Operation Skinny Bitch

Alright so I know a lot of people are going to resonate with this as there are so many people out there trying to lose weight. This is my story on my past weight experiences, weight with quarantine, workout regime, and what I'm doing to drop the pounds.

First, let me start by saying that I used to love taking selfies and pictures with people. I absolutely loved. I always put effort into my appearance. With managing at WCWO, I always made sure that come Friday night, I looked amazing before I went out to ring. My self-confidence was huge. Having lost weight prior to getting into wrestling by the help of my antidepressant and migraine prevention medication, I went from 140 to about 106 in a few months without exercising. Still being about 116 entering my training, of course I'm gonna feel myself. But all of that changed.

Once my neck injury occurred, the wrestling training stopped and there was a limit on what type of exercises I could do to not strain my neck any further. Come to find out, I ended up with a herniated disc, reversed curvature of the neck, along with some other neck issues, and I needed neck surgery. Up until the day of my surgery, I weighed in at that 116. With all of the restrictions that were to come afterwards with not being able to eat solid foods for at least a month, I figured I was going to lose so much weight. That was not the case whatsoever.

A few hours after my surgery, I went to the pharmacy to pick up my Norco prescription. While waiting for the prescription, I discovered this ice cream called "Unicorn Swirl" and my life changed. It was so damn good that I went through that first carton that evening. Naturally through that month, I constantly had to have that ice cream. I didn't even put into consideration the fact that I had a LOT of restrictions--no driving (until 3 months later), no heavy lifting or lifting above 10 lbs, no vacuuming/sweeping/laundry, no exercising. Basically I couldn't do shit. The pounds packed on over time.

A month after my surgery, I met my wonderful boyfriend who is a GRILL MASTER. Everything he cooked on the grill, I loved. We'd go out to eat and I still had those restrictions of no heavy activities, no working out, etc. You really don't notice weight gain at first. You notice it slowly or one day you're at a doctor's appointment and you step on that scale and realize that you've gained 10-15. Then you're just like "fuck me." Still not being able to work out, you're stuck wondering what the hell to do.

As I struggled with controlling my weight months after my surgery, the wonderful pandemic that we're still in happened and I'm left inside the house still only able to light exercising, like walking. Key note here is that my ACDF surgery actually didn't work and fix my neck, in fact it created more problems, so between migraines that lasted days to a week on end to constant neck pain, there wasn't much I could really do.

Finally at my appointment in July, I went to see my doctor and that number on the scale freaked me the fuck out. There was no way in hell that it said what I saw but it did. That day I decided that I needed to change something and fast. I started eating better, drinking smoothies with no sugar

added, cut off candy and sweets, ate more fruit, cut down my meals and started working out. I definitely pushed myself harder than what I was supposed to due to my neck but there was no way I was going to stay at that weight number. No way.

Here we are in October and I'm finally starting to notice a difference. I'm having less headaches, mainly in part to my neurologist starting me on five different migraine prevention medications but still. I try to work out every day giving myself a rest day or two. I make my own smoothies from fresh fruit. I eat smaller portions, etc. But one of those five medications my neurologist prescribed caused weight gain and my depression kicked in even more. This led me to contact my family doctor, as well as my neurologist, and my antidepressant was changed. My neurologist also switched that migraine preventative to something that doesn't have that side effect.

I've been on this new antidepressant for about a month and I'm already noticing a change in my appetite. I'm less hungry which is fantastic. I just wish it would help my depression a little bit more but I'm still adjusting so we shall see.

Recently, I saw an article about Adele and her recent extreme weight loss. Of course I had to read it. In the article, she stated that she took Slim Boost Keto once every day for about six weeks. Naturally I had to snatch up a bottle and give it try.

Well, my first bottle of Slim Boost Keto just arrived today and I'm so excited to try it. With working out everyday and the addition to these pills, I feel like I'm going to notice the loss a lot sooner. I will definitely give updates and whether or not I think it actually works. I don't want to lose a lot of weight, I just want to get my confidence back. Having the huge neck scar and the weight gain, I just haven't felt sexy or like myself in so damn long. It's time to get back to feeling like myself.

So stay tuned, y'all.

Pictures from top: 2015 (left)/2016 (right) comparison; October 2018; October 2018; August 2019; June 2020; July 2020; October 8, 2020