WOW TIME

This morning I am -200, 50 gone , I can actually wear my jeans instead of 2xl sweats. I am still struggling on what to eat and learning to cook. From books.Last night I cooked a roast in my new slow cooker and it was delicious !! And I didn,t spend the night on the pot!!! I miss my sister she would b proud of me, she passed in August 07,my main problem now is that I am very waek in my legs and arms, I lost my strenth, I have requested old cori Dr.Taylor for supervised phycisal therapy and no answer yet, been 2 weeks, msgs problems my appt is 3/5. I need to be able to do my job,truck driver and now I can't climb in/out of nothing, I have been walking on treadmill but I only have until 3/31 then no insurance or job, I'll b laid off, so my short term disabilty end then too !! Dr.Taylor needs to take care of this, I need paperwork to stay in 1 office, 1 more phone call, thx to everyone who has replied ,

Wow sounds like you have done great.....I hope that you get your strength back soon....I will be thinking about you....

Rebecca, Congratulations on that WOW moment. Now I your to thinking about your strength training, and wondered if you have ever tried using Resistance Bands, they are pretty cheap and actually what they use in physical therapy. Try this forum on OH http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/fitness/cmsID,1805/mode,content/ or this one: http://exercise.about.com/cs/exerciseworkouts/l/blbandworkout.htm Also, did you ask Darci about the excercise? She is good at that too. And I know she returns calls. The only thi I'm home today and tomorrow if you want to call. Jeanne

Sorry, the only thing I wanted to add is that you probably need to avoid abdominal excercises for 6 months. That is crunches, sit ups, etc. Jeanne

Congrats on the 50 pound loss... WTG.... I am 3 months out and still struggling with food and learning to cook again... I will have to pull a roast out of the freezer and make one of those... that sounds delicious..... I hope you get your strength back soon... I wish I could give you some pointers, other than do some strength training...that may help... Good Luck!!! Shawn M.

Thx everyone, I'm a little depressed today, I guess I need to try and get out of my slump.

Good for you! You know, don't pu**** It really took me a while to learn how to eat again. Don't get discouraged - really - it does take a while. Just take it slow. It's like you are a baby learning how to eat for the first time. Take care, Carey