My Happiness Coach

When it comes to my weight loss journey, I had put all hope into the bariatric surgery that I had in August of 2021. I knew the story. It’s only a tool. It’s still a lot of hard work & determination. What I didn’t expect was how easy it would be for me to fall back into old (bad) habits.

I have lost a total of 60 pounds so far, but that happened right away, the first few months after surgery. Now it’s January, four and a half months after surgery & my weight loss has grinded to a halt.

I feel like I haven’t lost anything & I don’t see the 60 pounds lost on my body, either. My feelings are of being fat & a failure. I know this isn’t true. I know I have come so far & I hear it on the lips of my loved ones. But I feel this way & started to believe that it’s true.

Once I got it in my head that I could fail (back in October), it started to creep in my thoughts all the time! I was sabotaging myself & my health. But I was blaming it on the holidays. First, Halloween candy, then Thanksgiving leftovers… Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years… there were just so many excuses, not to follow the program.

However, I spent some time digging deeper & discovered that it’s really a life-long belief that I need food to deal with my emotions. That is exactly what’s dragging me back down Excuse Lane.

All I kept doing was making excuses & beating myself up inside. I have the tools & the knowledge, but I am lacking motivation & follow through. What I need is a plan, accountability & a good personal statement!