Erin, I am so excited for you and all the amazing adventures of this journey is going to take you on. But first I want to warn you this will be the HARDEST thing you will ever do mentally and emotionally. There truly is nothing I can say to prepare you for it,...
Dear Me, I hated you. There…I said it…I know it sounds harsh, but it’s true. For the last two years since my gastric bypass surgery I looked at “before” pictures and I hated you. How did you let yourself get that far? You were fat, ugly, lazy – those are the labels...
In January 2015 I made a decision that changed and quite possibly saved my life. I attended an informational class for the 2nd time in as many years. But things were different this time. I wasn’t going to keep weight loss surgery and all that it encompassed a...
I had been overweight nearly my entire life. In fact, other than through pictures of me when I was a young boy, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t overweight. Although I didn’t suffer from any major health problems, I knew I was not in control of my life and I knew...
Until I met Dr. Sherman Smith and the Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians (RMAP) team, I could divide my life into three phases. Fat and getting fatter, in the process of losing fat, and trying to keep from getting fat again. I was the biggest baby in the nursery, an...
My decision to have weight loss surgery was not quick or easy. I actually attended the Risks and Benefits seminar at Rocky Mountain Associated Physicians (RMAP) approximately 2 years before I finally decided to forge ahead. So what pushed me over the proverbial edge?...
