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Making A Change
on August 24, 2007 7:36 am
Hi!  I have been reflecting a lot lately about my life and this rollercoaster I've been on.  I simply want off it.  I wonder if my ass will ever get in gear and lose the 20 or so pounds I need to lose in order to be scheduled for surgery.  I know if I don't do it soon then I'm going to have to have another psy evaluation bc my old one will be a year old.  So, no more.  I'm putting my foot down.  I need to change my behavior now and if I can't do it now then what makes me think I can do it after surgery?  I need to focus on myself for a change.  

I have started the day off right tough by working out to Denise Austin and today is also Day 1 of my liquid diet.  I lasted a whole 8 days on the other program and quit.  I wasn't hungry -- I just gave up and started eating like a big pig again.  I could tell i had lost weight when I was on the liquid diet because my face was thinning out and people kept saying I looked like I had dropped some weight.  So, back on the liquid diet I go.  i can do it and I just can't give up bc I'm worth it.  

My neice, Emilia, started kindergarten and she's so funny.  I love that she loves school and fits right in and she's the one who is miss popular.  I know she has a good heart and loves everyone regardless of what they look like or if they are different.  I'm blessed to see her growing everyday and how she is such a beautiful person inside and out.

My other neice, Myla, is 2 and she's a hoot.  She is so into learning and loves that Dora, Diego and those Wonder Pets so.  She's so social and talkative.  I love taking her to the store because she just stops and chit chats with everyone.  She's super social.  She's a big helper too -- loves doing her "responsiblities" in the morning and loves helping her auntie around the house.

My work is a joke.  Haaa!!! The people there are so super fucking fake it's like whatever bitches.  I am a grown ass adult.  I'm not into all the gossiping that the "younger" ones are into.  I don't see the point of it and I don't see the point of beating around the bush either.  I work in a stressful enviroment (911 Dispatcher) but I don't know if it's the other dispatchers that make it stressful or if it's the Police Officers, EMTs, Fire Personnel or Deputies that are the ones who make it stressful.  I think its a combo of both.  I would rather chew nails than dispatch for County Deputies bc they dodge calls all night long.  So, I avoid County at all costs.  Haaaaa!!!! I do have to work it on occassion and those are the nights that I hope go by super freakin fast.  

I'm not overly excited about working with a new set of people that are coming to Evening shift.  My shift is Evenings and you have to be on top of your shit.  You are super busy from 3pm to 11pm.  There's just no way around it, period.  I get tired of the higer ups not sticking up for dispatchers and allowing the officers to treat us horribly and then have the officers turn around and say it's nothing personal.  Yeah right.  I am quick to let the little fuckers know they are walking a thin line with me.  I'm like if you think you're the only one that can complain you're wrong.  So, then they usually change their tune.  I have to remember that they are in a more dangerous position than I am but still you can be respectful.  

The staff meeting we had the other day was a joke.  It was mere general comments when it should have been like -- Leslie these are the complaints we have against you -- fix them.  I would work on "my" issues if there were any complaints but general comments whatever.  I know I'm not the one who cuts myself off when I key pu and I know I'm not the one who gets smart on the radio and I know I'm also not the one who has officers call in for calls instead of giving them over the radio.  So, whatever.  -- That's why I want to drop this weight and go to hair cutting school.  I think it would be fun to do that and I'm also wanting to maybe do some work at a tattoo shop or something.  I dunno I want to do something "creative" not stuck dispatching for the rest of my life.  I would do it part time after I got my hair license but I wanna do something different.  

I've rambled enough for today.  I gotta get back to other things.  Later!
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Whatcha think 'bout that shawty?
on June 22, 2007 1:47 pm
Well,  I've been to my 3rd seminar and everything was still the same.  I went to the last seminar about a month ago.  I've had my blood work redone and I am on Day 1 of the 14 day pre surgery diet as well as doing the Alli program.  I'm doing the 14 day diet just to start losing some weight which i need to do in order to have surgery.  I've done great today.  I've excercised today and I haven't cheated.  I'm not even hungry.  I just need to change the way I think about food and eating.  I just cannot continue down the path I've been on.  I'm hopeful and I will complete this.

I've been moved to the 3-11 shift and now work 8 hrs 5 days a week.  I can't say that I love the schedule but I am used to working 12 hrs a day having several days off in a row.  I just have to get used to getting stuff done in a more time efficient way.  :)

Well, in the morning I'm going to call Missouri Baratrics Center in order to see what else I need to get done in order to keep this ball rolling.  ;)  Well, the bad guys in the city of Fulton are out and about so I need to status my officers.
  

xoxo -- Leslie
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Mix It All Up
on April 26, 2007 9:29 am
I am at work and it's a normal day.  I feel like there's a weird vibe going on but around here that's typical.  I am not pleased about May's schedule.  I go back to nights and I don't mind the people who work on nights, I just don't like switching my hours again.  It's hard to get used to sleeping during the day when I'm used to working days.  I will stop now because this job has weight loss surgery as a covered benefit.  I'm sure it's not going to be in *stone* just tempory until they get some people hired and get all the kinks worked out.  

My doctor's appointment went well.  I talked with Dr. Deane about having weight loss surgery and the fact that it's taking me what seems like forever because of insurance issues.  Now, that my insurance issues are taken care of -- thank you Jesus -- for this new job and this new insurance.  I basically have to start over.  I have to go to a new seminar b/c the first one I went to was a year 1/ 2 ago.  I have that scheduled along with some support group meetings.  I basically want to have everything neat in a row so I can submit to insurance and get approved quickly.  I called Missouri Baratrics and the secretary set me up with a list of all the new things that they are now requiring patients to complete.  I don't feel overwhelmed by this at all.  I'm just on the right journey now and I stick to my mantra everything happens for a reason.  There is a reason why I personally have had to go through some road blocks and there's a underlying lesson that you have to understand or else God is going to keep putting that lesson in front of you.  God is so great.  

I've finally got a renter for my house, so I can start saving some money and put it towards a down payment on a car.  My car is *DEAD*  I went to see about getting a newer car and my credit isn't the greatest so I don't qualify unless I get a cosigner.  Well, I thought my mom would cosign for me but she's not going to.  I don't understand why she won't.  I pay my bills and I've never stuck her with any of my payments.  She has cosigned for my sister to get a car but yet she won't for me and she wonders why I never ask her for help.  Haaa!  I think she just likes to hear me ask on those rare occassions I do, so she can say no to me.  I'm sure something will work out.  I just have to be patient and pray for the help I need.  God will provide and I have to have faith in that.

xoxo -- Leslie
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Gimme A Beat
on April 22, 2007 4:32 pm

I'm feeling down.  I have a headache and I'm at work.  I have another 45 minutes to go, so it won't be so bad.  I do have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, which I'm excited about.  I will meet with my new primary care physician and get her to send me a referral for weight loss surgery.  I need another one because my old referral is way over a year old.  I am ready to have this surgery already!!! I want all my ducks in a row when the Bariatric Center submits to insurance.  I'm so blessed to have found a new job that covers wls.  I have to somewhat "start" all over again but it's worth it.  I need to make a list and get copies of old records just so I have on hand what the insurance may need.  I'm thinking the only other testing I may have to get done would be what my surgeon would want me to get.  I know I'd have to take a Nutritional Education Class but I NEED that.  So, I'm getting back in the game after being at a stand still with insurance for so long.  

I am thinking that tomorrow I will treat myself to some tshirts at Old Navy, either that or some art supplies.  I haven't decided which.  I probably should save the money towards my surgery copay.  Well, I'm going to go surfing around the world wide web.  

xoxo -- leslie

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