The Nutritionist Fiasco

As I explained in my last post, I lost my way for quite a while during 2016.  It didn’t much matter whether the culprit was medical, emotional, the weather, or just the universe working against me.  The result was the same:  weight gain. 

Falling on old (bad) habits is easy!

As I explained in my post on January 11, 2017, titled “Goodbye 2016 … and good riddance!” I struggled for pretty much all of 2016.  Only recently did I feel that switch in my brain activate and only now do I feel confident that I’m back on track.

Hello again!

I gave up blogging for a little while because I’ve been struggling big time with mood swings, lack of motivation, binging, and the "blahs."  I've just been wading through it all trying to figure out what was happening and how to fix it.

Goodbye 2016 … and good riddance!

People think that because I’ve finally lost a lot of weight, everything’s great and I no longer have a weight problem.  Not true.  Quite the contrary!  I continue to struggle often.  In fact, it’s worse now that I know what it means to let my food addiction take over.  I also know that if I gain all the weight back, I’ll die inside and I doubt I’ll be able to recover.

I was featured on Yahoo

The Yahoo article I discussed in my last post titled “Good Lord!  Is that really me?” was posted online on November 2, 2016.  I’m including the link below although if you’ve read my blog, the article will be redundant.  I didn’t even see it when it was posted.  A friend contacted me to ask, “Did you know you’re on Yahoo?” 

Good Lord! Is that really me?

An interesting thing happened this week:  Yahoo sent me an email offering to feature me on their website as a success story!  Ironically, I almost deleted the email when I saw it in my inbox, thinking it was just a notice of their updated guidelines or perhaps an ad.  As luck would have it, I was at the gym waiting for Tunde, my trainer, to arrive and decided to read the email just to kill some time.

My blog turns 1 year old!

As I explained in "Why a blog?" I decided to heed my trainer's advice and write a blog in the hopes that my experience may help someone else lose weight, too.  Perhaps someone can learn from my mistakes and save themselves some grief, I thought, or perhaps someone can apply something I learned along the way that will help them succeed, too.