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My Trip To Meet Dr. Oz

Added this morning: I forgot to mention that the show is on tomorrow, February 16th. Here’s a promo for the show – you can see me and lots of other people!!  http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/tuesday-dr-oz
I returned from the trip to New York two days later than expected due to the huge blizzard in New York City. I got [...]

I was (sorta) Miss Sea World

I originally told this story way back last March when no one knew about my blog. Everytime I come across this picture it makes me happy, so I thought I’d share the story with you who probably missed it. . .
It was extremely difficult to gain weight. Not the gaining weight part – that was [...]

If The Ring Fits

A lot of sad things happened as I went from an average size 10 young woman to a morbidly obese “Oh no, nothing in this store fits me at all,” woman. Clothes became a tremendous problem, embarrassing moments happened by the boatload, and things I never gave a second thought to became a problem.
One such [...]

It’s Exciting

I’m so excited to see what 2010 has in store for all of us. Can you believe that it is December 31st? I feel as though this year has flown by for me. I never would have dreamed last January that so many exciting things would have taken place in my life.
Here’s a few of [...]

If You Give Diane A Cookie. . .

There’s this children’s book series, the first of which is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. The book details what happens between a little boy and a mouse when the mouse appears in his life asking for a cookie. They quickly dissolve into bedlam, but have a lot of fun along the way. When [...]

The Economy?

We see a lot of articles from the news media about the rising tide of obesity. I saw this article recently that chronicled the increase in obesity since the economic downtown. It seems as though people are turning to cheap food thus causing obesity to rise even further. What was really interesting about this article [...]

The Hayride

At 300 pounds I didn’t really fit into social situations very well. I spilled over chairs. Got stuck in restaurant booths, and sat on the sidelines of life. As active members of our church John and I were involved in an adult class. Most of the other couples in our class had small children and [...]

Reaching the 100’s

Three hundred pounds is a lot of weight to carry around. I was tired, exhausted, and often felt disgusted with myself. When I finally started losing weight, one of the things I longed to see was the number “1″ in front of my weight. The last time I had seen 199 was at the beginning of [...]

Was There A Moment?

Doing the interview with Jenn from Slim-Shopping made me think about the “AHA” moment. You know that moment I’m talking about – the one where you finally said, “I’ve had enough of this.”
As I shared with Jenn, my moment was on the scale at the doctor’s office. I remember the embarrassment I felt as the [...]

Gastric Bypass Surgery Wasn’t For Me

I get this question all the time, and when you get to where you want to be, you might just hear it too.
“Did you have gastric bypass surgery?”
I did not have gastric bypass surgery. Why not? Well, for me there were a couple of different reasons. One reason is that I’m scared to death of medical procedures, surgery [...]