Congrats!  Glad to hear you are doing so well..kj

Actually I was accepted here in Winnipeg. So I don't have to travel back and forth :)

Now that I have finally been accepted into the program here in wpg, what are all the levels? I am sure i asked this before, but so much going on in my personal and work life, i have forgotten it already. :(  and what can I start doing now to prepare myself. One of my biggest problems right now, i go long times between eating.. I know it's wrong and Carbs is my main staple.

For those of you who have gone threw the Wpg program, what can I start doing/learning to make things easier? I know, I need to stop being nervous and scared and be willing to come out to one of your get togethers. I said that a year ago and here i still am and haven't gone to one yet. :(

  I am feeling down that i wont be able to do it.. I told my Dad yesterday and all i got from him, " that's good now you know you need to diet and exercise with that now.. "   of course I am one of those who have a very low self esteem. I do battle depression and my Dr had just recently taken me off a mood stabilizer that i had been on for years as it can make you insulin resistant. I have also been started on a new blood pressure med since my blood pressure went threw the roof and my thyroid changed after coming off that other med. I had tried so many things in the past and failed that i am feeling what if i fail at this? I haven't told anyone except my dad and on here, mostly for that reason. plus embarrassment that it came to this.  I carry most of my weight in my lower belly and thighs, i have a hard time with walking due to my knees, i was told eventually when i lose the weight off my thighs, i will have to have my right knee replaced for sure as it is just bone on bone now.. and my lower back i have degenerative discs so that affects me.. how do i push myself past that and bare the pain?

Was anyone else scared like this in the start as well? I know it's gonna be a long road, but getting a letter of acceptance is now finally reality. does that make sense?

Any and all info that anyone can pass along either on here or PM i would very much appreciate.

I have to say the office looked a lot tidier and organized yesterday so maybe some progress has been made. I heard the nurse tell the receptionist that she liked a new system implemented.

I am one of the people that waited over 3 years for acceptance into the program. My name sat on a waiting list all that time until the program criteria changed and they accepted higher BMI's.

I am not sure at the start whether you follow their suggestions of not gives you a leg up. I certainly did not find that so and I was following all of them before I even went to orientation thanks to advice of people on here. Certainly compliance does matter but it won't put you at the head of the line. I was also told those of us on the waiting list would be slotted in accordance to where other people with similiar dates would be. Well that's not true as I am in the same progress as people who have only been waiting 1 year. Seems to be no rhyme or reason, and this is something they need to work on. That and all professionals giving same info regarding waits, expectations etc.

I would say don't give up, it will happen. Do everything you can to be stronger and healthier because in the end it will be a help for you. Good Luck!

Karen

Using up my vacation days first... then we will see. Its not a complicated process.