spurrell1964
September 26th 2013 . . Hello and Welcome,
I have decided between here and my Fitness Pal I could keep track of not only my food intake but my emotion intake. I consider that part and parcel with my behaviors included.
A little about how I ended up here.
In the first of the year I visited my GP and requested that she send a referral to the Weight Wise program in Calgary . I started the program in March and completed in June. I loved the classes, meeting people like minded & like bodied as myself. It was a haven of understanding, of being told that I was not a failure . For the first time I understood, hunters gatherers etc. It made sense . . wow
Sooo I waited , continue to attend the monthly classes. I still never heard a word. I had decided I was not putting all my eggs in one basket . .
I decided that if I had not heard from the WW clinic that I would find an alternative. I did plenty of research and discovered that I could have the surgery done in Mexico.
I am now booked for surgery on November 7th 2013 in Tijuana Mx. I am so excited , scared, excited scared . . lol
I feel so many emotions at this moment that its hard to decipher between them all.
I start my pre-op diet on Oct 14th and am feeling confident about doing it. I have done a protein diet years ago and it worked quiet well for me as It took all the work out of figuring out what I was going to eat.
I will close for now but will update when I have something interesting to write about how things are going for me. :)
Lori
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February 11th:
Hello and a belated HNY to all. I decided that I should update my profile here. As I stated here Sept I was booked for surgery in November 2013. I was ready, protien shakes bought, cupboards cleaned out of anything bad. I was pumped .
Then. . . on Oct 9 I had tremendous chest pain. It was determined that I had a blood clot in my left lung . I spent 9 days in the hospital and came home a very angry bitter mean person. I spent days wondering why?? why when I was so close, why did I deserve this. . why why why !!!
I was so close , within weeks of surgery.
After a certain time I pulled my head out of my ass and started again. I decided that while I was having to wait to be cleared for surgery I would get the ball rolling. I started using the South Beach plan. I had to do somehting, start somewhere. I needed to be real and take the time to see how and why things had happened. I am grateful that it happened here and not while on the operating table.
I am scheduled to have a complete work up on the 25th of this month and if I am cleared and the doctor in Mx is satisfied by my scans, ekg, blood etc then I can book once again * very big freaking smile*
I will close for now and look forward to keeping my blog up to date.
Lori