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A Week Full Of NSVs!
It’s been a week full of non-scale victories! I am now able to sit on a wooden porch swing, with one of the individuals at the day program I work at, without fear that it’s going to break with both of...
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I Remember Those Feelings
You might remember a few weeks back that I went to my primary care doctor because my Remeron that I had been taking for sleeping had stopped working and that he decided to put me on Paxil because “I am...
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Contest Winner!
I announced the winner of my hair loss fighting kit this evening, the winner was Tiffany T! She has already contacted me and her prize will be on it’s way tomorrow. If you weren’t the winner this time,...
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The Things You Take For Granted
*This is an extremely personal and difficult post to write and read, but it’s part of the life of an obese person and needs to be talked about. Please don’t continue on if you are easily offended....
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Eternally Grateful
We all have those people in our lives that we will never be able to repay no matter what we do for them because what they have done for us is “unrepayable.” I have a few people like that in my life,...
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Ask Away
My 30th birthday/weight loss journey party is on Sunday, I am getting more and more excited each minute. I finished up my journey poster to put out at the party which you see below. I am excited to...
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This World Has Bigger Plans For Me
I’m truly sorry for the lack of activity on here and on the Bariatric Beginnings Facebook page, I’ve been very busy working a lot of hours doing two jobs. I started working as an Independent Medicaid...
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The Scale Is Unfriendly At Times, Don’t Base Your Success Fully On It
Sometimes I feel like one of the few weight loss surgery people out there who doesn’t constantly post pounds lost or what I weigh. I rarely post that because it doesn’t define the success of my...
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You Never Forget How To Ride A Bike
Today I made a purchase towards hopefully a new addiction and a even more healthy lifestyle, I bought a bike. I started with a used mountain bike from a local bike shop and will work up from there if...
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Check Out My Guest Post!
I wanted to share that I have a guest post up on an awesome blog called I’mPerfect Life. She shares amazing recipes, her own personal story and fitness tips. She is doing a guest blogger series on how...
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No More Hiding
Well I had my interview today, I thought it went really well, one of the best I’ve ever had actually. I felt confident and spoke to all my wonderful qualities as well as what I could offer them. She...
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Would You Be Interested?
Putting my feelers out to see if anyone is interested. I wanted to know if anyone in Ohio (particularly NE Ohio) or even western PA would be interested in doing a WLS (both pre and post op would be...
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Update To The Blog
I had my 6 month gastric bypass post op blood-work done this morning, 6 tubes! It felt like forever! My follow-up is in two weeks, I don’t expect anything drastic in terms of loss since it’s been slow...
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Just Stay The Course And Call The Doctor
I mentioned a few days ago that my co-planner The Bariatric Diva and I have decided to have our Northeast Ohio “WLS Meet and Greet” run in conjunction with the 2013 Akron Walk From Obesity with my...
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Why Are We So Hard On Each Other And Ourselves?
Why are we so hard on each other and ourselves? That is a question I ask myself all the time, I am always seeing others beating themselves up over bumps in their journeys. I too am guilty of this,...
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The Pity Party Is Over
Last night I decided that my little pity party was over, it needed to come to an end and it has. My weight gain could be water or it could be something else, who knows. What I do know is that it is my...
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I Have To Keep Moving
I weighed myself today and now I am certain that I have been retaining some water. I’ve lost 3 pounds since Monday and it is only Wednesday! I also headed back out on my bike today, right now I am only...
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Another 5K In The Books
I completed my fifth 5K over the weekend! I am hoping to do another one in the fall but I haven’t ran across one that interests me enough. I am doing the Walk From Obesity and NAMIWalk this fall, but...
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New Shake Ideas
I have finally after all these years found a protein powder I liked. It’s the french vanilla flavor by Designer Whey, now I never thought to get a vanilla flavor because I thought it would be too bland...
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Giveaway Ends Tomorrow!
Just a reminder that my current contest ends tomorrow! Tomorrow, July 12, is an important date in my life, the very beginning of my long weight loss surgery journey. So I’m celebrating with another...
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