My Journey

Today is the anniversary of the march across the Edmond Pettis Bridge in Selma, AL. And unfortunately, the battle for equal rights and for everyone to vote goes on. In my world, today I’m marking the 2-month mark of finding out that my cholesterol and sugar levels were out of control, and I began this…

Not from square one, but I’m no longer on vacation so I’m not eating much (if any) bread, not having two cocktails with dinner, feeling hungry all the time. I’m working at mitigating the damage of gaining a pound…drinking tea instead of cocktails, more water, more salad, just normal stuff. All that said, I had…

Well…I had the best weekend! Mr. G and I left the cold north to go to the islands to visit his daughter. While we were there, we went boating with other friends of hers and had dinner at a nice place on another island. It’s hard to believe but yesterday I was scuba diving for…

I’m thinking this is not new for anyone, but I have to say it. BMI is BS. I am 5’7″ and 221 pounds. My BMI is 34.7, so I’m considered obese. I wear a size 14 on bottom, 16 on top. I’m pretty sure the average size for women in America is 14. I work…

It’s Friday and I have just started listening to the podcast “We Are Losing It” and I love it! I so relate to these two women, many of the same struggles. One thing one of the women mentioned was the fact that eating and food takes up so much head space when you’re overweight/obese. She…

It’s been an okay day so far. I’m watching My 600-lb life again. Watching them weigh in gives me anxiety. I know what it’s like to life my life by the scale. I hate the scale. This morning, I was up almost a pound. I know why…restaurant food, wine and beer list night, not drinking…

Ok so that’s a throwback to the 70s when there was a commercial with a jingle with the words “V D is for everybody not just one or two” Haha sorry for the trip down kitschy (and a little disturbing) lane! My relationship with Valentines Day has been…complicated over the years. Until I met my…

our weight! As of this morning, I weigh 225. I’m so happy that it’s continuing to go down. This weekend we went to a wedding celebration. It was really fun! I had on a dress that I felt looked good, I did my hair, thought it looked good too. When I saw the lone picture…