Are you kidding me??

MORBID OBESITY.  Wait, did I just read that right? M-O-R-B-I-D O-B-E-S-I-T-Y. Yup, sure did!! WOW is all I got right now. Sure I went in to see her to get a referral for a complex weight loss surgery, but really, morbid obesity? WOW!

This is how I felt about a week ago, when I went to see my doctor about getting a referral for a complex weight loss surgery I was seriously considering called the Duodenal Switch. In fact, I was traveling all the way to New Jersey, from my Virginia home to speak with a doctor up that way because only few doctors in the U.S. perform this surgery. Yes, there is one that is closer here to me however, he wanted the out of network costs up front and they would pay us back months later....um that's like $12K, and with me being a stay at home mom and living on one income, that just wasn't possible. My husband and I knew it was going to cost about $2K and we had budgeted for it....but not $12K! Anyways, to make a long story short,  couldn't afford the one here and the one in New Jersey actually does the procedure a little differently and it would have been a longer recovery time for me....which I didn't have that time because I have 3 small children that still need their mommy every single day to watch over them.

So, after disappointment and serious talks with my wonderful husband, who said it was fully my decision and he would support me either way, I decided that I just didn't want to go through the hard recovery and be away from children for over a week!

So, my family and I came home and started a new week of normalcy. However, it didn't take long for my normalcy to come to a halt. My doctors office called that Monday afternoon with my blood work results that I had gotten taken before I left....type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, low vitamin D deficiency, etc etc etc.....

So, now what? Now what can I do to be a healthier me?? I have tried every diet in the book, I have taken OTC weight loss pills, I have take prescription diet pills, I have had several gym memberships, and on and on and on. What can I do to be able to live a long healthy life so that my children will have their Mommy in their lives for a long while? Then it hits me....just  like it should have a LONG time ago...I need to make a lifestyle change....I need to do this on my own now. No gimmicks, no games, no diets....the new me! So I did join Weight Watchers to at least get me started on what are good things and healthier things to start eating and how much I should take in instead of just heaping a plate full of things. Also, we are considering getting an elliptical machine and already have a treadmill that I am working on. I'm taking it slow, my new motto is it took me 32 years to put the weight on....its not going to take me 1 day to take it off....so i have to work....So with all this being said I welcome you to my "Trials and Tribulations of Becoming a New Me!" and I hope to give you inspiration and courage to help you along the way too!! Happy Reading!