SherryLoses
Finally the time is coming up!
Jan 12, 2013
It has been a busy year and I haven't been back here a lot. We had to find a place to live and found a really nice 3 BR house (NOT apartment, one bedroom nonetheless!) 3 BLOCKS to a major park with walking trails, a lake and work out stations! I am so thrilled. I have a place to exercise/walk or even bicycle! It is going to be a struggle at first. There is even a 24 hour fitness about 1 mile away.
But carrying around the equivalent of 15 ten pound bags of potatoes of EXTRA weight each and every step on each and every joint in my body is not a struggle? It is and I am tired of it!
I schedule the surgery after the move.
I am getting incredibly hopeful which is really good after this holiday season! lol....my weight is up I fear though I haven't weighed, it's been a struggle to get back on track again!
I have my fitbit, a gym bag and gym clothes, on a hunt for good walking/gym shoes, got my vitamins, tons of protein ready to eat/powder samples from all over the place and so on.
After the move. I am anxious to get it over now. I did find out I cannot have the gastric sleeve though and am pretty bummed about that. By pass or gastric band which is a no brainer after reading in these and other forums.
It's going to be bypass for sure...
Was married May 9th, back on track..
Aug 04, 2012
Got sick right after the honeymoon. Picked up a nasty virus after a stay in the hospital (again) and was down for almost 7 weeks. Life always gets better if I prevail.... it is starting too and now I am a married woman and very happy with him!
He is immensely supportive.
It is now August and all the remainder of the appointments are set up basically to get ready for surgery. I am about half done with my appointments, maybe a little bit more. I found out I can have a gastric sleeve! My insurance will now cover it! I am so relieved!
I am going to my first bariatric support group meeting on Aug. 21st. Meeting new and hopefully encouraging members who have already had the surgery will be great.
I have adopted two strays with my husband. We have two wonderful kitties already and Monday these two go to the free Vet to get checked, blood tested, spayed/neutered and get shots as I am certain we will have to take them in. I have been walking a little bit more because I walk out to where they hang out waiting for us each night so we can feed and water them. One little hitch though, it looks like the female is definitely pregnant! Ohhhhhh no! lol.... It is building up my walking even if just a little bit.
Life to me is one step at a time, one thing at a time, and one day at a time. I am trying to savor finding such a great love in my life after my age (over 50) and loving each day even though my health has been poor. I am striving to overcome this with humor and a joie de vivre and I am pretty sure that having a significant weight loss will increase my quality of life immensely.
I don't want to walk in pain anymore.
Starting the search for liquid protein and mental preparations!
Dec 28, 2011
I know in the beginning I am going to want mindless simple easy to use methods to it.
It is so rewarding to hunt and around here and see that there is a before and after gallery for photos!
I am starting to get psyched up about it! yeah!....
I know the deal with this is mental not so much physical. I don't even care if I lose all my weight because of a surgical procedure but if it can help me get started in those first 25-50 pounds I will be so grateful.
I know how to lose weight, I have done it often but also know where I tripped up. That was believing I could have chocolate, sugars, junk food and fried foods.
I hate the physical pain of walking on painful feet because of too much weight! Tired and fed up with it!
I am with a new enduring love of my life, my last love. I can feel it! He moved here sight unseen from Montreal and is a wonderful French Canadian man! I would like to see us get very very old together!
I survived quitting cigarettes and know that food is a different matter because you have to eat BUT I also know certain foods are my "nicotene" of eating. Chocolate, fried Popeyes, French fries, chips/popcorn and lastly fats like butter.
But for the moment I am aware of this and want to record my self realization. I am old enough finally to know myself. I want to document all my inner foibles, weaknesses, strengths, pain, joy and determination here.
I want to look back in a year and read this.
Dec 23, 2011
I am way over 100 pounds overweight. I can barely walk because it is so painful and am exceptionally out of breathe upon exhertion. Blessedly I am in a brand new relationship with a man I adore and who adores me.
I want to live to see old age with him, to travel the world with him and at least be able to walk wherever we wish to go.
Weight effects everything and I mean everything I do.
I saw the dietician yesterday afternoon and she gave me a great deal of hope. I am going to the support group at Ochsner on Jan 17th, 2012 and hope to see next Christmas with new eyes and hopes.
We talked about diet, nutrition and how the diet would progress over time after the surgery.
I am afraid of the surgery and decided I am not going to talk to another person who hasn't had the surgery to find out about it. All I hear is the bad stories and it scares me even more. I consider myself a pretty brave person actually and have survived multiple close calls with my health including some pretty serious death close calls and survived them all.
I don't want life long diahrea, nausea and vomiting. Dumping syndrome forever? Please I hope not.
I am feeling good about it now so I am going to move one step closer each day.
I even talked to JP (my fiance) about getting a treadmill in our "way too tiny" apartment and getting rid of one of our chairs to do so! He seemed surprised! lol...
Just wanted to write a little and hope to hear from others on this board as I am new here...
Merry Christmas everyone!
Warmly....
me
