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Dear Diary,

October 12th 2015 I had gastric sleeve surgery. My heaviest weight was 245lbs, surgery weight was 225lbs and my lowest weight was 137lbs. I was loving life and doing great! My husband had the surgery as well, we made new friends, worked out all the time, went out with people and on real dates. We had more energy to do things with our youngest son!

2016 was even better! We were able to take a trip to Disney World for my sons 13th birthday, we were even able to take my mother in law who had never been before! We made wonderful memories!

2017.... it all came crashing down! My mother in law got sick literally over night, she died shortly after that. Now most people would eat there depression and anxiety away. I do not have an addiction to food BUT I did go downhill!

I stopped doing my 4-6 small meals a day, when I did eat it was something bad and I started drinking pop again. Since then I have gained 30lbs! I am struggling to stay steady in the gym, I am struggling to consistently eat healthy!

I am working on changes, slowly... I have started intermittent fasting, I do 16:8, I only treat myself to a pop once a week. I am slowly getting back into eating only healthy meals and my goal is to be back in the gym soon.

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