mindytaylor08
The way I am treated!!
Dec 19, 2010
OK so I may just be completely crazy so I am going to share this with my weight loss family and get some feedback. I work a job that I sit at the front desk and have to greet every client that comes in the door, which is roughly 100+ people a day. When I was the heavy woman that sat there I was treated the way I treated people. I am still the same person I was a year ago I am only 115 pounds lighter. My personality has not changed and I am still very respectful. The skinnier I get the worse I am treated. Woman are the worst!! I do not know how to explain it, but it is starting to wear me down. I feel so good with my weight loss and I never in a million years thought I would be treated differently as a skinny person vs a heavy person. Am I the only one who is dealing with this??
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Let the summer begin!!
May 30, 2010
This weekend we were at the river and I had a great time!! I was on the river.... drum roll please..... in a bathing suite, not covered by a tee shirt and shorts!! I have not done that ever!! I felt skinny and didnt feel like I was being stared at by everyone wondering why the fat girl was not covering up!! It felt awesome!! Another thing that has really brightened my life lately.... Let me start this by saying I have the best husband in the world and he has always treated me like I was the only woman in the world... When I was fat it was like he did not even see it, he saw me, even though I had lost my personality to the depression I had sunk into because I was so fat and so unhappy!! WELL I am back and even more out going than I have been my whole adult life!! I was in my husbands truck the other day and I was telling him a story and he just looked at me and smiled real big, in the middle of one of my sentences, and he says you are so pretty!! My heart melted like it did when we first started falling in love!! This surgery has haved my life and I am so greatful!! I still have 50-60 more pounds to loose!! I am so excited to see what the future brings!!
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My struggle
Mar 21, 2010
OK so I am new to this whole blog thing, but I have something I have to get off my chest and want people to read about it!! Ok so as everyone knows I had Gastric Bypass Surgery on October 12th 2009 and it was the best thing I have done in a long time!! I have lost 80 pounds and I feel better about myself, but not as good as I know I will when my weight is all lost! I do have one BIG problem that has been bothering me pretty bad the last few months, Food Addiction!! I am not hungry, but I have a powerful addiction to food!! It is true I can't eat very much at a time, and I am suppose to experience "dumping syndrome" when I eat sugary, greasy, or high carb foods. Unfortunately I do not get it like I should so I am really struggling to stay away from these bad foods, not that I have been eating them very much, but knowing that I can creates a big big struggle!! I did not fully understand this whole theory until I was watching YouTube videos yesterday and came across one that really opened my eyes and helped me out A LOT!! A girl that has also had GBP was talking about food addiction. One thing she pointed out that I really had never thought of as she compared other addictions to food addiction; with a recovering alcoholic, for example, once they become clean of alcohol they can stay away from it and avoid contact with it to stay sober. With a food addict this is not the case, because everyone has to eat to stay alive!! WOW... I had never thought about this!! Please don’t take this wrong because I know (TRUST ME I KNOW) how hard drug and alcohol addictions can be to overcome!! I personally have never struggled with an addiction of this kind, but I now know I struggle from one that is just as powerful and I am struggling to get a hold on it! I do not think that I would have ever been able to completely overcome this without making this discovery!! I mean sure I knew that I liked food and it was hard to stay away and even knew I was a food addict, but never truly understood the hold it has on my life and my new journey I am embarking upon. So please I am reaching out to each and every person who reads this pray for me!! I need strength as I go down this rough road ahead!! I am struggling inside and need the support and strength of my friends and family!! I do have a very strong support system and I know all I have to do is call upon it, but until I understood what I was really going through I did not know what to ask for help with!!
I just want to thank you all in advance cause I know I will need to say it!!
Mindy
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About Me
Neosho, MO
Location
28.3
BMI
Surgery
10/12/2009
Surgery Date
Apr 18, 2009
Member Since
Before & After
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