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How I Lost Eighty Pounds in One Year

I went from 237 lbs to 157 lbs from Dec. 15, 2015, to Dec. 15, 2016 Two-hundred-thirty-seven pounds is the highest weight on record for me, and that was taken a long time ago. I’ve been heavier, I’m sure of it and I’ve been lighter, sometimes significantly so, but since…

January 4, 2017
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THE UGLY SHIRT NO ONE WANTS TO WEAR

Or: BACK IN THE CLOSET YOU GO Many gay folks have reported their straight co-workers, friends, and family coming to them with words of support, understanding that the trauma of #OrlandoPulse spreads farther and wider than the immediate neighborhood. Some describe the concern and warnings their loved ones can’t help…

June 17, 2016
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Bariatric Surgery Success!

Today it will have been exactly four months since my Roux en Y or gastric bypass surgery. Next week will make it a year since I started this amazing journey. I’ve lost fifty-two pounds. My blood pressure is lower, my arthritis less painful, and my triglycerides are behaving themselves. I…

April 14, 2016
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The Moment of Truth

I’ll use this for my before picture. It was taken in early 2015, after I’d begun the journey to get to this point. An interesting thing was happening to me at the time. I’d begun to say good-bye to foods, as if I’d never see them again. I binged on…

December 12, 2015
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Fist Pump – Throat Lump

The fist pump! Yeah! I’ve done it, did it just the other week. Will probably do it again. When I started out on this journey over a year ago, I wasn’t sure it was going to end up on the surgeon’s table. I went to an info meeting, but…

December 9, 2015
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VERTIGO-GO

So I’m cruising along on day 3, feeling hungry, but eating what I need to when I need to. I even had some delicious homemade soup to look forward to for dinner. Squash, carrot, and celery soup, pureed into a warm, pumpkiny color. I enjoyed it thoroughly, so grateful to…

December 5, 2015
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In Vain, or Insane?

So the best part of day 2 on a liquid diet is that day 1 is over. Although I grazed through the day with 7 8oz cups of water 3 protein drinks, 2 cups of cream of broccoli soup (eww!), 1/2 cup of Malt-o-Meal (yeah, they still make it and…

December 2, 2015