrassing situations that often accompany morbid obesity. No, getting stuck in restaurant booths [...]

Lessons From The Zoo

Last Friday my family and I took a trip to the zoo. I realized how sheltered my two year old is when during the entire one hour drive there he kept saying, “Animals – pantry – cookie?” Because, yes – we occasionally have animal cookies and he thought that’s where animals like giraffes and elephants [...]

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