Teena D.
Obsessed! (Yeah right!)
Apr 28, 2009
Okay, what does this word obsessed really mean? Could someone please tell me b/c I'm tired of hearing it!Let me start from the beginning;
I now walk 11 miles 4:00 in the morning! I brought 5 lb wrist weights that I wear while I walk ($9.97 at Wal-mart)! Someone told me they will help with the hanging skin on my arms, I don't know b/c I just started doing it 2 days ago! I can tell you that it hurts like hell!! My arms are so sore! But then again so is my stomach. The weights do help me swing my arms while I walk so I know they are helping my waist! My daughter has an intern that she has to be at 8:00 am so we decided to start going at 4:00 am! It's easy, I just make sure I am in the bed by 9:00 pm, so I still get 7 hours worth of sleep! (It's compromise to do something that is really important to me!)
I can't believe I walk 11 miles! I told her that I wasn't going to add on anymore, 11 is enough! Why 11? Well we mapped out a path, I can't walk around a track, I'm lazy, so I have to walk away from home and then I don't have a choice but to either walk back or hitch-hike!! LOL! When we measured out this path, we liked it b/c it is up and down hills and you walk through a park, as well as through a busy street, then it is calming b/c you walk past a pond, (we also walk past 2 different hospitals!! LOL) It just happened to be 11 miles, we were going for 10, but oh well!
It feels so good! After the first 6 miles I call my husband and he meets us at the end of the road and walk the last 5 miles with us! It takes us 1hour 30 minutes to walk the first 6 miles and then about an hour for the last 5. The last five doesn't have as many hills as the first 6! We leave at 4:10 and we are done by 6:30-6:40! Some days I feel like I am going to die and other days it feels wonderful, but everyday I feel great when I finish and look back on what I accomplished!
Anyway, I went home to Delaware, and everyone was telling me how great and in shape I looked. They said it was like I turned 43 and instead of getting older, I was looking younger! Why couldn't they leave it at that?! Once I told them what I was doing the overwhelming response was......do you think you are getting obsessed with this weight and exercise thing!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!
Look my loving OH family, let me let you in on a little secret, as you know I am 5'11 and 1/2" when I first decided to have this surgery I weighed 260. The Dr. told me that I wasn't obeese, overweight but not obeese, and the insurance wouldn't pay for the surgery, so I told him to make me an appointment for a month! The appointment was for 1 month 14 days later! In that time I went from 260 to 315! I did everything I could to gain weight so the insurance would pay for the surgery and it worked! (God knows it was fun too!!) My point is not one person pulled me aside and said Teena you are really gaining weight, is something wrong? Or don't you think you are eating too much? NO! But now that I want to take care of me I'm OBSESSED! Excuse my language, but you Damn Right I am!
Come on now! Get for real! After I had the surgery and paid all the money, went to all the appointments, the psycho, the nutritionist, everybody, I went from 315 pounds to 192 pounds! But what happened, I gained some of it back! all the way back up to 215! Was I Obsessed then! No one said a Damn thing! What, can you only comment when I'm doing bad! And please stop telling me that I don't need to lose anymore! Remember you are the same people that told me that I didn't need to have the surgery in the first place! Having me breathing all hard and looking like a fat-faced fool!
As you can see this really pisses me off! The bottom line is you have to be happy for yourself! Whatever makes you happy then so be it and if the world doesn't like it then fine......DON'T LOOK AT ME!!! Call me OBSESSED...... I'll answer!!!!
Love you all,
Teena
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About Me
Charlotte, NC
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27.1
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Surgery
06/05/2006
Surgery Date
May 03, 2006
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