Growing in God

Alright, let's be real here for a moment. I get praised and congratulated all of the time for my weight loss success and everyone I feel sees me as this person who does everything perfect and everything just right. Well, I am human, I am not perfect. In fact, I am far from perfect. I struggle, I have gains here and there, and I get off track. It happens. So, you know what, lets talk about how not perfect I am. Let me be real about where I am at right now in this journey. For starters, for a long time, I was on such a solid routine and I really didn't have too many struggles. Yes, my weight loss slowed down a lot, but it was kind of expected since my body I think is definitely reaching its "comfort zone" so to speak. But I was maintaining, with the occasional loss here and there. And here is the thing. I had a very good eating routine going, and I was super active. At my job, I was constantly moving and constantly busy and doing things. I rarely sat down and took a b...

Something that I feel like is never talked about among weight loss surgery patients, is the whole mental health aspect of it all. I mean, before I had my surgery I had a mental health evaluation done by a behaviorist at my bariatric office. And I was given tips on how to succeed after my surgery and was told that, mentally, I was very much ready for the surgery and could handle it. But no one really prepared me for the mental changes that would occur once I lost all the weight. First things first, you learn things about yourself that you never knew before. When you go from being a very over weight person, who can't hardly do anything and sometimes can't even do things for yourself, to being a normal healthy person that can do anything you want without any help, it's a huge mental change. Suddenly you find yourself not ever wanting to sit or take it easy, you want to be busy and doing things and being active. You also find yourself never wanting to ask for help because now...