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My Journey Begins

I have been thinking of having weight loss surgery for some time now. And that is as far as it went. Thinking aboiut it. For years and years my weight has gone up and up with out me really thinking anything about it or acknowledging it. Well, here I am at 41 years old and more then morbidly obese. I am ashamed of how I look and feel knowing that I put myself into the situation I am in. I know that if I don't do something about it I could die and I am way to young for that to happen. I have two wonderful children that are teenagers and I want to see them grow into adults and have children of there own. There's so much in life I still want to see and enjoy. I took the first step about a month ago by talking to my doctor about how I feel about my health and weight issues. She and I talked about surgery and placed the call to Dr. English in Marquette Michigan. With in a few days the office contacted me and sent an information package in the mail. I admit it took a while to mail the package back to them. I wanted to be sure I had learned much more before taking the next step. On March 21st, I attended the conference where I learned much more and made the decision to mail the filled out forms back to Dr. English's office. Next step, make appointments for psych exam and so forth. One step at a time , baby steps.. and I will succeed!
AnnMarie49930

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Keep On Keeping On

I'm on day two of no smoking. I knew it wouuld be hard but oddly enough, i'm doing very well. I haven't strangled anyone yet..lol My daughter did say I'm a little bitchy but to me, I earned that right. I have been watching what I eat. Been cutting back BIG time on the carbs ( I love bread.. it's a comfort thing to me). Brings back memories of my Gram baking and the smell of freshly baked bread wafting through the air and those fluffy loaves just sitting there with the steam floating up ... Okay, I need to stop this..LOL Ice cold grapes and oranges have become my best friends. I don't mind. I know i'm doing all this to better my health. Something I need to do. Today was a day of phone calls. I called my insurance company to ask them a million and one questions. I did find out that my entire surgery is covered! As is my appointment for the psych evaluation. I called to schedule an appointment for the psych evaluation, I was told they will call me within the next few days to schedule that. I called the surgeons office to see what to do next. The need to receive some paper work that I sent in before they can do anything more. They did tell me that my insurance was approved though! So that is great news!!!!
AnnMarie49930

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Up To The Next Step

For a woman that had so little self esteem and self confidence making small changes that are much needed are surprisingly not that hard (yet). For the past week I have watched what I eat and try not to over eat. When I used to pig out and even when full, still eat (at times until I was physically sick). Learning to say to myself "Okay, i'm done" is one of the hardest things for me. I have to say that I am proud of myself for finally taking control over so many aspects of my life. My boyfriend of 10 years also surprised me. Not only am I joining the wold of weight loss I am also giving up a vice I have had for 21 years. Cigarettes. John said to me the other night while we were eating dinner that he is proud of me. It brought tears to my eyes. On another note, I got the call about my psych evaluation. It's scheduled for June 15th at noon. On to step three. Step one being making the choice to make changes. Step two. the seminar. Step three, the psych evaluation.
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