EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY!

Nov 19, 2009

I met with the dietician last night.  I was given a list of behaviors to begin modifying, like taking smaller bites, chewing til food is mush, not eating while drinking, etc.  She acknowledged that some things on the list she gave me would be difficult given that I cannot afford to lose but about 10 pounds, including my time I will be on the liquid diet. (or my surgery could be canceled if I go under a BMI of 35)  So I'm working on things today but also not necessarily concerning myself with the fat & sugar content.  I am counting protein as the dietician asked me to do.  She said its sad that they have to help us play games so that surgery isn't canceled but they are used to it and will help me at the liquid diet phase by providing me with more servings of the drinks so that my caloric intake is higher.  I'd prefer to lose nothing now and save the 10 for the liquid diet phase.

Then I met with the therapist.  Typically people have to meet with him twice but some more.  After a great and interesting frank discussion, he proclaimed my psychological tests had come back great and showed that i lead a happy and well adjusted life and it appeared that my only dissatisfaction stemmed from my weight.  He said I was quite assertive. Yes, I have to agree.  LOL  After our discussion he said that unlike most patients, he did not need to see me again. He said he had absolutely no qualms about my readiness for this surgery and my ability to handle it so he would be referring me on. Woo Hoo!!!

The therapist did give me some things to think about.  He said that when someone has a great motivational reason for losing weight it helps sustain them through the long haul.  But he said when people have a great life and are very satisified (as i am) that many times, it is far more difficult to stick with the goal.  In other words he said, if someone is motivated because their loved one died of diabetes and now they are diabetic they have the incentive to not want to go through what their loved one did and thus a very motivational reason for sticking with the goal.  He said its not that it would be a problem for me that I should be aware of the possibility and that it was very important to write myself a letter with very specific reasons for wanting to get the weight off and to reread that whenever I felt the going get tough.

I left there feeling GREAT.  I really enjoyed my time with the therapist most.  I was able to cancel my second appointment with him so I only have the one appointment with the dietician in two weeks.  Outside of that, I need to see the cardiologist and be retested at the end of my two weeks to see if the bacterial infection is gone.  I'm getting frustrated about not hearing on the cardiologist appt yet.  I'm impatient as usual.  LOL  So I still have several weeks left before my referral to the surgeon to set a date for surgery..but, i AM progressing!!!

YEA ME!!!

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