In surgical weight loss circles, the word “Wonderland” is retranslated One-derland; that magical moment that the scale reflects a weight under 200 pounds. And on Thursday morning, I hit 199 for a total of 77 pounds lost in the last year.
The last time I was 199…
I was 18 years old, living in Springfield [...]
A year ago today, I was standing in the nurse’s office waiting to be escorted down the sterile hospital corridor to undergo yet another test.
EKG? Check.
Blood draw, 8 vials? Check.
Stress test? Check.
Fasting glucose test? Check.
Sonogram? Check.
Sleep test? Check.
What these tests revealed–and everyone marveled at–belied the real problem. See, there was nothing wrong with my [...]
My weight is holding steady at 204 pounds, 71 lost to date. My surg-a-versary, or maybe I should call it newlifeaversary, is less than 2 weeks away. That entire week I’ll be revisiting my fat to fab stories and pics and talking about what life is like then vs. now. I’m hoping to get another [...]
