Transformation

Transformation

If you saw a picture of me ten years ago, you would not recognize me. So here it is. The picture below was me in 2007; 12 years ago and two years before I had gastric bypass surgery. On April 7, 2009, I had gastric bypass surgery and proceeded to lose 155...

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Transformation Part II

Transformation Part II

Here I was in early 2018, 50 pounds heavier than when I married my husband in 2011, but still 100 pounds lighter than before I had gastric bypass surgery in 2009. What was I going to do? I needed to find a way to lose the weight and get healthy without going...

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Extreme Generosity

Extreme Generosity

One year ago, I quietly received a Facebook message from The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.  The foundation said they wanted to build my kids and I a mortgage-free home in honor of my late husband Jerry Gass Jr., a Green Beret who died during a...

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No Bake Cookies? Yes, Please!

No Bake Cookies? Yes, Please!

I love cookies. I would eat cookies every day if I could, but I do not like the way most cookies make me feel. They don’t do well for my blood sugar, energy level and when I have one, it usually makes me want another. So I decided to go to the drawing board...

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