I know that I've been very transparent with my weight loss surgery journey; even the less celebratory parts. Or what most view as less celebratory, like regaining during Covid. However, I promised myself to be transparent thru this process because I know it's a matter many fat people ponder at some point. Whether it's pressure... Continue Reading →
Hey bews & baes! Today I'm reviewing the E.L.F Jelly Pop Primer which is ALLEGEDLY a Milk Hydro Grip Dupe. Also chatting mental health and goals as we head towards 20211 If you want to see my reaction to it and hear my thoughts please check it out! • Song: ? by Jeff Kale •... Continue Reading →
I thought about all the ways that I could write this article. I wanted to give the eloquent, positive affirmation rhetoric that gets the people's juices flowing. But...I can't. I want to be honest and as raw as possible so that you, the reader, hear what I'm saying without all the gentrified bopo performative talk.... Continue Reading →
Non- scale victories are a way to track your weight loss or fitness goals without focusing on the number on the scale. Non-scale victories can be anything from your stamina increasing, clothes fitting differently, strength increasing etc. One of my non-scale victory goals back in October was to actually go in the store and shop... Continue Reading →
If you're familiar with the "plus community" then you are familiar with how diverse the opinion of intentional weight loss is. The plus community is made up of an array of belief systems some of which are vehemently against losing weight on purpose. In this video today I'm "weighing in" with my opinion! https://youtu.be/IPntv-UE7Z4
It’s quite the time to be alive and existing in a plus size body! I remember growing up and never really seeing plus bodies in magazines or media or television; unless of course a plus body was feeding into some negative stereotype about the norms of fat bodies. You know, being the comic relief, the... Continue Reading →
Let me begin by saying I realize that the things I'm getting ready to say might offend some. It might be a trigger, it might even make you want to not follow my social media. I just need you to know- that's perfectly fine. I have been traveling through life in a plus vessel for... Continue Reading →
I remember my twenties like it was yesterday [queues melodramatic music]. Ok, so maybe my twenties wasn't that long ago; but with all that's happened in the last few years, my body certainly feels like it. In my twenties I felt like I had an unlimited reserve of energy and youthfulness, even with having... Continue Reading →
Name: Ladi Amber (Amber Middlebrooks) Age: 27 Type of procedure: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass What prompted you to make the decision to go for wls? All my life I was overweight. I always hated the way I look, I was always the big one out of my friends. I always felt uncomfortable, I was suicidal and depressed. Two... Continue Reading →
Name: Tiffiany Procedure Type: Gastric sleevectomy Age: 30 Starting weight: 472 Surgery weight: 401 Current weight: 275-279 Goal weight: 180(I’d really be content at 195 lmao) What prompted you to make the decision to go for wls? In January 2015 I stepped on the scale and it said 472lbs which is a weight I’d never... Continue Reading →
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