Starting the Journey

Jun 08, 2009

I had my first appointment with the psychologist last week.  I was actually surprised how easy it was to talk with him.  I had thought it would be difficult to open up to a complete stranger, but actually it was a lot easier than I thought. 

Today I went in and took the psych test.  Those were interesting.  I found it difficult to answer the True and False questions because sometimes a lot of my feelings are so situational.  I feel anxious in new places with new people but I am fine around people I know.  it is hard to explain, but hopefully the results don't show I am "too" crazy. 

I go in next week for my second visit with doctor to go over the test results.  I think I want to continue seeing a therapist.  I have thought about seeing someone for several years, but had never taken the steps.  I am going to ask this doctor if he will continue seeing me or suggest another therapist. 

I realize so that WLS will not fix my head issues and I think that this is something I need to address along with the pyhsical part.  I want to be successful at this and am willing to do whatever I can to do so. 

I have gained so much good information from the website and plan to use all of this in my journey.  I took at look at the dailyplate.com and it looks like a really good tool to track my caloric intake.  It seems pretty easy to use.  I plan on starting to use it prior to my surgery because I want to modify the way I am eating prior to surgery.  

I think this will help me get into the habit of eating 3 times a day because i know I need to do develop this habit especially after surgery.

Baby steps........

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