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About junebuds

I am 43 years old and have struggled with my weight all my life. As of June 26th, my life will change forever. I am having RNY surgery to help me on my road to better health. I have a wonderful husband, 2 beautiful kids who are both in their twenties and 3 precious grandkids. The road isn't easy, but I'm ready to travel it.

Weight Loss Surgery Is Hard Work

This is a great read…. weight loss is hard, a lot of work and a change in your thought process as well.

I knew when I decided to publicly share my weight loss struggles and surgery with the world I would face scrutiny, judgement, and ignorance. Being unaware of the process in the beginning I also had a lot of misunderstandings. It was worth it to me to be open and clear up some of these misconceptions as well keep myself accountable through this process despite these judgements.

Yesterday, I did a speech that I’ve been working on that discusses the importance of celebrating small victories. I never appreciated the little amounts of weight I lost especially when I had a lot to lose. I had to channel Dr. Suess and remember:


The speech went over well and it’s part of a larger passion project that I’m working on. Today, I received an email from one of the women who heard the speech. She said that she felt I was being…

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