I don’t know if you’ve heard of her before, but just in case, she is the little seven year old girl that weighed over 400 pounds. Thankfully, CPS stepped in, took her away from her mother and put her in a supervised setting that controlled her eating and helped her become active.  According to this video, she has now lost over 300 pounds without weight loss surgery. She’s a brave little girl and I am so glad her heart-breaking life has changed around and she is now able to do things such as go to public school for the first time:

Are you aware of the dangers of Gastric Bypass surgery?  According to this study,  1 In 50 people DIE within a month of surgery. If you think that Gastric Bypass surgery is a safe alternative to changing your eating and exercise patterns, you may want to think again. I don’t know if Lap Band surgery is any safer, but I think that the odds for Gastric Bypass are appalling. Can you imagine what the outcry would be if 2 percent of all people having an appendectomy died from the surgery? I know that many overweight people feel that surgery is their only option because they feel they’ve tried everything else. But isn’t there some safe alternative that will help people lose weight and keep it off?

This is more of a message to myself than to anyone else because I need to remember that as long as I keep trying, I haven’t failed.

I spent quite a bit of time yesterday, removing old posts that were no longer relevant. I figure I’m about halfway through on getting everything cleaned out, and will spend more time on getting everything organized over the next few days. It feels so good to log in, blow the dust off everything and get it all organized, can’t wait till I get the blog to be how I want it to be. Wheeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I haven’t thought about my fitness for that long, either. I have been so busy working that I don’t take the time I need to do the things I should. It is so much easier and faster to eat something junky and quick and get back to work. I am hoping to ease up on my schedule by Sep 1, then maybe I’ll start taking the time to take care of myself.