Had my doctor's appointment today and got my referral for bariatric surgery. Now it will be a waiting game. I called to make my appointment. I hope I qualify...cause I'd like to have options. My BMI is really high and that scares the crap out of me. I don't want to 'die' from obesity. I don't want to 'die' not to have lived my life to the fullest.
I find my obesity is causing me to withdrawal from everyday life - simple things like carrying the laundry basket up and down the stairs can be difficult for me. I have noticed over the last year that stairs have become my worst enemy. I have trouble both up and down. Grrr this is so frustrating. I want to be more active but I can't because it is too hard. So it is a catch 22 - be more active to lose weight but the weight is what is making it difficult to be active. Where does one begin when even walking can be hard. The other problem is that I don't really have a support group to go walking with - people who live close by who can get together 3 times per week for an hour and walk the track with me. It is always nicer to have someone to do it with - someone who completely understands that it can be hard even on the best of days. I would LOVE to join a gym but we are just getting our finances back on track and it is just not in our budget to do so.
I am doing well with the water intake.YAY! Although today I needed to use Crystal Light because the thought of drinking water was enough to make me vomit. Food choices not so well but that's okay my goal was to start drinking water and I am managing 8 - 8oz glasses. So for now I will take the water accomplishment.
I have almost finalized my menu plans - I am finding it challenging to create affordable meals that I can make for the whole family. Guess I will just keep researching.
Hope all of you are having success in your days and that even the small accomplishments are worth patting your self on the back.
Once my menus are complete I will post and share. As well I welcome your menu ideas. My blog is your blog. Let's make the most of this 'support' and use it to our fullest advantage.
Let's go FAT Chicks.......
Go Fat Chick Power!
ReplyDeleteYou express yourself so well! When I am reading your blog I feel like you are telling my story. So much of what is said I truly identify with you. I remember when I first started this journey thinking I could not do any form of exercise and I would just die fat. I too had started to isolate and my life started to change and not for the better. I was so heavy, my BMI was morbidly obese, my health was a mess and then I had back surgery and had 8 rods in my spine and it seemed like there was just one thing after another keeping me from moving and exercising. I became a grandmother and struggled with looking after my grandprincess. Then my mother died and I almost ate myself to death with grief. A few months later the turning point came one morning in March (it will be 6 years this March) My beginning of exercise was on my couch, moving my arms and legs around and practicing the learn to breath (seriously thats the truth) then I started walking around my driveway. I started to make tiny little changes and they started to make a difference. The importance of all the little steps along the way have added up. Each day is a new beginning for me with my food addiction. Having lost almost 100 pounds, my challenge is keeping it off as mentioned in your earlier blog. Staying on track, staying focused, staying in the solution is not always easy, actually its never easy, its a lot of work. When I do the best I can today, just today, I am proud of me. For along time I have felt the need of a support group and also agree the goverment doesn't get it! At one time or another I have been to almost every weight loss company in Canada but the solution for now I believe lies within and I must continue to educate myself and reach out to others who truly understand for guidance, suggestions and support. I have been blessed with a couple of dear friends near me who also have faced many weight issues, we have been able to share somewhat the difficulties. Sharing the solution is even better. I have also learned its not about the pounds. One persons 10 pounds is another persons 50 pounds or another persons 200 pounds. The feelings are almost always similar plus the health impact on our lives can be similar. I am so excited to have this blog and I hope we can encourage a few more brave souls to help us with our journey. Please keep blogging as I am really looking forward to seeing where this journey leads for us! Perhaps we can share some menu ideas, after all I LOVE FOOD and LOVE to EAT so it might as well be good....... GO FAT CHICK POWER!!!!
Thank you for sharing Serenity. We will make this journey together and I wish you every success. I hope your day was successful. It seems that we are in the same boat. I am beginnign to realisze that the solution lies with us - and to not go the journey alone. I believe there is strength in numbers - together wee stand divided we fall. I am here for you.
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