Why hello there Monday, welcome back Yes, I say this at the risk of irking a whole lot of people who hate Mondays. Let me explain a little bit, however, why I love Mondays so much. To be honest, for a long time the only time I appreciated Mondays in the past was whenever it [...]
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I have a little secret. Behind the seemingly confident and self-assured smile I wear lies a highly anxious and fearful little girl who almost always in all sorts of situations, feels lost in the moment as she looks for that familiar and comforting smile of affirmation from people who love her. Yes, in as much [...]
Dear Mr. Claus, It’s just a few more weeks before Christmas and I’m sure you’re busy working on checking your list. I know I’ve been super, duper good this year, right? Especially with this whole diet thing At present I’ve met two stages of my weight loss goal and doesn’t that deserve a great present [...]
I have never really been the Belle of the Ball type of gal. In fact, I’ve always been more of the more quiet wallflowers who would only go to parties and events because I had to and not because I wanted to. I’ve never really been Little Miss Sunshine when it comes to social situations [...]
Today I took myself out on a date. Yes, a lunch date. I’ve done the whole watch a movie, go shopping, go on a road trip and have coffee alone in the past, but to actually go to a restaurant and ask for a table for one was something I had never done before. It [...]
When I finally got up from bed this morning, which was much later than usual because I was nursing a pain in my tummy, a random thought crossed my mind. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I suddenly I thought about rekindling [...]
Yes, as of this weekend, my magic number is 21 I was a bit shocked to see the drop, to be honest, because I really didn’t think I was making that much progress. Well, I knew I was making improvements, but that much? It didn’t seem possible. Admittedly compared to the the latter part of [...]
On the day of my surgery a few years ago (this was before I lost weight and regained it again…long story I know but if you read my past posts, you’d know what I was talking about), my mom wrapped her hand around my wrist and made an off-handed comment about how her fingers don’t [...]
Before I begin, no, this isn’t a post only about how much weight I’ve lost and what I’ve gained along the way. I realized tonight a lot of things about my journey to being a Fat Girl No More. I tell you, this battle against obesity is much harder that I thought it would be. [...]
