
From the author of The Daily Observations of a Fat Girl On Her Journey To (Try) And Lose Weight
This blog is a collection of mindful observations. The point of the blog is to encourage laughter, reflection, pity, pride, envy, joy, and hopefully, connection.

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NSV
My friend Misty introduced me to the term Non-Scale Victory. I love it. The scale is fun, but fickle, and it doesn’t always tell the story I want to hear. Every month I have a period, which has been its own brand of fun since weight loss surgery, the body clings to every pound, but…
The Great Day of Reckoning/Pain
Surgery is never simple or easy. They’re cutting you open. I did everything to prepare myself, but the fact is, my body was hurting. I woke up in the hospital room. My mind is completely blank from when they put in my IV and when I woke up in my room. I have no idea…
Tijuana
Antonio and I flew into San Diego. The first victory came when I realized that I had lost enough weight during the preop diet that I didn’t need a seat belt extender! It was so delicious to be able snap the seat belt without having to add the extender! When we arrived, we got a…


