I am Emily Brubaker - I’m a book-reading, macintosh toting, dog loving, blogging, facebooking, twittering, artistic, graphic designing, nerdy, fun loving, energetic & eccentric mom of one crazy little sweet girly girl. I also own one husband named Mike. Mike is sane & normal. We are excited to announce that kid #2 is due September 2, 2011! Yes, its is another girl :)
During the first 33 years of my life, I was a morbidly obese person with no self esteem and no hope for enjoying my present or my future. I endured years of ridicule, embarrassment, physical complications and limitations imposed by my obesity. Sure, I had friends and boyfriends who didn’t seem to mind the fat, but to me, it was always in the forefront, stealing my happiness and robbing me of opportunities that would otherwise have been presented to me but for the discrimination against the obese (which is, apparently, the only “ok” form of discrimination in our society today).
After years of yo-yo dieting, losing weight, gaining even more back and experiencing depressive swings from the loss and regains, I said “no more!” After my weight loss surgery gave me the tools to fight for my life, I find myself 130 lbs. thinner and healthier.
So here I am - truly being myself. I’m not embarrassed. I’m not ashamed. Now I’m confident and enjoying all the things in life that I have missed out on. I’m sharing the experiences of my new life, my thoughts, my joys, my pitfalls and everything else life throws at me - right here on this blog. It is my hope that you may be touched, or you may laugh, or you may just be comforted knowing that someone else has gone through or is currently going through similar shit too.
I promise to post honestly, without blowing rainbows and sunshine... I feel that sharing my experiences candidly and honestly will be a better resource to my fellow Weight Loss Surgery friends than any sugarcoated, sunshine and rainbows happy talk. Now, don't get me wrong, when things are good... I'm all glitter and sunshine and rainbows because I'm a happy girl who is enjoying life... but when things suck (like my low blood sugar, the economy, a stubbed toe), you can expect true feelings, emotions and worries... after all, this is REAL life and I am a REAL PERSON with REAL emotions, fears and elations. I respect your reality and wouldn't dream of sugar coating the bad stuff or hiding the good stuff away and keeping it to myself.
That's me... in a nutshell. Mom, Wife, Artist, Graphic Designer, Gastric Bypass Badass and Former Fat Chick. I may be smaller than before, but I'm still a punky, funky chicky!
