I DID IT IN THE DARK
MY UNCENSORED JOURNEY THROUGH WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, OZEMPIC & THE SELF-LOVE I FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE

I was tired of being the fat friend.Tired of hiding in pictures. Tired of pretending I was “confident enough.” Tired of being the funny one, the supportive one, the accomplished one—while secretly hating what I saw in the mirror.People saw the degrees. The leadership title. The polished clothes. The school principal.What they didn’t see was the binge eating. The bulimia. The food obsession. The shame. The exhaustion of fighting a body that never seemed to work the way everyone else’s did.So I did what many women do.I hid it.I lost 145 pounds in private.From 315 pounds to 170, I went through two bariatric surgeries, appetite suppressants, Ozempic, therapy, insulin resistance, depression, and a mental health battle that nearly destroyed me—all while showing up to work smiling like everything was fine.Nobody knew.I Did It in the Dark is the uncensored truth about weight loss when the issue isn’t laziness or willpower. It’s biology. Trauma. Hormones. Shame. Survival.No filter. No fake inspiration. No “just love yourself” speeches.Inside this memoir, I tell the parts people usually hide:The bulimia I never admitted out loudThe appetite suppressants I kept secretThe insulin resistance no one diagnosed for yearsThe moment Ozempic finally silenced the food noise in my brainThe reality of bariatric surgery, revision surgery, and recoveryWhat it feels like when people finally treat you better after weight lossThe loneliness of transforming in silenceThis is not a diet book.This is what happens behind the glow-up.If you’ve ever:Felt humiliated by your weightBeen ashamed of needing medical help to lose itHidden your eating habits from people you loveWondered why your body fights you so hardTaken Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or considered surgery in secretSmiled in public while suffering in privateThis book is for you.The weight loss changed my body.The truth changed my life.