GrlDisappearing
Obligatory First Post About Me
Aug 29, 2011
I guess you can't start a story without an introduction, so here it is.
Me. I'm 29. I'm not married. I have no children. I have two dogs. I've been overweight my entire life, and have been on a variety of diets throughout my life. I ran a half marathon in 2008, and then soon after found out that I had a rare condition known as a carnitine deficiency which prevented me from exercising at all for over a year (doctor's orders). If you don't know what carnitine does for your body, well, it metabolizes fat. When you are lacking carnitine, your body tries to metabolize other things you need, like your muscles (read: heart, lungs, etc.), so it could be fatal in extreme cases if you don't know what you're dealing with and you aren't careful.
In short, when I found out, I was scared out of my mind to exercise, so really, the doctor didnt' have to tell me not to. lol
But, the weight started coming back on (like it does). Partly because I was depressed and eating more than I would've and frustrated at not being able to do my usual 90 minutes of cardio per day (even though I was still well over 230 lbs- that should've been an indication that something was wrong), and partly because if my body doesn't metabolize fat, then it certainly can't burn it off in the course of a day. And it was working harder to try to do these things because of my weight- it was a lose/lose situation.
Earlier this year, I made a decision. I was going to go for bariatric surgery. At one point, I thought I would do the lap band, because I didn't like the idea of an invasive bypass...and the more I learned, the more I thought about doing the gastric sleeve, which is ultimately what I settled on. Even though it hasn't been approved by the insurance company yet, I'm nearly there. I have to do my nutritional consult on Wednesday, and then after that- we wait.
This will be the first surgery I've ever had...and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared to death of having surgery. But, I'm also far more sick of being fat. I'm sick of everything that has to do with it, and I'm hoping that my doctors are correct in that once the weight comes off, my body won't have to work as hard to lose weight, and it will be easier to regulate my carnitine levels. I keep hoping. I'm really excited about a new life. I bought clothes today from Lane Bryant for what I hope will be the last time. Well, maybe not the absolute last, but one of the last. I bought things that I can hopefully wear for a few months as I shed the weight... and I keep hoping that the insurance company doens't turn me down after all of this hard work.
Anyway, that's me, and that's my story at this point.
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Me. I'm 29. I'm not married. I have no children. I have two dogs. I've been overweight my entire life, and have been on a variety of diets throughout my life. I ran a half marathon in 2008, and then soon after found out that I had a rare condition known as a carnitine deficiency which prevented me from exercising at all for over a year (doctor's orders). If you don't know what carnitine does for your body, well, it metabolizes fat. When you are lacking carnitine, your body tries to metabolize other things you need, like your muscles (read: heart, lungs, etc.), so it could be fatal in extreme cases if you don't know what you're dealing with and you aren't careful.
In short, when I found out, I was scared out of my mind to exercise, so really, the doctor didnt' have to tell me not to. lol
But, the weight started coming back on (like it does). Partly because I was depressed and eating more than I would've and frustrated at not being able to do my usual 90 minutes of cardio per day (even though I was still well over 230 lbs- that should've been an indication that something was wrong), and partly because if my body doesn't metabolize fat, then it certainly can't burn it off in the course of a day. And it was working harder to try to do these things because of my weight- it was a lose/lose situation.
Earlier this year, I made a decision. I was going to go for bariatric surgery. At one point, I thought I would do the lap band, because I didn't like the idea of an invasive bypass...and the more I learned, the more I thought about doing the gastric sleeve, which is ultimately what I settled on. Even though it hasn't been approved by the insurance company yet, I'm nearly there. I have to do my nutritional consult on Wednesday, and then after that- we wait.
This will be the first surgery I've ever had...and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared to death of having surgery. But, I'm also far more sick of being fat. I'm sick of everything that has to do with it, and I'm hoping that my doctors are correct in that once the weight comes off, my body won't have to work as hard to lose weight, and it will be easier to regulate my carnitine levels. I keep hoping. I'm really excited about a new life. I bought clothes today from Lane Bryant for what I hope will be the last time. Well, maybe not the absolute last, but one of the last. I bought things that I can hopefully wear for a few months as I shed the weight... and I keep hoping that the insurance company doens't turn me down after all of this hard work.
Anyway, that's me, and that's my story at this point.
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Surgery
12/19/2011
Surgery Date
Aug 29, 2011
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