Doctor refuses to treat obese people

I am shocked by the news that a Massachusetts Doctor refuses to treat obese people because her staff have been injured helping obese people. I am even more shocked that the AMA supports it. However, I just read the Hypocratic Oath and there's nothing in there that the Doctor is violating.

Here is the article

The ups and downs of my journey

If you know me well enough, you know I'm a roller coaster fanatic. However, I don't like it when any aspect of my life is a roller coaster. Sometimes my journey has been like a roller coaster.

For the month of July and some of August I was in a bad slump. I'm an emotional eater and I really believe that part of the slump was the starting my new job. I'm doing much better now, but I wanted to share with my readers what life was like during those weeks:

• I made excuses to eat and go over points, such as: "I'll only be here once", "This might be my only chance to eat this", "It's a special occasion".
• I thought I was ready to give up. I was ready to quit because I missed the freedom of how much I wanted, whenever I wanted and whatever I wanted.
• I was in tears over whether or not I should quit.
• I was also in tears over being bored with tracking and Weight Watchers. The expression "bored to tears" comes to mind.
• I missed meetings for an entire month because I was afraid that I gained weight.

I finally went to a meeting about a week and a half ago and seeing my leader and my WW friends really helped. At one point it was kinda hard to stay in my seat and I almost walked out, but I stayed. One of my WW friends, let's call her Evie, gave me a pep talk that really resonated with me. It gave me a kick in the butt too. I am very thankful for the wonderful people I have met at my meetings and my leader.

So, I survived. I am fully back on the "wagon". Just wanted to show that it's not always easy. I may be very positive on this blog, but I have my bad days. This was the worst slump I've ever had on Weight Watchers, but I'm gonna be ok.

As always, thank you for reading.

Under construction

Please excuse the mess. I'm changing my blog design. The blog re-design should be complete by Aug 25.

Thank you.

Wendy

Welcome again!

Welcome to my new blog! I don't have anything new to publish yet, but everything that was on the old blog is here now. It's late and I'm tired so I'm going to say goodnight.

As always, thank you for reading!

Why I'm going to stop eating Greek yogurt.

So I had been hearing about Greek yogurt and I only tried it for the first time in March. I think it's pretty awesome. I love how thick and creamy it is and just how different it is. I usually eat 6oz of it every morning. It can be anywhere from three to four points. It's also like $1.20 per 6ozs.

So since I only got my first paycheck since May on Wednesday, money has been tight. The last time we went grocery shopping was before I got my paycheck, so we were being careful with money. As a result, I went for the regular yogurt that costs 50 cents.

I ate that yogurt for the last few days and although the texture was downright watery compared to the Greek yogurt, it was good. I hadn't had regular yogurt in a very long time and I had forgotten how good it was. I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the cheap yogurt was only two points.

I will continue to regular yogurt because either way I like yogurt. I will still treat myself with Greek yogurt from time to time. Heck, once we get back on our feet I may go back to eating Greek yogurt every day. However, for now, I'm good with the 50 cent yogurt that saves me money and points!

As always, thanks for reading.

Mckayla is not impressed with my 125 pound weight loss

I'm moving (sort of)

I'm working on getting my blog ready for a change. I will be changing my blog's name and I will be getting my own domain. Everything should be done by mid-September. I'm shooting for September 1. This blog will remain as is, but I'm importing everything from here to the new blog and I will leave a link to the new blog on my last blog post here.

I'm making changes because I realized that my blog's name is too long and my choice of blog address is too hard to remember. I didn't want to get advsinwtloss.com because that's just too hard to remember. It also doesn't tell you what my blog is about. I know that if I meet someone with a blog I'll write down the address and sometimes end up losing the paper I wrote it on.

The new blog name will be easy to remember and fun. So, if I meet someone at a Weight Watchers meeting or on the street I can just tell them what my new blog's name is and it will be easy to find. I will also be changing my Twitter handle, so people will know immediately what I'm all about.

Right now I do have the new blog as a place holder, so nobody else takes the name on blogger. I also have a Gmail account for that name too. I have my new blog title graphic up at the new blog and I will be revealing my blog's new name in hints on Twitter  in the next few weeks. Once I purchase my domain name, which I should be getting in the next two to three weeks, I will reveal the new blog name. I will keep everyone up to date on the progress here on a weekly basis. If you follow me on Twitter you will most likely get more inside information.

I am very excited! It's a new chapter for my blogging. I'll miss the old blog and have sentimental attachment to "Wendy's Adventures in Weight Loss", but I'm looking forward to having a new fresh name for my blog that is fun and easy to remember.

Hope to see you there!

As always, thank you for reading.

You can hear me now!

That podcast interview I did in June is now up at Heather Robertson's blog Half Size Me. Enjoy!

As always..thank you for reading.

While you're waiting for something to appear here...

Visit the blog that will soon exist here under a new name:

Wendy's Adventures in Weight Loss is coming to this space September 2013.

If you need inspiration, watch these.

I'm coming out of a rough patch. That's not why I've been writing, but I am coming out of one. I mentioned on Twitter that I like the new Nike slogan "Find your greatness" and I posted this video:

Then Make-a-wish Wish Jump 2012 suggested this:

All of a sudden that rough patch I was coming out of seems far far away. That video makes me realize how far I've come and I don't have anything really holding me back. I do have hurdles to overcome, we all do, but not quite like Arthur Boorman. He is just amazing.

I have heard from various people that I am their hero or I'm an inspiration. Well I'm nothing compared to Arthur Boorman. He's done something that Doctors told him he would never do again. He beat the odds!

So if you can't do it, or think you can't, remember Arthur and keep thinking

"Just because I can't do it today doesn't mean I won't be able to do it someday"

As always, thanks for reading.