I’m sitting at my computer drinking my re-heated Starbucks Grande Skinny Mocha after finishing up my work out for the night. I've got a Turkey Tenderloin in the oven; yeah we eat late here, I work strange hours. I’ll be up all night and well into Saturday morning working on a graphics design project and a new website I’m collaborating on and as usual I find myself inspired by something someone else has posted. Thanks Melting Mama. [...]
Desperately Seeking Slender Episode 003 Mental Health & The Emotional Weight Loss Journey Desperately Seeking Slender Episode 003: Inspired my Mental Health Awareness Day on Oct 11th; in this Episode we discuss the Emotional Roller Coaster of the weight loss journey, how Mental Health is a prevalent obstacle amount weight loss focused individuals. I'll discuss a little about my own battles with Mental Health issues. Desperately Seeking Slender Episode three also features: A Day with [...]
Okay so first let me say that you will learn to expect this sort of random, spontaneous spur of the moment behavior from me. I randomly decide to do things, often against the better judgment of others, just because I feel it is the right thing to do. This is one of those times. So first let me put this Disclaimer up here: THIS IS NOT A BRAND NEW IPOD TOUCH! The IPod Touch 4th [...]
My day started too early today because I thought I had to be up to buy P!nk concert tickets, but they didn't go on sale until tomorrow so that alarm clock that woke me up at 9 am was a bit fruitless. I’m not a morning person; I really have to go out of my way to fix my schedule to adjust for being awake before 10 am. I've been working graveyard and night shifts since I was 18 [...]
The last week as been interesting to say the least… Okay so I am feeling a little socially awkward. This is going to sound really stupid, but as I have started getting more involved in the Weight Loss Community online I've gotten the opportunity so far to talk to a few women who are big names in this community via Twitter and Facebook, and I find myself intimidated. Not in a bad way, but in that sort [...]
So in case you missed this somehow, Chris Powell is my personal hero. A lot of people hear me say that and they think that it is because Chris Powell somehow motivated me to lose my weight. That’s not really true. I didn't really know who Chris Powell was when I first started my journey, I had heard of him sure, but I didn't really follow his career or his philosophy. I first met Chris Powell through watching him [...]
So lately I've made a lot of changes to my blog, it pretty much got an entire Transformation, like its writer. And now that I have decided to focus on my website until I get my ACE Certification and can move on with my new career as a personal trainer, I have also been reading a lot more of the blogs out there. Melting Mama’s blog was recommended to me by I believe it was Stephanie over [...]
So you've had your Gastric Bypass. You are a year and a half out of surgery and you are sitting at the computer reading about a new delicious recipe from someone that has an amazing talent in the kitchen. You know, you’re visiting a site like The World According to Eggface or Bariatric Foodie and suddenly, out of nowhere, your stomach growls. You remember that sensation don’t you? Of course you do, if you were anything like [...]
Desperately Seeking Slender Episode 001 The First Episode of Desperately Seeking Slender. Join me on my journey in life after weight loss as I pursue helping others achieve the same things I did through sharing my experiences with them. Be gentle this is my first time on camera doing a show and I'm fidgeting and nervous. I'll get better as we go! Desperately Seeking Slender Episode 001 on YouTube
Once in a while someone in this community touches you in a way that they never realize. There are people in the weight loss surgery community that will amaze you at every turn, and too often we don’t recognize them or thank them for everything that we do. About 2.5 years ago I was pre-op and somehow had found myself on a website that served as a community support group for Weight Loss Surgery patients. [...]
