By A.B. Russell|2021-08-25T14:16:52-05:00August 25th, 2021|Categories: #PROJECTME, Featured|Tags: bariatric, bariatric surgery, skin removal surgery, surgery, weight loss journey, weight loss surgery|
Where is Jordan Hurd 1.5 years later? 660 pounds to a brand new life. I met Jordan about a year in half ago during the awful pandemic the world is going through. He is one admirable man. I had been following him before I officially started chatting with him on Instagram. As I myself am a [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-05-06T19:38:39-05:00May 6th, 2020|Categories: STAY WOKE!, Featured|Tags: bariatric, bariatric surgery, facial hair, hair loss, hormones, staywork, unwanted hair, vsg, wls|
Do WLS Patients Lose Hair and Grow Hair in Odd Places? Why the hair loss after bariatric surgery? Many know walking into WLS there will be major side affects. Our stomachs have just been shrunk and for some their intestines have been re-routed. So why does WLS cause hair loss? There are a few reasons to [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-04-28T06:31:11-05:00April 27th, 2020|Categories: Personal Experiences|Tags: anxiety, anxiety disorder, bariatric, bariatric surgery, BDP, borderline personality disorder, gad, medication, mental health, mental illness, sideeffects, weightgain, weightloss|
Mental health can sabotage your weight loss journey Mental Health & Weight Loss Did you know that your mental health can sabotage your weight loss? We all made a decision to lose weight and get help to lose weight by having some type of bariatric surgery. There are so many unknowns when making such a life [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-03-27T19:12:32-05:00March 27th, 2020|Categories: #PROJECTME|Tags: bariatric surgery, portion control, sleeve, weight loss, weight loss journey|
A Breaking Point on Obesity!! The Breaking Point In January 2019, I had reached my breaking point! I was tired of my everyday life causing me so much pain. I knew I literally couldn’t live the way I had been living anymore, I needed a change. On the rare occasion I actually did go out and [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-03-13T06:51:29-05:00March 13th, 2020|Categories: #PROJECTME|
Ryan Runs Marathon Instagram: @ryan_runs_marathon From an obese athlete to a fit marathon runner. About Me I was always “the fat kid”. In high school, I played what I call “fat kid sports”. I was a lineman on the football team, the heavyweight wrestler, and a thrower for the track team. In high school my weight [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-03-07T08:38:32-06:00March 7th, 2020|Categories: STAY WOKE!, Featured|Tags: ask for help, bariatric, depression, forbidden, personality disorder, therapist, therapy, weight loss|
The number 1 forbidden topic-Types of depression discovery after bariatric surgery Did you suffer depression after bariatric surgery? Often considered buyers remorse but honestly it is deeper than having done bariatric surgery. Were you told you had to have bariatric surgery to save your life? Or, was bariatric surgery your personal choice to change and better [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-03-01T13:18:36-06:00March 1st, 2020|Categories: Featured, Personal Experiences|Tags: abuse, anxiety, anxiety disorder, environment, gad, mental health, ocd, therapist|
ANXIETY Anxiety is a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. (Webster Dictionary) Anxiety Possible Causes A big event or a buildup of smaller stressful life situations may trigger excessive anxiety — for example, a death in the family, work stress or ongoing worry about finances. Personality. [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-02-23T11:49:29-06:00February 23rd, 2020|Categories: Featured, STAY WOKE!|Tags: atkins, bariatric, bariatric surgery, belly fat cure, Diet, diet plans, fad diet, keto diet, low carb, sleeve|
Diet relationship(s) How many of us have developed a serious relationship with Diet? I don't know about you but for many years I had a love hate relationship with Diet. Diet and I were not always friends. Ask a matter of fact we were enemies. Lord knows every time I attempted to date Diet I would [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-02-15T19:57:02-06:00February 15th, 2020|Categories: STAY WOKE!, Featured|Tags: anxiety, bariatric, bariatric surgery, controlling, cultures, environment, family, fear, influences, internal environment, mentality, obesity, portion control, social, stay woke|
What does being obese have to do with being a product of your internal environment? Ask yourself the following questions: Have you asked yourself if you are a product of your internal environment? Where do our weight issues come from? Am I ready to be a bariatric patient and did you select bariatric surgery for the [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-02-07T11:42:33-06:00February 7th, 2020|Categories: STAY WOKE!, Featured|Tags: bariatric, example, failure, journey, mindset, negative, negativity, stay woke, vsg, weight loss|
This week on STAY WOKE! STAY WOKE! Have you ever watched a 90's sitcom where they had to make a choice and on one shoulder was the angel and the other the devil? Yes? So put yourself in that same scene with the angel and the devil. VSG or any bariatric surgery is not easy. Bariatric [...]
