6 MONTH SURGIVERSARY

6 months ago (May 17th) my life changed forever! I didn't know how drastically that day or even that week, but now, here I am..6 months later with so many things changing in my life! I touched base on a few things in my last entry about my career goals and also about my statistics.

During my recovery weeks, I'll be 100% honest, I thought I had made a terrible decision I could never take back. Little did I know, it was the best decision of my entire life!! I have never seen such a positive future for myself in my whole life and its an amazing feeling.

I used to always tell myself if this would happen then I could be happy or if I could just lose this weight, I could do this or that better.. but the truth is, in losing weight and learning my body, I found myself! I found the me I always knew was in there but never could break through! I found the me that others could see in me but I never could see in myself! I found the me that God intended for me to become!

I truly believe that this path was 100% laid by God! I've never had so many things fall into place without even trying very hard.. for example, I applied to a school and even though my transcripts arrived 1 day past the deadline to be able to start this next semester, I still got accepted for the next semester! Another example, I applied for a Scholarship to become a Certified Personal Trainer and got approved within a few days and still have money left over from it. Also, I needed a scholarship for the other school which requires 2 letters of professional recommendation attesting to my success, which I got from my Bariatric surgeon, and my nurse care manager!

What I thought would affect me the most significantly, will end up affecting so many others in so many ways! Before the year 2020 is over, I will be a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Consultant at least.. if not more! I WILL dedicate myself to teaching others and helping others get and stay healthy!

I'm so very excited for this journey y'all, I feel like this is where I was meant to be and it almost seems to good to be true.. its a bit surreal in a sense.

On another note, let's talk about something very serious! Over the past few months, I have met a few people (in person and on social media) who have had surgery as well.. but they do not follow a healthy lifestyle as directed. Eating things they know they shouldn't, not exercising at all, not going to their follow up appointments, etc.. Now I do fully understand that everyone is different but I'm just going to make one point and leave it at that...

"THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER BUT EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT"

- Albert Einstein

That is all.

Much love y'all, until next time!

Kay