Brenda1221's Journal, 07 March 2014

Today I am 17 days post-op and feeling better and better each day. As promised I am going to talk a little about my surgical decision and my year long journey to actually having the surgery. I went to the doctor for my annual blood work as I have hypertension, high cholesterol, anxiety and depression, GERD, stomach ulcers and Lactose intolerance. During this visit two things happen that made me re-think the way I have been living my life. 1st the nursed weighed me and I was over the 200lb mark in fact I weighed in at 206.6 I am 5'3" tall with a small body frame. This was my heaviest weight. The Pièce de résistance of this medical session was that I found out that I am borderline Diabetic. I went home feeling like I had been hit in the head with a heavy dose of reality. My thoughts were that if I don’t get this lifelong weight struggle under control I am not going to be around to boss my family around much longer. My next thought was that I need to exercise more. I have lost weight many times over the years but always managed to gain it back more quickly than I lost it and always with a few more pounds than before. So after talking with my daughter we decided that the P-90X would be a great way to start. So I purchased the box set with everything in it and was super excited when UPS delivered it. For about two solid weeks we diligently followed Tony Horton and his host of guest workout friends. I was in school working on my Law Degree at the time and the 45min workouts were eating into my study time. Needless to say that fell by the waist side after about 3 and 1/2 weeks. My next step was to join the Gym but I had to be very picky, I wanted a gym with a hot tub, steam room and a pool that was open 24 hours so I could go whenever I wish. I found one that was a 30 min drive from my home. For the next 3 months my son, my nephew, my daughter and I diligently went to the gym every other day. I loved every min of working out but again my studies were suffering and after each work out we would stop at the grocery store and by healthy meals but would eat them late at night after a night of working out sitting in the steam room and the hot tub. School and family obligations started to require me to miss workouts and soon a month then two months had passed and I had not been to the gym. I was sitting at work one day and I looked at my trash can next to my desk and notice soda cans, potato chip bags and the little cereal boxes. I look at the clock it was 11 am and I had not had lunch yet. That was the day I vowed that change was going to come.. Permanent change was going to come ….
Stay tuned for the continuation

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415 kcal

Fat: 4.23g | Prot: 29.36g | Carb: 74.06g.   Breakfast: Zija Meal Replacement Shake, Musselman's Original Apple Sauce. Lunch: Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein - Vanilla Chai Tea. Snacks/Other: Apples. more...

2611 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 6 hours, Desk Work - 10 hours. more...