Welcome!

Welcome to the start of my blog.  I am a woman who is "Morbidly obese". I have worked in a company for nearly 6 years that deals with people who have had weight loss surgery. I couldn't get one because my medical provider doesn't cover that in the state of WA. Quite frankly, I'm now glad I couldn't get it. I have seen so many people dealing with malabsorptive issues, malnourishment, and other complications. For those who have it, chose to have it,etc. I'm happy for you. That just wasn't the life for me nor the cards dealt my way. Regardless, if you've had a WLS or no surgery, if you need to lose 10#, 50#, 100# or more, I hope you find hope and help within this blog.

I had to do something. I had to have a change in my life. I couldn't deal with the weight any longer. Frustrated with yo-yo diets, I had it. With every weight loss would come a weight regain, plus. So far, I'm down 70# and going. My son who's also MO just joined me and he's down nearly 35# in less than a month. My journey began about 3 months ago.  I've never reached this point for pounds lost, and with such determination.

I also have a Face Book page titled Weight loss to Makeover. I will be posting pretty simultaneously so you can join me at either place. I will be adding information that I just posted on my FB page and then will continue posting from there. Thank you for joining. I will be sharing what I'm doing as we go.

<3 Momma-Kat


 Carried over from FB:

I will begin over the next couple of days sharing what I am doing and how. I will share my journal etc. But I want to go thru some things that are important in my heart about this first:

Commitment, Love, Faith, Trust and what you should consider obtaining to get started.

Commitment - you need to commit; not for anyone else but YOU. If your friend, family, spouse, etc. put you up to losing weight, it won't work until you are committed to you.

Love - LOVE yourself! Surround yourself with those who love you while you are going thru your new journey on your new life changing experience. If you are as I once was and find you have little to no one to surround you with love, you have us! Send us a message and we will be here for you!

Faith - have faith in yourself that YOU CAN do this! If I can do this - so can you. Faith also in God is my hope for each of you. If you struggle, He will be your strength.

Now - what you will need to consider is I don't really spend any more or less money than what I do now for food. I have green smoothies, protein drinks, reduced number of carbs, reduced amount of sugar, and increased protein.

There will be several key things to learn as you start your journey. I don't want to just dump them all out on you at once b/c it would be more difficult to remember. I will simply put them in a post alone and title it KEY # (then the # from 1 - however many there is) you can then look for the keys to remember these are important.

I will stop here and start posting key's and I will continue adding as we go. Please post your goals, questions, fears, concerns, need for support, etc. We'd love to hear from you! Kat & Josh