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|2020-02-23T11:49:29-06:00February 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|2020-02-04T16:56:34-06:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Featured, Personal Experiences|Tags: anxiety, bariatric surgery, eating disorder, vsg, weight gain, weight loss surgery|
Where have I been? In year 2 I had a nervous breakdown in February of 2018. It was an unreal feeling. I had just went through a tummy tuck surgery which was a traumatic move in a years time of just having the sleeve done. Life as I knew it was overwhelming for my body. Here [...]
By A.B. Russell|2020-02-04T15:42:33-06:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Personal Experiences|Tags: anxiety, bariatric, bariatric surgery, body shaming, bullying, fitness, harrassment, mindfulness, weightloss|
Many people hate the gym for various reasons. There are to many reasons to list; but whatever the reason its our right to go or not go. Right? No judgement! I say this when it comes to someones weight loss journey. I don't hate the gym; but what I do dislike is the bitter people that [...]
By A.B. Russell|2017-06-04T02:43:36-05:00June 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 A.B. Russell|2017-05-05T13:52:38-05:00May 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 [...]
