A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

[Day 5]

So I've taken my first step here in MA by attending an information seminar on weight loss surgery. Next I will start six months of Doctor supervised weight loss before my insurance can approve a date. When I start to feel discouraged by the long road ahead I remind myself of that thousand miles saying and I feel a little better. At least I've begun the journey, right?

[reverie 49]

Correct; at least you've started the process. Six months may seem like awhile but it really does fly by. Just remember your goal in the end.

[brraaainnss 0]

Not to be cliche, but you gotta walk before you run.

You can't continue on your journey if you don't step on the path.

Um... it's a slippery slope and you can't force a horse to drink?

[Day 5]

Not to be cliche, but you gotta walk before you run.

You can't continue on your journey if you don't step on the path.

Um... it's a slippery slope and you can't force a horse to drink?

:biggrin:

True, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and I'd buy that for a dollar.

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[honk 780]

Hi. Do you mind sharing which hospital you are using? I went through Lahey with Dr. Brams. I am 2 weeks and one day out; and things have been going really well. Due to another health issue it ended up taking me 8.5 months to have surgery. I am not a patient waiter. One thing to keep in mind is the more weight you loose up front; possibly the lower weight you will end up with at goal. I ended up loosing about 52 pounds from my first consult to surgery. Most doctors require you to loose weight before the surgery mine said 30 pounds.

The way I look at it is that I have lost weight in the past (more than 100 pounds 3 times) but gained it back. This time I am going to loose it and keep it off. I actually started exercising (hour of cardio 7 days a week) and semi watching what I ate in November 2008 and am now down 94 pounds.

One thing to consider is to find an exercise you feel comfortable doing. The more often you exercise the more it becomes a habit. I have knee problems so my Ortho told me to consider swimming. Due to Clorine allergies I always hated swimming.

Well I got a snorkle (covers eyes and nose); and a Water proof MP3 player. Makes swimming so much nicer. Helps pass the time. Even with the individual TV's at the gym I would rather swim than do the cardio machines. If you can only do 15 minutes that's fine consider it 15 more minutes of exercise than you used to get. Exercise does'nt have to be epic it just needs to be something you can sustain.

And I don't know if it's because I was so fat that I actually get a lot of support from people at the gym. I think they are astounded that I exercise every day. I even had someone stop me at a store one time and said they recognized me from the gym and wanted to congratulate me on my weight loss.