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Cutting out the toxic
Linkin Park said it best in “Burning in the Skies” “Oh, I’m swimming in the smokeOf bridges I have burnedSo don’t apologizeI’m losing what I don’t deserve” I think one of the hardest things for me was realizing that you CAN cut toxic people, friends, jobs, even family out of…
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Just spilling my guts
It’s ironic really- that I have such a hard time admitting I need therapy. Psychotherapy is actually what I want to go to school for. Maybe that’s why I have such a hard time with it, I don’t know. What I do know is that I have never been able…
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Picking Up The Pieces
Today is December 5 2022. My goal was to be 150lbs by my 30th birthday on January 9 2023. Well, that isn’t going to happen. Between job changes, medication changes, thoughts of suicide and just an overwhelming amount of stress in the past 5 months I completely fell apart. I…
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What would you like me to post about? Comment below!
Hello! I know there’s at least 10 people reading my blog as of July 12, 2022 (thank you so much!!!). Like I said before, I’m doing this blog for me- not for the views or anything like that. Anybody who decides to read it, well….that’s awesome!! What would you guys…
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Photos Through the Ages
This post is just a bunch of pictures to show how visible my weight gain, and then the starting of my weight loss. All pictures are dated, and the last few are of this year (2022). It starts in 2015, where I was about 130lbs, then the progression to 2019…
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My starting measurements
I am starting this 6 month journey at 5’6″ tall. 189lbs. My BMI is 30.7, body fat 25%. I will be weighing myself and taking measurements every week on Sunday, using the same scale, same clothing and on the same part of my body. My current BMI is considered obese,…
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How I got to this point
For context, I was about a size 4-6, 115lbs when I got married in 2014. Then we moved to Florida for 2 years, and shit hit the fan. My depression became the worst it has ever been, and life altering trauma occurred, making everything 10x worse. I was prescribed a…
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Who am I and what is the point of this?
Hello! I’m Shelley. I am 32, and I live in Colorado in the US. This started as a weight loss blog but has now changed into a weight loss/mental health/fixing my life blog. I’m using this as a way of therapy to try and get through past traumas that I…
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