yesterday I plucked up the courage to go and talk to my doctor. Prior to now I've mentioned my weight to my psychiatrist who has said it's normal to put weight on with my meds. The more I've convinced myself that I still have the ability to eat a chocolate bar Aand not put any weight on, like when I was younger, the more i've put the weight on. The times I've thought 'Well I'll eat what I want now because it's my birthday, or my sister's birthday, or christmas or easter . . . . . . there's always the exception that I can fool myself with, "When this day is over I'll stop." must have been in my head so many times, I always manage to concoct an excuse. Now I have to stop, I hate not being able to eat what I want, but i'm now just over the 'obese' category and into the 'clinically obese' time to wake up. I cried on the scales, no wonder I find it hard to keep up with the children.
My doctor has put me onto orlistat, it will make my stomach so that it doesn;t want to absorb fat, instead it will come out of my bowel as the same fat it went in as. Very good motivation to not cheat, eat right or get the shits.
Weight thursday 96kg, BMI 36, weight to lose . lots.
today (Friaday) eaten :
salad with some little new potatoes, balsamic vinegar sprinkle instead of anything oily.
Jelly and pineapple.
bowl (rather a large one) of porridge with a tea spoon of golden syrup , no milk , made with water and a pinch of salt - i love it and it filled my tummy for my danger time which is mid evening.
2 coffees and some apple squash
I'm not hungry and no reaction to the orlistat yet.
rather pleased with myself , not a bad day.
Hi Dawniy.
ReplyDeleteGreat news that you are acting on this, and I'm feeling inspired and humbled at the same time. I'll be cruising right along with you. We need a prompt to remind us every day that it still matters. That's the problem for me too, just like you. All those excuses resonate with me!
Watch out for your vitamin and mineral intake .... all the fat soluble ones, especially vitamin D and calcium. It's a great idea to get a book and find foods that contain high amounts of them that do not go with fat.
I think it is essential (what with the way our food is grown and the depletion of the minerals in the land, even organically farmed land) to take a supplement now-a-days. I used to think they were a con. However, from some stuff I've read I'm really convinced now that we WILL be malnourished if we don't. Apparently a lot of our modern illnesses are to do with malnourishment ... in a country with unlimited food!
Hi hun, hope its o.k to pop in say hello :0)
ReplyDeleteGood for you, sounds likd a good start, I'm here if you need to let off steam just mail me!
yes it's fine for you to pop in , anyone can , it's quite tame yet, should be good reading in about 2 weeks when i'm tearing my hair out lol
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