By Ana Russell|2018-12-05T21:30:43+00:00December 5th, 2018|Categories: Featured|Tags: accountability, weight gain, weight loss surgery, wls|
I ran in the 2019 Chicago Marathon this past October and this had to be the hardest run of my life. I ran with an IT band injury but I was able to run the first half with no problem and was pacing a decent pace. Once I hit mile 18 the run went all downhill. [...]
By Ana Russell|2018-08-02T22:03:38+00:00August 2nd, 2018|Categories: Featured, Personal Experiences|Tags: awareness friendships, selflessness, weight loss|
It has been sometime since I have written in my blog. There is lots going on since meeting weight goal last year. Here are some short updates: Goal weight reached in July of 2017 Skin surgery in December of 2017 Running in the Chicago Marathon in 2018 Life is good I have been humbled recently. I [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-07-12T18:19:41+00:00July 12th, 2017|Categories: Featured, Personal Experiences|Tags: food, greed, plant based, thank you, what the health|
I have to thank Lucien who happens to be my best friends son. Lucien is 12 years old and an extremely intelligent young boy. A few weekends ago we went on our annual family vacation at their family's farm and as we were all sitting around the porch relaxing a conversation about nutrition and my marathon [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-07-11T01:16:16+00:00July 11th, 2017|Categories: Personal Experiences, Uncategorized|Tags: Marathon, Marathon Runner, Overweight, Runner, training|
June 22, 2017 marked a very important moment in my life. I got slapped with an AHA moment. When I was younger I was a big dreamer. I wanted to be an artist and a professional runner, instead I became a business women by profession. My mother said I was crazy for wanting to be an [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-06-04T02:43:36+00:00June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Personal Experiences|Tags: bariatric surgery, body shaming, friendships, happiness|
Is there such a thing as happiness Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if people were genuinely happy. Not pretending, just sincerely happy. I often wonder if people even know what happy truly is. I have been on the search to understand happiness. The true individual meaning of happiness. I have nothing to complain [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-05-05T13:52:38+00:00May 5th, 2017|Categories: Personal Experiences|Tags: bariatric, bariatric surgery, food, vsg, weight loss|
The beginning of my weight loss surgery was tough. My mind suffered with my decision to follow through with my weight loss surgery and before I knew it I was on the liquid diet. I thought to myself what did I get myself into? I blinked and my surgery day arrived. Losing the weight came off [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-04-08T01:39:50+00:00April 8th, 2017|Categories: Cookbook|
Prep Time: 15 minutes - Cook Time: 10 minutes - Serves 4 Ingredients 1.5 tbsp - Olive Oil 1 lb - Ground Chicken .5 cup - Pitted Olives, Finely Chopped 1 large - Egg, lightly beaten 2 tbsp - Parsley, chopped 1 tbsp - Worcestershire Sauce 3 cloves - Garlic minced .5 tsp - Lemon zest [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-04-08T00:20:21+00:00April 7th, 2017|Categories: Personal Experiences|Tags: addiction, bariatric surgery, emotional, food, weight loss|
What am I expecting after weight loss surgery Many patients may think they will come out of surgery looking different. At least this is what I thought. I weighed myself everyday during the liquid diet period. I had lost 20 pounds in 14 days just on the liquid diet. The liquid diet was the toughest part [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-04-06T01:32:14+00:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Cookbook|Tags: chicken, cookbook, eggplant|
Ingredients: ACTIVE: 15 min / TOTAL: 15-40 min/ SERVES: 4 4 tblsp - Extra-Virgin Olive Oil 1 Baby Eggplant, halved Kosher Salt 1 tblsp - Pine Nuts 4 Thin Chicken Cutlets (1lb total) Freshly Ground Pepper Bread Crumbs, for dredging (flavored is optional) 3 Cloves Garlic, sliced 1/4 cup - Sun-Dried Tomatoes , chopped 1/4 cup [...]
By Ana Russell|2017-04-04T00:35:29+00:00April 3rd, 2017|Categories: Featured|Tags: bariatric, bariatric surgery, weight loss, weight loss journey|
I have been SLEEVED! Introduction I am Ana and I am forty four years young from Chicago, IL. I have been SLEEVED! Yes I took my first steps of action to take control of my life in 2016. I had been morbidly obese my entire adult life since my first born child, who is now twenty-four [...]
