My friend Misty introduced me to the term Non-Scale Victory. I love it. The scale is fun, but fickle, and it doesn’t always tell the story I want to hear. Every month I have a period, which has been its own brand of fun since weight loss surgery, the body clings to every pound, butContinue reading “NSV”
Category Archives: weightloss surgery
The Great Day of Reckoning/Pain
Surgery is never simple or easy. They’re cutting you open. I did everything to prepare myself, but the fact is, my body was hurting. I woke up in the hospital room. My mind is completely blank from when they put in my IV and when I woke up in my room. I have no ideaContinue reading “The Great Day of Reckoning/Pain”
Tijuana
Antonio and I flew into San Diego. The first victory came when I realized that I had lost enough weight during the preop diet that I didn’t need a seat belt extender! It was so delicious to be able snap the seat belt without having to add the extender! When we arrived, we got aContinue reading “Tijuana”
Preparing for Surgery in Mexico
Many of you know, if you follow my life on Facebook, that I recently went to Tijuana to get weight loss surgery. I looked into this for a good 8 years. I started off attending a meeting where doctors explained the differences between the kinds of surgeries. I met with dieticians. I began to studyContinue reading “Preparing for Surgery in Mexico”
The Daily Observations of Genesis Eve Garcia 