Welcome to The Weight Loss Collab! In today’s episode, “Pre Op Patient Interview,” co-hosts Hannah Schuyler and Dr. Dovec sit down with their special guest, Neshia K. , just days before her bariatric surgery. This heartwarming and insightful conversation dives deep into Neshia K. ’s lifelong journey with weight struggles, bullying, self-acceptance, and her motivations for choosing surgery, not just for herself, but for her children and her future.

Throughout the episode, Neshia K. opens up about being a plus-size child, confronting unrealistic societal expectations, and learning to love herself along the way. She shares honest reflections about the stigma around weight, failed diets, and the emotional impact of bullying both in her youth and as a mother. Together, the hosts and Neshia K. discuss her decision to embrace bariatric surgery, what it means for her identity as a body-positive influencer, and her hopes for a healthier, more vibrant life.

You’ll also hear about the powerful role of community and support, both online and in real-life connections with other patients, plus a preview of upcoming events and how Neshia K. ’s journey will be documented every step of the way. Whether you’re considering weight loss surgery yourself or simply looking for inspiration, this episode promises raw honesty, practical insight, and hope for anyone who’s ever felt misunderstood on their wellness journey.

Use offer code NESHIA for 10% off tickets to the BodyByTransformation Retreat! Find Neshia on all platforms @itsneshiak

She's a doctor. Hi, I'm Dr. Dovec and she's a

dietitian. Hey, I'm Hannah Schuyler, and together we are

the weight loss collab. And today

we have the start of a very special series.

This is with a patient. We really want to follow the

entire journey. And so we are starting. We are before

surgery, just days, really, at this point, before surgery

with a patient of ours who has a fabulous personality,

a really incredible story. She gets personal. So without

further ado, welcome Tanisha K. To our

podcast. Welcome. Hello, ladies. It's a

pleasure to be here. We're so excited to have you here.

I'm so excited. I am

ecstatic to be a part of this whole journey. And you guys actually just

bringing. Starting the journey for me because I really needed to push off

that edge. And this is amazing. I'm

totally grateful, completely grateful for the opportunity and

the new journey that I'm on. I am speechless. I was speechless

when you reached out to me, Dr. Doug. I was, I'm like, oh, my

God, I'm about to cry. I come back immediately. You're amazing.

Oh, my gosh. Well, I love the practicing of

gratitude and, well, we were very just

attracted to you and to your story. So

let's, let's back it up here. Tell me a

little bit about yourself even from when you were a little girl. Just about

really just getting in there. Let's just talk about, like your weight and your struggles

and really why this opportunity is so exciting to you.

Yes, I have been,

I like to call it pleasantly plump since I can

remember. I've always been the, you know, the bigger girl in

class, the bigger cousin, the bigger sister.

I have always been plus size and

just it was a lot that came with it.

You know, in school there are bullies. There are people who just

don't, you know, care for.

Care about others feelings. And so I, I

struggled with my weight for a while, like to be able to adjust

because of the things that people would say in school. And you

know, when I go in the store, you can only. I can only wear certain

things because the stuff that I thought was so cute, like nowadays is justice

for the girls. If back in my day I would never be able to wear,

you know, cute things like that. And I've always been attracted to the

really cute stuff. But I'm over here in the

women's section because. And I'm like eight. Like, why do I have to wear.

So it's always been a really hard time for me

and hard for me to adjust because it's like me and my

mom wear the same size, and I'm in middle school, you know, and

she was a grown lady, so it's always been something that was hard. I would

just, like, cry, like, in my room or just

behind closed doors all the time. Sometimes I cried in school,

but my mom always told me to not let people see me cry. So,

yeah, it was always really something hard to deal with. I was in cheerleading

for my mom kept me really active. I was in

cheerleading, I was in dance. She even put me in softball,

volleyball. But I was forced there just so that I could

be active, so that some of the weight could. I don't get too

heavy or if I'm maintaining it, I'm not quite sure. But

cheerleading and dance, that was something I'm okay with because I like

those things. But softball and volleyball, I was so upset to be there,

and I'm just like, this is not for me. But, yeah, my

mom always tried to keep me active. I was in Weight Watchers in eighth grade.

I'm the only child in there. I mean, my

mom was there with me, but it was a bunch. I didn't see any other

kids, and I'm just like, am I supposed to be here? Like, it's. I think

it was. I. I think it was eighth grade or maybe seventh. I just know

I was in middle school. And, yeah, it was a lot to deal

with. It was a lot to take on as a child, and I didn't have

anybody to just remind me that I was beautiful. My

mom always, because I was. She was always trying to keep me active, and it

was a constant reminder that I was fat. So I didn't have

anybody to tell me, you know, it's okay to be

plus size and stuff like that. So as I became

an adult, I grew to love

me. My aunt, which is my mom's sister, is who kind

of took me under her wing. You know, she is the person behind

the glam today. Like, I love to shop and keep

my. I present myself in a certain way because of my aunt, because she shopped

a lot. And it started in middle school because I used to always wonder,

like, everybody else in school has all these nice things I have to go to

with regular, you know, Walmart clothes or something, Just whatever I could

fit, you know. So, yeah. And as I

became an adult, I embraced it. And I love me. I love that I'm plus

size, but I'm a mom now, so I

mainly want to get some of the weight off so that I Can be around

as long as possible for my children because they mean the most to

me. And I've tried everything from,

um, dieting, exercising, um, I've

tried the injections of GLP1s. Nothing's worked, actually. My

insurance doesn't approve me for anything because you actually have to have some type

of condition or, you know, I don't have

diabetes and all of those things, so I've. I couldn't get anything approved. So I

was paying 400 or so a month for the

injections, but they kept. I was sick from it. My body was taking a lot

to adjust, so it was just like, so much. And it

was very discouraging. And I don't like my kids to see me quit because

they knew I was trying to lose weight. So

this journey that I'm on now means so much to me. I'm about to cry

because they'll actually be able to see, you know, a difference.

But, yeah, it's been a long time coming and I'm really grateful to

be here because it's been a lot that I've had to deal

with personally. So. Oh, my gosh, so

many things here. Thank you for being vulnerable and just,

ah, we all can feel you. Just so many things you said really resonate, like

with me as a mom, as a woman, as a little

girl, thinking about, like, you just being

little, like, you have these. You. You clearly had. These were very

impressionable on you that you. Can you say, like, eighth

grade, like, you remember where you were. You can. I can know your visual realizing

these bullies. I know you're feeling yourself back in this time when

you're at Weight Watchers and like, the things people would say, like,

what do you remember? Like, sitting there, like, you're like, wait a second, I'm looking

around this room. One of these things ain't like the other. Like, I'm the only

kid in here. And like, these women or men or whoever is in there,

like, what do you remember about being in that moment?

The. Well, first, you know, you walk in and they weigh in and I'm

feel like, embarrassed because my weight is. I'm

getting the same numbers as these women in here. So that was

the first thing. And I was always embarrassed to say I weigh this much.

And now it's like, broadcasted and I'm the

only child and I'm just like, I hope they're not looking at me like,

wow, she's like 12 and 13 and

she weighs the same as me. So that was the first thing I

didn't like for people to know how much I weighed. I didn't like to be

weighed in every time for every meeting.

And I don't even remember anything that they were talking

about in there because most. I was just looking at my surroundings

like I'm in here with all of these people. Like, I don't.

It just made me feel like I knew I didn't

belong. I knew I shouldn't have been there. It made me not

want to eat. Like I was like, should I just throw up all of my

food after I eat it? Because why am I here?

There's no other kids here. So it felt

horrible. I just remember I didn't want to hear nothing they wanted to say. I

didn't want to be there. And I just, I did. It took a lot

to learn to love myself because why

am I a kid? And Weight Watchers, you know, and back then it

was the bullies would say, you need to go to Jenny Craig.

And then Weight Watchers was a whole new thing. So it was just like

I need both, like, yeah, like, well, it's.

We're just about the same age, Nisha. And

so it's like, it definitely is kind of that like product of the 90s and

early 2000s. And we were so inundated with so many messages from that

time of, you know, it was very much thin as in. And you know, it's

all of that and was. There was a lot of, of discourse about like

Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers and Slim Fast and

all of these different like trends. And it really isn't like

really necessarily appropriate for a 12 year old to be in that because like,

you don't have a lot of control also over that part of your life.

You know, you don't. You're not the one cooking your meals and planning

your, you know, going to the gr. You're going to the grocery store with your

parents or whatever, but like you're not choosing the foods. And like you said you

were active and you were doing all these things. And I think that also just,

you know, when we talk about obesity as a disease and you can kind of

really trace it back to these young ages and it's like it's not,

it wasn't really a choice for you like that, that was, that

was the case with your body. Right. It was all I knew. I'm just like,

I'm been small, so I don't even know like when I think about now

getting the surgery. I've never been small, so I don't. I can't even

imagine it. You know, some people have, like, that goal. They have that picture. Like,

I want to get back to this size. I don't have that. I've always

been big, so I don't know what it feels like to have

no stomach. I don't know any of that. So it's kind of scary

at the same time because sometimes, like, some of the people that I know,

like, when you lose weight, they say you may look sick and so forth.

With everybody knowing me always being plus size, that also makes me

nervous. But I have to remember to just don't care about what others

think, because that's what got me this far. I

cared about what others thought about me a long time ago. I

probably wouldn't even be here today because of the things that I've heard people

say about me. So, yeah, it's a

lot. Well, and it does, like you're saying, it kind of becomes part of your

identity of like, you know, and even in social media and stuff like that,

it is. It's plus size. And like you said, you've really embraced that in a

positive way and said that I'm owning it and I'm taking control of it. But

at the same time, you recognize that maybe this is really not the best

path for me to be on in the long term. And since I

never thought of, you know, being a mom, it's a lot that ties into it.

And my children are now they're 8, 9, and

13, and it's the most active I'd have to. I have to be now. I

mean, you know, when they're little, yes, I did have to run after them and

stuff, but it's so much more now because they're more aware of

things they want to do more. Everybody wants to be

in sports. I have to have the energy to take

on everything, you know, that comes with being a mom. Before,

I was like, yeah, I'm okay with being, you know, big. I'm okay. I'm beautiful.

Big and beautiful, whatever. But now I'm just like, I can get

diabetes tomorrow, you know, and then I'm 36 now, so

anything can happen. You know, the older you get, more

things, you know, your health is more detrimental at that point. So

anything can affect me, my existence

with my kids. I just. That's me. So,

yeah, I mean, you know, you talk a lot about, like, the

starting at a young age and all these different things you've done and tried in

sports. You had no interest in it. I'm like, oh, gosh, I

have to Be there against. Not maybe

against your will, but, like, against, like, your passion for what you might want to

be doing. Oh, that's just such a hard visual to think

about. But you have all these things, and I love

that. The thing I love about you, which I think a lot of people struggle

with this, is that you are recognizing, like, you

know what? People have said horrible things to me, Hateful things, things

that are just not fair. Fair. You know, they just don't get it. They're ignorant.

They're. And they're leaving lasting scars on you. But, like, at

some point, you realize two things. One thing is that people

like their opinions. That's great. I can control my reaction or I

can just remove myself from the whole situation. So you're, like, just staying

focused on you and your why and your kids and just. I

think that's so, so huge. Some people, like, will stay pl. In one place

in their whole life because they just don't let themselves, like, imagine

a different way. And I think the other thing is that. Have a

knowledge that, like, yeah, I've done all the things. Like,

I've tried the miracle meds, and, yeah, they didn't really work

for me. I didn't like the way I felt. I had side effects. I've done

the diets, I've done the plans. I've attended these support groups with these

public kind of shaming sessions, of standing on a scale, which I don't

know why that would be productive in any environment of any type of support

group, but you've done all the things, and you're allowing yourself permission to know

that surgery is. Is the most effective step and that you

are excited about this. When some people think it's the easy

way out. And I saw one of your reels recently where you're like,

no. And, you know, like, you're, like, running

full force towards surgery. So, like, how did you get to that

point to realize, like, yeah, I want this, and I don't care what anybody

has to say about it. Yeah. So

it definitely took a lot, but. Well, first, my

best friend. You just did her surgery last month, but we were talking about

it for a while. Like, it's. We've been

friends since ninth grade. And she's plus size as well.

And she's always. She's a year older than me, so she's always been, like,

a little. She was first to do a lot of things, like, first to drive

first. So she started the injections first. And then

I'm just like, you know what? I'm Going to try it. Like, she helps motivate

me because I'm always so scared to do things because I

feel, I don't know, I'm always overthinking things.

But when I started doing my own research after, you know, she got

her surgery and I was, I was already doing my own research, I was thinking

about this. So 2023 is when I got serious about trying

to lose weight. I was working out every day, well, five

days a week. And yeah, 5:00am I loved it.

I loved working out so much. I still do. It's just I got discouraged because

I was not losing any weight and I

started writing down the things that I have done to try to lose weight

and I'm like, I'm literally checking off every box. But

weight loss surgery, I even thought maybe

I should get lipo360 or something. But I'm like, I

can't get that. I mean, I can, but it's not going to

maintain it. I need something to keep me from

gaining all of the weight back so I can go out and get all, any

kind of, you know, cosmetic surgery. But I can be, I can gain all

the weight back or just, you know, the, everything that I put in will go

to waste if I don't change my mindset, change the way I eat.

So weight loss surgery, when I did, did the research to see, you know, how

effective it is, what benefits it have

once you take that step. I'm like, well, maybe this is something that's for me

because it's something that is long lasting. It's not something that, you

know, yeah, I can get the

cosmetic surgery and do working out and so forth, but if I

don't diet, you know, I'm, I need something that will stick.

So she, my best friend, helped motivate me. I

was, it was, I was already doing my own research on, you know, what will

work for me. And then she got, and I'm like, I'm like, you know what,

everything is fine. She's doing fine. She looks amazing already. And

it's only been a month or two months now. We're in February. But I, I'm

just like, you know what, I'm just going to do it. I'm going to do

it. I want something that's going to help me keep the weight off. And Your

videos on TikTok and Instagram are so informative

and it validated everything that I've already

looked into as far as the gastric bypass. And I'm just like,

you know what, thank God that I'VE come into, you

know, cross paths with Dr. Nova because body by bariatrics just seems

like the way to be. And I've spoke to multiple people

that you've done surgery for and nobody,

everybody has just great, your reviews are

amazing. Nobody has anything, you know, negative

to say. The surgery is just the main thing

I've heard is it's the best decision they've ever made. And I'm just like, you

know what? This is just, it's for me. I feel like

it's for me. And I, I was like, you know what? I'm gonna do it.

I don't care about what other people are thinking. Like when I first told my

mom, she was just like, ah. You know, and I'm just like, no, mom, I'm

doing it. I'm closing my ears. I don't wanna hear anything. It's gonna happen.

Just don't even try to, you know, persuade me to not do it. It's happening.

So, yeah, well, and I think on that, on that note, when you know, you're

talking About Instagram and TikTok, I'm trying, but guess what? I ain't anything near

you. It's Nisha K has

probably over a half a million across multiple

platforms. And so you are an influencer. You're here in the

Orlando area, but obviously that reach and that digital footprint

reaches far and wide and you are out there and

you definitely exude confidence and you are beautiful and you're

fun and you just had a Galentine say party that I was like, where was

my invite? But that's a different story. And I'm like looking and watching and

you're just this big, bold, dynamic, wonderful person.

Now a lot of we're talking identity because a lot of your

life it's been this, hey, I, I'm,

I'm, I'm proud of my plus size body and you know, but I am

also, you're very honest with all of your followers and fans that,

hey, I'm trying to do more. So how do you feel about

like all those people who are listening right now to this podcast and they're like

cheering you on, but also like, wait, are you like going

to change who you are? Like, what is this? Is that going to like hurt

your potential, like your brand or what you're putting out there to the world?

I don't think so. I think that I always

practice self care or self care and self love. And I feel

a part of taking care of myself is making sure I'm

healthy. So I'm never going to, you know, I'm not promoting that I

want to be skinny. I just want to be a healthier me so that I

can be better. I can be the best me that I could be, you know,

so it's, I would hope my followers wouldn't look at it as

if I'm not wanting to be the plus size influencer

anymore. I hope that I can. Well, I know that I will

influence a lot of people to, you know, come on this journey

with me. I've already received messages after I've started

informing my followers that I am starting this new

journey. I've received multiple messages of different women

stating, you know what that's gonna, you're watching, you will help me make

the decision. And I'm already one foot in the door and I'm just like, you

know, that's what I'm here for. So I feel that it will be a

positive impact on my followers. I don't think that it would be, you

know, everything comes with, there will be the, you know, the

naysayers, but I don't, I don't pay them any mind. I just block and keep

it moving. As long as much as the negative comments I

receive, I triple that in the positivity. So

will be a good step forward for me in this journey. Yeah, I

saw you commented on your post and you were like, I've already blocked two people.

He could just, oh, I didn't see. That lock and move on. You're like,

I'm. Because, like, I mean, I

totally understand the body positivity and I think that that's important. And we do

recognize that there can be health at every kind of size, there's beauty at every

size, there's all of these things. But you're recognizing too that for you

that we're looking to the future, we're looking into the distance to see that like

this is not leading you down the path that you, that you want to be

on. So we're going to change, we're going to take a different road. And

I think that, that, you know, social media is not great for nuance. I think

we can see that in a lot of things. And so that's a hard message

for some people to receive that like you can still love your body

now as you do and you will still always love that and

this time period of your life, but you're also allowed to want to make changes

to that and you're allowed to want to look a different way, feel a different

way, whatever the reasoning might be. And

I love, too, that you're saying it's like people sometimes also just need to see

someone else that is okay with making that change to their

kind of their identity or part of their. This is obviously not your whole

identity. Right. Like, you have so many facets to you,

but you know that, that it's like, yeah,

you're allowed to make these changes and want to, to feel a

certain way about yourself or look a certain way or whatever it might be.

Yep. And I, when I started working out in

2023, the. I post on my story every time I'm in

the gym and so forth. So I've been influencing my followers to work

out and, you know, try. I've, I've. They've been on the journey with me and

they know that it's. I show them that it's not easy, you know,

for everyone. And if it's not easy for you, that's okay because it's not easy

for me as well. So, you know, if you need to take another route just

as I am, it's okay to do so. So.

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Well, I mean, it's going to be an

exciting one to watch. And so let's talk a little bit about

your timeline. So you've been thinking about this for

years and really got serious about three years ago in

2023, and you've been hitting the gym and eaten

better and being really just such a positive

influence, even over your children and trying to do it all.

And so then we decided, all right, let's do an initial consult

and tell me a little bit about your surger coming

up, just why you picked the surgery you did. And really

just like, how are you feeling right now? We are. We

are two weeks, Two weeks from today. Two weeks from recording,

which. From this recording, when we're recording it, she is having her procedure

on February 19th. So, like, what is going

through your mind and your body right now? To be

honest, I feel like it's. So when we first,

when I, when we first had our consultation, me and you, Miss doctor,

we were. You were letting me know the dates that were available, and you was

like, we can do it this Friday, which was last Friday the 31st. But I

was like, oh, no, that's. That's too soon. But after we did

the photo shoot and I saw the patients that were already,

that have already, you know, they're already in their journey and they look amazing,

and I'm just like, you know what? I feel like February 19th is too far

away. I'm ready Schedule for tomorrow.

But so I am so ready. I've never been

so ready for anything else like this. That

coming there and speaking with the other patients and

their testimony and like, Jessica, like, everyone

looks amazing and they have so much

positive things to say about their life change. And it

influenced me to the 10th power. And I'm just like, you know

what? I cannot wait. I'm so excited. I can't wait. I'm ready for

it to start. I've already started looking,

like, looking into changing the things

we eat. Not only me, but my children, they're gonna be upset because the

whole house. Because

I was doing the new

try life. I think it's our new try house Learning, right?

And learning about, you know, sugars and how

bad it is. And I'm just like, you know what? I feel that

this is something that I need to practice as a. We need to practice as

a family. So I'm so ready where I'm going grocery shopping this weekend, and

I'm cleaning out the fridge. All the sweet drinks and all of that

stuff, it is going in the trash. They're just gonna be upset because I want

a healthier lifestyle for us. And I feel like this is not

only benefiting me, it's benefiting my children in a way that

I didn't see coming. Like, it just hit me full force after

the photo shoot, and I'm just like, you know what? It's like my mind,

I don't know, something just clicked in my head and I'm just like, you know

what? I'm so ready for this. Before, I was not ready. I did not walk

into that photo shoot ready, but now I am ready. I just then,

and especially after watching those videos, I'm just like, you know what? This is for

me. I've. I'm mad I didn't, you know, find out about

Bodyfibriatric sooner because.

This is. The place to be for the girls. The girls like me because.

We are. A bunch of girls. And I do love that, you know,

so what you're. You're talking about here. We did a photo shoot the other day.

We had Nisha, and then we had Kim, who's another pre op

patient. And then we had a lot of our post op patients that

came together. So it's. And we were shooting with our. We have

a vitamin line. It's called Body by Nutrition. And we were taking pictures and we

were having fun, and we were there. And I always tell people,

like, at initial consults, we do a group session, and I talk

a lot about, you know, like, why are you here? And, you know,

clearly your why has been kind of a long time coming. And then I say,

all right, well, we're going to get to know each other, and then you're going

to get to pick your surgery date. And some of you were ready, like, yesterday,

and some of you are still kind of window shopping and kicking the tire.

But it's a lot of times when that switch goes up, when it's.

When that happens, it's done. And so I've talked about that for

many years and. And we've done thousands of surgeries. I've done probably 10,000 causes, all

these things. But I will tell you that when I saw you at

the photo shoot, I saw your switch go.

And I've never seen it in real time ever in my career, but I saw

it because of the community and looking at the other

people. And I was watching you. I was watching it in

real time. This, like, the excitement and the genuine. Just like,

oh, wait, you had surgery. You were, oh, that's your before picture. And I was

the interaction. I was just sitting back like a proud mom. That's like watching her,

like, look at this. This is magic. It was my magic.

Yes. That's exactly how it was for me. And I'm just like, this is. Because

when I first came in, I did not. I thought they were all a part

of the team. You, the body baby, or our colleagues.

Yeah. Because we don't tell anybody anything about what

we're doing with them. We're just like, can you show up at this time in

this place, in this state, just be ready for whatever

we're going to make you do. Like, wow, that is amazing to

see the testimony, to see them in the flesh,

like, right there in person. Because, you know, I can see it all online. I

can go to their profile or go to your profile and see their transformation, but

to speak with them and to hear their journey from

them directly, it was just. It was amazing.

I'm so ready. I'm so. Well, it's funny because a lot of these people are

patients. We do become friends and almost like family

because, yeah, you get to kind of know each other online. It's like my little,

like, digital girlfriend here, and I'm, like, learning about you, and I'm

like, oh, how's your daughter? It's all that cute little reveal you did. Oh, how

was your vacation? Like, you start to go down rabbit holes with people,

but then they're so happy and they are just

like, ah, it's just this is like just the most rewarding specialty, I

think, that exists, that they'll come and then they'll do photo

shoots after. And you saw people, like doing planks with my vitamins on

their back and they're, you know, juggling and like showing their

abs and it's like so out of their comfort zone. But they're doing it

because, you know what? Yolo, it's like, it's just fun and it's,

it's. I mean, and that's, that's just the start of it because we

always want those relationships. We want to nurture that because there

is truly something special there. And I mean,

Hannah can tell you more that as you know, and you're going to

be there. Speaking of community, we have our Body by

Transformation retreat that you're going to be at. And yeah, we

are pumped for this one. Yes, we're so excited.

So, yeah, so you're going to be there. We're excited for that. So May 1st

and 2nd, we'll see you there at Rose and Shingle Creek in Orlando.

But I think it is, it's so important, even just you talking about your best

friend who had surgery, it's going to be, you know, maybe two, two or so

months before you. And like, that's like the building, the beginning of your

community within this, this. And then like you said, people are reaching out to you

and that's. This community really is different than so

many other. I mean, somebody gets, you know, another

type of surgery, don't necessarily, like, have that support

system of other patients because there is so much more than just surgery

that's involved in this. It's lifestyle. And even going back to you talking about, you

know, changing the family, the how the family eats and things like that. And I

always find once the mom starts, it's like there's always that

snowball and it's kind of like breaking some intergenerational

curses almost sometimes too. But, you know, we do

also get moms and sisters and daughters and cousins and

grandpas, and we get these whole, like, family structures that end up all coming

and getting surgery or getting services, which is fun too. But I think it is,

it was, it was really fun to see everybody at the shoot because we don't

always have. We've done photo shoots with patients before and it's typically all

post op patients. So to have somebody there that was pre op, it was just

kind of like, first of all, why don't we do this more often? Like,

silly us. But it was, it was so great. To kind of see you guys

connect with them and even just to realize, like, oh, yeah, like, these are real

life people that have gone through this. And I think that's why

we are so excited about this upcoming event in May. Because,

like, he's like, we're saying, like, there's so much you can do online and we

appreciate, appreciate. We love our virtual support groups. We love, you know,

connecting with people, obviously, virtually for our consults and things like that. But there

is just something different about being in that room with somebody

who has gone through, you know, this experience

and, and maybe not the same exact pathway, but

I know that there's going to be other people at the retreat who said, yep,

I was, I was the kid at the other weight Watchers meeting, you know, when

I was 13 or I went through that same kind of, you

know, kind of thing. So there is always that, like, deeper connection. And I

know too just like, for, for people that follow you and are in the area

and like, they're like, wait, I just want to come and like, see her. Like,

I want to see this in real life. Like, they can. Avi, they are welcome

to come too. We're excited for all of that. Yes,

same. And, and Kim as well. When I met Kim at the photo

shoot, I just messaged her last night like, hey, what are we locking in our

room? Because I'm so excited. I can't wait. And I'm so glad that I was

able to meet someone there that I can go in the room with

because I, I was going to bring my best friend, but it's her. They'll be

out of town, so him is perfect. So I'm just like, you know what, this

is amazing. And I'm going to try to get some other people to come, but

at least I have my roomie already. I'm so excited. I can't wait.

So, yeah, I love it. Yeah. And Kim. So just so everyone knows, Kim is

our, our winner of our scholarship contest that we put on in December.

So she's another Orlando lady and she's a teacher. And she was

just also just like you. You guys definitely, like, immediately clicked. It

was awesome. And just I was so. I'm really excited. We were like, wait,

this is, this is precious. Like, we really were like standing in. The background

being kind of weird probably. But like, I didn't, I didn't see that coming.

Yeah, right? Yeah. Yeah, we were really excited

about that too. Yeah. And the thing I love about the pre op, so we

talk a lot about this and I know that you put yourself out there on

the regular. You, you, like you said you present yourself really well and I'm sure

you have lots of pics and videos of yourself just by kind of the n

what your day to day involves. But a lot of people

will say one of their biggest regrets is that they don't have

pictures of them before. Like, like even maybe in your phone. Like

you're really put together. But do you have those like unflattering kind

of like moments where you feel like man, I felt pretty

low that day like cuz I don't care who you are. Like there's moments where

you're like yeah, I'm just like I'm just gonna like kind of like sit on

the couch and veg out and just chill and then like do we capture

kind of that sort of stuff? Not really. So it's really cool that we got

some like full body shots which might also be something that you

might feel like you need to avoid. So that we're really going to be

like showing this whole transformation in a way that

we've never done. We've never actually followed somebody in such a series like this

where we're talking here before surgery. We're going to be there

just recording your moments right before you go back as you're going to sleep in

the operating room in the recovery and then right after

surgery and then these milestones as you're losing weight

in this first year and beyond. I think it's going to be like the

Truman Show. People are going to be very invested. Like what's she doing now? Is

she eating? How she feeling, what she's losing, how she's, you know, all these things.

It's. Yeah, I'm glad that we're, I'm glad, I'm so excited

to, for this next 365 to see really what's going on. Me

too. I think so. It's gonna, it's gonna be amazing. And I,

with me having sometimes I have like that creative block but

this surgery of this journey, it also

gives me a reason, it gives me something to talk about without having to think

about it. Because usually I'm planning my content, you know, I plan

but all I have to do is just set up the camera because I have

something all ready to talk about because they're wanting to know like what

are you eating? How are you feeling? It's, it's a no brainer

for me with this. So this is a whole new thing series that

I'm going to start. So it's I'm so ready to let my followers know

because one person mentioned in my messages,

she stated she, she's happy that I'm going to show like the

whole process because just like me, a lot of

people overthink things so they think it's a lot more that comes into it. Some

people didn't even know it was like a 45 minute surgery and it,

you know, recovery is like a day or two. You know, they think you just,

you're just down like a regular cosmetic surgery or any other surgery.

So able to show my followers, you know,

the full process. I'm so ready. I'm ready to take on the task and I

do have unflattering videos and pictures

because usually all my everyone that knows me when they're taking my pictures, they

have to take like 50 so I can get at least two perfect pictures. So

I have some that I'm just like, oh, ankle's horrible.

So I know someone else who's like that.

Who could that be? Meanwhile, like here. Don't know. Whatever. It's what it

is, Hannah. For myself,

like, well, yeah, no, I think that's true. And like boy. And then it

tells, does tell you like, man, this is reawakening me. Like the other day you

posted like three like fire pieces of content like in five

minutes or so. Like it keeps coming like here we go. Like I can't

stop. And I, and I, I love that. You know, you're right. It's

sometimes there is like a writer's block or just like, yeah, like there's

just like such a blot to like what should we do? What should I say?

How should I want to. I want to do something but I. Don'T know what

it is. But now it's like, wow, there's just endless,

endless content coming your way, my friends, for all of those

listeners. Oh, I'm so ready. And I'm just like, you know what?

Because I've, I've been talking with my, with

my friend, I have a social media or content bestie and I'm like, I

have to get into vlogging, like my day

and so forth. So like this is not only, you know,

this journey is something that I want to be, be on, but I've,

it's opening that door for me as well. But like with YouTube and so forth,

I've been like stuck right there, foot at the door, just like, I don't

know how to do it. I don't know. I'm nervous about just vlogging.

But this is giving Me that reason because before I'm

just like, I don't know what to talk about. I don't know where to start.

So yeah, I'm so ready. I'm so ready for the surgery.

It's life changing for me. I pray it's

life changing for body by bariatrics. I want to help bring so many

people and influence people to come and just make the decision.

The best decision that I've made in a while

per the patients that I spoke with at the photo shoot and

everybody else, everybody says it's the best decision. So I'm next to say

that myself. Can't wait. Oh my gosh. Yes. So

I know that you have a lot of friends and we talked about you being

a mother obviously. So I have to know what it, you know,

what do your kids think about, about what you're about to

do because you've been very open and transparent not just with your followers but with

your own inner family. So how do they feel about it? Because they're old enough

to understand what you're doing. Yep. So my

13 year old, he's just like, okay, mom, like I, I think

they're, they're hearing me, but they're not hearing me like

until I actually go through with the surgery and they see

me completely eating different and so forth. I feel

they will know that I'm very serious

because I've been mentioning, you know, wanting to lose weight for a long

time now. So that's why I stated they, they've seen

me quit so much. So I don't know, I don't know if they're taking me

serious when I'm, I'm like, hey, I'm gonna get surgery. It's, it's happening now.

I know I've been talking about it for a long time, but it's happening now.

So once they, once it happens and

they see, you know, the weight start to come off and

you know, I'm changing and I just, I'm wait, I'm

ready to see, you know, how they feel about it. My daughter has

always said so. Not

only have I been bullied in my school, but I'm bullied

at my kids school too. You know, you know like you go

to meetings or

my kids had hot chocolate and something for Christmas

or something. And this is their first time in public school.

They were in private school before, so at public school it's

a lot different I guess nowadays. But when they

went back to school, my eight year old said a kid in his class said

that his mom is fat. So my daughter is

nine. She's just like, nobody. My mommy's not fat. Like, she's kind of like

shallow howl or something. Cause I'm like, baby, I'm. I'm a little

heavy. But my son is like, well, I was really upset. He was

like, I don't like that people call you fat. And he was a little

embarrassed and he was just like, well, can you just not come to the school

anymore? And I was just like, oh no. Oh

my God. Like, oh my God. Because it was. And I'm just

like, what? I'm that girl. Like, are you serious? Like, what? And

I'm just like, that's so mean. And my daughter was like, that's so mean. Like,

why would you even say that? And it's those two. It's my

8 and 9 year old that I want to see. I want them to see

me make that change. I don't want them to feel embarrassed that their

mom is. Plus I'm about to start crying again. But I don't want them to

feel embarrassed by me. My daughter

doesn't feel embarrassed by me. But when he said that, I was just like,

okay, it's been a long time since I've been affected by a fat joke, but.

Cause usually I don't care. My 13 year old, he is in middle school,

he's in 8th grade. And everyone says he has a cool mom. Like, everybody,

you know, he gets praise for his mom. But my 8 year

old is getting a different feedback from the kids in his class. So

my daughter, her class is different as well. They're just like, oh my

God, your mom's so pretty. I came to,

they had honor roll, so. And also I go to everything at this

school pretty much. And the feedback that my daughter

get from her classmates and her friends is

completely different than my 8 year old. So

I'm just like, wow, they're bullying us over here.

But I raise over here. And I'm just like, I wear the cutest outfits, you

know, I make sure I'm so cute when I go to the school. And I'm

like, what? They. I mean, yeah, they can call me Cat,

but I'm like, I don't want you to feel like you don't want me to

come to the school, like. And Jeriah, my daughter's like, no, my

friends love when you come to the school. And I'm just like, oh my God.

So I want to. I don't

even, I don't even want to say I want to lose the weight. Just so

that people cannot talk about us. Because I can

care less about what anybody say, but I don't want them to feel,

you know, any. I don't want them to be embarrassed by

me. I don't want, I don't want my 8 year old to say that. That

really, it struck a little nerve and I was just like, woo,

wait, wait, let me hold it together. Because I don't. I didn't know. My

emotions were everywhere. Was everywhere. I was ready to fight, cry,

scream, I don't even know. I was just like, oh, that's kind of mean.

I shed a tear. He's like, I'm sorry, Mom. I'm not gonna say anymore. And

I'm okay to feel how you want to feel. And I know that it's hard

going to school because kids are mean. Kids are mean.

So it's okay. I understand where you're coming from. I know you didn't say it

to, you know, hurt me. You just don't want.

He doesn't want, you know, to deal with those kind of

things at school. I don't want him to feel like he have to go to

school and defend me because what if he wants to fight the kid? Now

you're in trouble. It's just a lie. A lot of layers into

that one. I don't think I should get off the table.

Cut behind you have a scalpel. That's okay. No, okay. No.

It's a lot. Yeah. It's triggering. It's traumatic.

You were transported to a place and a time

that, that, that there's a scab on there. But that thing kind of gotten

picked free there. And to hear from your son

who, who just. Who clearly loves you and means well, but

it's just like, oh, my kids say stuff to me all the time. Like, Jesus,

like, I mean dudes, eight too, right?

Like, yeah, you have an eight year old son too. Like it's a wild

time for a kid too. Yeah. Every second. I'll go, I'll just be walking like,

stop, Mommy. I'm like, what? They're like, you look like you're dancing. You're so embarrassing.

And I'm like, oh, God's sake, I was just walking. I don't even know. Okay.

Oh, I'm not ready for all of that. Oh yeah, they're, they're, they're

brutal. They're brutal on it. Mommy, why are your boobs so

saggy? Like, dear God, I'm just watching. It's their fault

too. Sorry, kids. I could say I should. You're exactly

right. Thank you, Hannah. Yeah. You're there to help me

to fight these kids off. Yeah. But no, in seriousness, that

people. God, kids are cruel. Gosh.

But it is. It's like you. You again, I think you can put out there

and. And be positive about all these things, and it still

isn't going to change everybody's mind. And it's not gonna. You know,

it's. We can't solve every problem for every single person. And

like you said, you just don't want it. It's not even you necessarily. It's like

you want to, like, insulate your kids from this and all of that,

too. And so. Yeah. Poor little buddy, though.

But I feel like that, you know, once

they see me losing weight, I don't even. I hate to even

feel like I want to lose weight just for them to feel better

about me in public. But, like, I.

It struck a nerve so bad that usually when we go out in public, like,

I'm. People are always telling me, you know, oh, you are so beautiful,

or I will go to the grocery store. And I'm. You know, I get compliments

from men and women all the time. And so he knows. Cause

sometimes he's like, I don't know. You know, I don't know

because I've been single for a while as well, so he's like, can you just

not get a boyfriend? I'm just like, my son. Is he a lot like, he

is a lot. So. But he is a lot, like, that's a little ruthless.

And then he. I got so many compliments that weekend. He was just like,

so. And I was like, I told you that I'm that girl. Every time I

get a compliment, I'm like, I told you that was that girl. You know? So

these people at school make you feel like your mom is anything less than beautiful.

Like, don't let them make you feel like that. You know,

in all honesty, I think I look better than his mom who said that. So,

though, if. Here we go.

Stay tuned for this. This is a reality show here that we're

tuning in for. We're going to get it. The public school system.

Exactly. Like, what? Oh, my goodness.

Well, like, this has been so good. So fun. Thank you for sharing.

The highs, the lows, and everything in between the messy middle. And I think

that that is something I'm really obsessed with. And I. And I want

to end with that. I think that there's so many people out there, like you

said, that you are helping by just sharing it all. You're not just sharing, oh,

here's my before and here's my perfect after. Happily ever after.

Well, what happened between here and there, like, we don't talk about it.

And sometimes that stuff, that, that, that progress,

that slow, steady, just climbing in your way forward, back to

who you want to be and how you want to live your life, I think

is. I think that's the most powerful part of it. So we thank you

so much. We're practicing gratitude towards you to bring it full circle

that, that you are here, you're sharing it. You're willing to

come on this podcast to share it with your followers and also to

attend the Body By Transformation retreat that we're having, which

we're going to start to drip that agenda out slowly of all the

incredible, incredibly fun things we're doing over those two days.

So, yeah, you're going to be at forefront of that. I'm sure people are going

to want to come out, meet you, take pictures and all that. I have great

conversations too. Yes. I can't wait.

I'm ready for everything. So I do. Thank you so much, Dr.

Nova. I can't thank you enough. Oh, my God. Thank you.

Hannah. Tell everyone where exactly to find you. I know you are on

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, everywhere.

Yes. My handle, social media handle is it's Nishak

on all platforms. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook,

Facebook is Nisha King and YouTube. So it's

Nisha K and Nisha King. You can find it. You can even Google

Misha K. It'll pull up all of my platforms as well. So,

yes, easy. Well, we'll make sure that we put all of that

as well in the show notes and everything. And then also, if you're attending the

retreat and you want to save a couple bucks, you can use Code

Nisha checkout on those retreat tickets and you'll save 10% off the

ticket price. So that's also exciting. You can go ahead and do that

and we'll make sure again, those links are super easy to find. They are on

the Body by Bariatrics website as well. So you can do that. But just Code

Nisha will get you 10% off that ticket price too. Yes.

And then of course, you can find us on Instagram at the weight loss

collab, at Dr. Dovik, at Hannah schuyler.rd@body by

Bariatrics. We're on TikTok. We're on into YouTube.

We're on Facebook. Join our, our private Facebook support

group if you're not a part of that. So lots of different ways to

connect and we love hearing from everybody. And I know

Nisha's DMs are open as well. I'm sure she's happy to hear all

your stories and start to answer some questions for you. And then we'll be

featuring her back here again after surgery.

We'll, we'll have some, some more conversations with her. We're really excited for all of

this. Absolutely. Well, thanks again for being on

and we're staying tuned for Next Stop Surgery. So I'll see you in person

here in two weeks. Let's do it. I'll be there, too. I'm coming to help

record everything. So, yes, I'll be your. I'll be your social media girl for the

day. I can't wait. Yeah, we'll get all the comments. She'll be. She can run

two cameras. So we're gonna get it all down. So we'll have, you'll have your

tripod. We're gonna get the whole set up and everything. Thank you. I was definitely

thinking about that. I'm like, I need to find somebody that is gonna record.

I got you. I'll be there. We got you. We got you. We do it.

All the surgeries and we record it. There you have it. Well, thank you.

And we will talk to everyone next time. Bye. Bye,

guys.