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Hate hides in plain sight, yet is driven away by the light.
So much has happened since my last post. I have a lot on the horizon. I was accepted into grad school and I'm staring down the barrel at...

Alia
Jul 17, 20154 min read


MILESTONE (I Care About You)
I have hit a very serious milestone two days after my 14-month surgiversary. I have broken through the 160 barrier. In the history of my...

Alia
Mar 15, 20151 min read
Where has she been? What does she look like now? FEAST YOUR EYES!
It's been over a month since I last updated (sorry,) but I try to make sure that I have something to report! (Otherwise, I come off like...

Alia
Mar 13, 20154 min read


"I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?"
There might not be hundreds of views, likes, or comments, but when even ONE person contacts you and says that you've inspired them to...

Alia
Feb 9, 20153 min read
Results Not Typical
People often ask me about my experience with this surgery and I'm only too glad to prattle on and on about it because I consider this a...

Alia
Feb 8, 20153 min read
TMI for some, valuable information for women
I don't know that I've ever disclosed this, I'd literally have to go back through the posts on the blog to find out, but this post is on...

Alia
Jan 22, 20151 min read


HAPPY SURGIVERSARY TO ME!!!
Today is my Surgiversary and I am soooo overwhelmed! It was 365 days ago that my life was forever changed and for that, I'll be forever...

Alia
Jan 13, 20152 min read
So, You're Thinking About Surgery?
I make no assumptions about the readers of this blog, except one: that you're considering Bariatric surgery. Whatever your reasons are, I...

Alia
Jan 3, 20154 min read