Good morning, Le bugs. I wanted to come on today and talk to you a four minute about nutrition. Okay, so I know that most of you that follow me have had or are having or considering bariatric surgery.
I am six years out of having the Dewandle switch. So I had my weight loss surgery in June of 2018. So June of 2024, This year will be six years since I’ve had my surgery. I have lost over 600 pounds in that timeframe, though I have gone up and down. So I’ve had a regain that I’ve had to relose. I’ve had, you know, bouts of certain foods I can eat, certain foods I can’t eat, and then the foods that I can’t eat, I can eat now. So I want to stress the importance of having someone to guide you through that nutrition process. So for me, I’m six years out and I’ve lost over 600 pounds. So you would think, well, she knows what she’s doing. She’s got it right. No, I don’t. I need guidance. So I use my pop person. Okay, so I am not just an ambassador for pop. I use the program myself.
I have an amazing nutritionist, Dominic. She is fantastic because there’s been changes in my life, you know, at first, when that first had weight loss surgery, you’re in that zone. You’re losing that weight because you had weight loss surgery. Okay, but that is your golden period. That first 12 to 18 months, that’s your golden period. A really retraining yourself about nutrition cuz it’s so important that you relearn all of that. Okay, so you need to learn what nutrition you need. Cuz your body needs different nutrition now. You have altered your body. It needs different things. You need to know what you need for your body depending on what surgery you had or if you’re on semi glue sides or whatever it is, you need someone to guide you that is knowledgeable.
For me, I ended up having to have a hysterectomy due to, in a mutual cancer. So it, that threw me into medical menopause. So with the hormones and all of that, my nutritional needs have changed. So I’m able to talk to my nutritionist and say, hey, X, y and Z is going on.
I’m, you know, I’m having low energy. I’m tired. I’m, when I eat this type of food, I’m feeling very heavy. It doesn’t sit right anymore. It’s, something’s altered. So then she can take that information and because she knows what she’s doing, she can work with the foods I’m eating to help balance out those hormones, help balance out, get that energy level back up. Let me know what I need.
And as I go through my plastic surgery journeys, she’s there to guide me on what I need nutrition wise to make sure that my surgeries are, I’m healing properly, my body is getting what it needs. Your body is constantly changing. So you need to have that balance. You need to have then someone there to let you know what you really have, that like an energy you need to add more of this or you need to kind of back away from that? If the scale is not moving, let’s take, let’s back off of this and let’s add some of this. You need someone to guide you through that.
Let’s be honest, if we were all like nutrition experts, we wouldn’t be in the position in the first place to where we needed help to get to a healthy weight. Alright, so I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. I’m just being honest. Like you wouldn’t, we wouldn’t need that if we were nutrition experts. Like I said, I’ve also 600 pounds.
Most people look at me and think that I have got it all together, and I do. But you know why? It’s because I have a team. I’m a nutritionist. I have a mental health coach. I have a team behind me. Like it takes a village. It don’t just take a village towards a kid, it takes a village to maintain a very attribution too. Okay, so I just wanted to let you guys know whether that is something that pop offers, we want you to be successful in having nutrition guidance and mental health guidance. All of that is what’s going to make it a long term success. I have lost over 600 pounds and I’m maintaining and still able to lose when I have regain because life happens and you’re going to have some regain. But I’m able to check myself and get my nutrition back where it needs to be, because I have a team that will help me with that. Okay, so please, no, you don’t have to do it alone. You don’t guide it by yourself and you don’t have to have it by yourself. That’s the amazing thing.
So whether you are thinking about bariatric surgery, whether you have had bariatric surgery and have regained, or whether you are just starting your wellness journey and you just need some accountability. Cuz we have accountability programs too. Just have a consultation, talk to us. Okay, so you can use my code, hashtag Amanda, and you can save on your consultation all of my links are in my link tree. We have plastics and bariatrix right now. Consultations are like, I think they’re $50. Best physiogel ever spend to invest in yourself. Okay, so make sure and use my codes. You can save on it.
I will be more than happy to go through this journey with you. It is an amazing journey, whether you’re, you know, going through barisher surgery or you need accountability or you’ve already been through bariatric surgery and you need that accountability buddy to get you back on track. We got you. Okay, so I love you guys. I will talk to you soon. I have so much more that I am working on. I have found my fire again to share my story and I’m working on rebuild my YouTube and all of that. So great things are in store. So make sure you’re following me on all of the medias. Okay? I love you guys and I’ll talk to you soon. Have you have a wonderful day. Bye.