Author: awesomeapril

I hate these questions..."Tell me about yourself!" Well...yesterday I made a killer brunch for my family...kayaked with my nephew...and hot tubbed with the hub after doing some laundry. So yeah...I am also an online teacher in a public school, run my own educational consulting business, earned my Masters in Education through Central Washington University, and practice yoga on the daily. Oh...I also work with new/novice/struggling teachers. I like to read historical fiction. I LOVE the water...swimming in it...boating on it...looking at it from docks...you know...that kind of stuff.
Bariatric Surgery, Habits, Identity, Inspiration, Motivation, Weight LossLeave a comment

Identity} Process} Outcome

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So this time, I am starting with my identity- what I believe about myself and what I value in my life, then creating processes that support and align to that identity. I am learning the power of my votes and that I have hundreds of votes to cast each day. Not every vote has to be for healthy. Some votes can still be cast for the pizza because it’s been a day and that is ok. The outcome will reflect my votes, my identity so I don’t have to even think on that if my processes are aligned to my identity. Continue reading Identity} Process} Outcome

Habits, Identity, Motivation, Weight Loss1 Comment

New Weight= New Identity

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The identity I have now is one of a fat person…one of a larger person and I still value things that a larger person does. I am still living my life as a larger person and my actions and behaviors reflect values of a fat person. But I don’t want to be a fat person anymore. After my surgery I really can’t live a life where I identify as a fat person. I just wont physically be able to. I don’t want to be a big person anymore. I want to be a healthy person who weights an amount that will not lead to my untimely death or prolonged misery. To live life at a healthy weight, I need a new identity. I need to identify as a healthy person and live my life as a healthy person does. I need to identify as a healthy person.  Continue reading New Weight= New Identity

Bariatric Surgery, Sleeve, Weight Loss7 Comments

New Tool For My Toolbox

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Food is a big part of who I am. This procedure will not change that. I am hopeful that this tool will help food become a normal part of who I am, not the biggest and most visible part as it is now. I am looking forward to the day when a stranger will pass me walking, notice a scowl on my face, and begin to wonder what deep dark secret is making my life so miserable. Because now everyone knows its food…and I am over that. I am ready to be a brooding mystery that everyone is trying to figure out.  Continue reading New Tool For My Toolbox

30/10, 30/10 Weight Loss for Life, Grateful, Motivation, Support, Weight Loss6 Comments

The 4th: Celebrating Freedom

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I HAVE learned some things along that way and feel confident that I am not the only one who has come to these conclusions or am the only human on this planet who could benefit from these findings. So THIS 4th of July I hope that you too can start your own journey to food freedom…to body freedom. Or I hope that some of my tools can become your tools to help ease your struggle and keep you going in your journey. Continue reading The 4th: Celebrating Freedom

30/10, 30/10 Weight Loss for Life, Failure, Support, Weight Loss13 Comments

Day… Who The Hell Knows…

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I HAVE to get to the bottom of this slump in my LIFE! WHY the hell was I SO on-point a few months ago and now I can’t tear myself away from the SVU marathon on USA? I NEED to get to the bottom of this so I can DELAY doing the real work of battling my addiction…of going back to thinking deeply about why I can’t just eat the freaking 30/10 food and be DONE with it all…not talking myself down from a ledge every freaking time I am Starbucks…from reminding myself 5000 times a day that “It’s just food!” I see you addiction…sneaky bastard. IT NEVER GOES AWAY. Continue reading Day… Who The Hell Knows…