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Thanks
Stephie
SEPT 27, 2008 UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FOR MORE INFO GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGE
http://walkfromobesity.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ieve nt=277935
Maybe we can all get together again sometime soon. (((HUGS)))
My first recollection of being obese and recognizing it...I've always been fat. I remember being a little girl in dance class but was so much larger than the other girls. I don't really know any other way of life than to be the fat girl.
I was embarrassed by my weight in a million ways: riding roller coasters at Carowinds (where I actually worked as a teenager), cruel teasing of the boys when I was the "heavy" cheerleader in high school, putting on a seat belt and having a roll of fat pop out over the belt, being unable to cross my legs, knowing I weighed more than my husband...I developed diversions to hide some embarrassment, wore shirts I could balloon over seatbelts, quit going to Carowinds, and cried a lot
I want to achieve...a healthy body. I have a 10 y/o who will need a kidney transplant in the near future and I want to be able to donate if I'm a match. I don't want being fat to keep my child from living.
Successes afraid to share... I'm pretty open so my husband hears them all!
I've only lost 5 more pounds in the last year. It's so disappointing, but I have only myself to blame.
I'm making a vow to myself to get back on the horse. I'm starting with Eggface's protein ice cream to satisfy that dang sweet tooth of mine. I'm always protein deficient anyway, so this might help.
Even as hot as it is down here, I'm going to vow to go out and walk every morning. If I miss a morning, I have to make myself do it after dinner.
Take it a day at a time, but do stay in the routine with the surgeons office. My PCP does my labs, but she isn't that well versed in reading and interpreting all the numbers. I have to do my own research.
Good Luck!!
Tink
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS:
WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECOLLECTION OF YOUR BEING OBESE AND RECOGNIZING IT........ When I turned 50. My health started to go berserk.
WHAT EMBARRASED YOU ABOUT BEING OVERWEIGHT AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIDE IT ? I hid it behind layers of lose fitting clothing. Down here in SC, it is totally miserable in the summer, but I did NOT take off any of the layers, even if I was dying.
WHAT RIGHT NOW,,,, ARE YOUR WANTS TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WLS JOURNEY.........
I want to jump start my losing again and regain my love of summer. I haven't reached goal yet and I will be 2 years Oct 6. Very disappointed in myself. I seem to have the same metabolic problems I had pre op and I want to stop the cycle NOW. So far blood sugars are 109 - 112 but I want them lower. Need to cut the crap out of my diet. More protein, complex carbs, less simple carbs.
TELL ME WHAT YOUR BIGGEST SUCCESS IN YOUR JOURNEY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO SHARE BECAUSE YOU WERE SCARED......
I don't have any I have been afraid to share. But my biggest to me is the ability to cross my legs again, and put the cane in the closet.
Looking forward to seeing other responses. I need incentive folks!! LOL
Tink
It's great being around the college crowd. Will keep you young for sure.
My son is assistant libary director at a private college and he loves it.
Good luck with the new job.
Tink
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