ObesityHelp

Greetings,

I have been plugging along trying to lose weight since February.  I have officially made it past the 20 lb mark.  I did my 'at home' sleep study in April and I had my appointment with my surgeon.  Love him..not at all like he was at the info session.  This was partially due to my telling him that I liked his "if you don't do A,B, and C, don't waste my time or yours' attitude.  Since then I have just been waiting. 

My weight loss has been sporadic lately..but this is mostly due to me allowing myself a cheat day, which became cheat weekend.  My primary care doctor actually endorsed the cheat day as a way for me to not feel like I was giving everything up all at once.  What she didn't count on was it extending the whole weekend.  You can do some major damage in two days.  I finally realized that at the end of the weekend, I was using at least two good eating days to undo the damage done.  This week I went back to one day..started Monday where I was at the end of the week and hopefully I will make more progress this week.  I am 260 and some change..I want to be out of the 60's and into the 50's by the end of the week..that is my goal.

In late April I joined a local gym and signed my 11 yr old up too.  So now we excercise instead of going out to eat.  She doesn't have a weight issue and I want to keep it that way for her.  Although I did kick her butt in Step class..I surprised and impressed her as she said, "Mama I didn't know you could move like that.":)

Today I had my appointment with the pulmonary doctor to discuss the sleep apnea test from April.  First, I have to say I was a bit distracted by how handsome my doctor was..he did tell me I had mild sleep apnea and that it may be the cause of my "ADHD". As a Special Education teacher this was very interest information.  So he is going to set me up for an in hospital sleep study for the CPAP machine. I look forward to not being tired all the time and falling asleep while driving.  I don't watch tv because I am asleep in 10 mins or less.

The big news for today..my surgeon's office called today to schedule my surgery.  I will call her back tomorrow and hopefully have a date.  I was surprised that my reaction was one of excitement.  I think it's been so far away since January and all the steps in between have kept me distracted (I don't wait well).  I did tell a friend about the surgery yesterday, she asked if I was nervous, I answered no.  She is much younger than me (early 20's) and has a weight issue as well, but no comorbid factors.  I remember those days.  Maybe when I get closer to the date I will get nervous, but that is just not how I roll.

Peace