Heartbreaking what some people will do.

Desperate to qualify for weight loss surgery, some pile on the pounds

This story for me is heart breaking. As someone who is on a weight loss journey this story makes me both upset and angry. Upset because people are going to look at this and say horrible things about the women featured whe nthey have no idea what htey are going through. Seriously. If you have lived your entire life as a "thin" or "fit" person or even just a few pounds overweight (this does not include those who used to be obese and have lost everything their own way) you have no idea the kind of stigma ridicule we larger peopel face every day. You also have no idea what we go through physically each day. For example some days it is difficult for me to even function normally because carrying around my extra weight exhausts me. I've been there I've gone to that place of I will do anything for this. Please do things healthily. Don't put your health and well being at risk to do this. Each person has their reasons please make sure your reasons make sense to you and you can articulate them to everyone around you in a way that they will make sense to them. Be prepared to have every opinion under the sun thrown at you as well make sure that surgery is what's best for you and its really what you want before you go to drastic measures to get it. please be careful you only have one life and it is more prescious than you know.

<3 Amanda

Yay! a new blog!

So, I'm going to atempt to keep a journal of my entire journey here. I'm about half way through my pre-op appointments. Durring these appointments I have been learning about nutrition and my eating habits and how they will be affected after surgery. My next appointment is July 2nd. I'll be meeting with Marissa that day. then my next scheduled appointment is on July 25th. at that one i will be meeting with Dr. B. If your asking who are these people the My Team tab will let ou know a bit about every one. I'm also going to make an appointments tab so you can keep track of where I'm at on my journey.I also plan to post after each appointment and whenever i have something I decide is worth writing on here. I also have a notebook journal that I have been keeping. So hopefully that gives you an idea of what I'm going to be talking about.

<3 Amanda