I got my first appointment set!

So it begins! 22 Sept at 8:30 am! First appointment with the surgeon! Referral went though fast! Now I just have to request a copy of my medical records to be sent to the surgeon. I must be nuts looking at another surgery about a year out from my foot surgery, but I do know that I don't want to have my foot surgery go bad due to my weight so it must be done!

I got on the scale today....not posting it with the weight loss ticker yet because I don't want to jinx myself you could say. So I will update it this weekend.

Today I was busy with taking Jax4kids paper around. Justin help me. It is really nice to get out of the house and do things when it is not to hot.

Well off for now!

Blew the Diet today

I don't know what happen. Stress is what I am sum it up to. I blew all the good eating today kind of....I ate good things today but way to much! So I was tired this afternoon and tonight I have a tummy ache! Ugh. Not going to do this again anytime soon. It seems my body is getting use to eating less and I go and do this? Why did I do it! And I didn't even have my Diet Dr. Pepper!

Vitamin D

Vitamin D ...you would think living in Florida I would have enough of Vitamin D but it seem I am lacking in it! So now I take like 3000 IU everyday right now but I will find out next week if I need more. But to be told if I have enough or not I had to get blood taken last Friday when I went in to talk to my Dr. about the surgery. Just one tube, but the guy who took the one tube must have push though or something because now I have one heck of a bruise! Oh well it will go away over time.

So talked to my Dr. and he was all for it. So I got to thinking back what Dr. there in that office a few years back said no to the ideal is not there any longer! My Dr. said "YES, YES. YES" he said I should do very well with this and he will do anything that needs to be done to have the weight loss surgery!

I have been reading, researching this surgery and know I can do this! My hubby even got some books from the library for me to read and look at about after the surgery and what I can eat. Like I said to him, it is I that have to eat differently, everyone else can join in on the low-fat, carbs etc for just better eating. So he is helping by finding the better recipes LOVE YOU PHIL! You are the best!

♫Its my Birthday and I can cry if I want to!♫

I have made my wish, everyone here should know what it is so I won't say it out loud! My wish will be just a little late getting to me.

Waking up today I got to thinking I hate the middle ages! You know the mid 30's the mid 40's. Turning 45 is what it is I guess.

The last 24 hours or so has been interesting! I got a bunch of info from The Bariatric Surgery Center at Memorial Hospital yesterday in the mail. I sat down at my desk and looked it over. No sooner had I put it up, I got a phone call from Dana there! We talked for a bit about my PCM and getting the referral to be seen with Dr. Cywes. Dana did give me a name of another Dr. if I not happy with my current PCM. I am going on Friday at 8:30am to talk to mine one last time and go from there. I pray that I get the referral. I am so ready for this! I want my new life!

Now today, I get a call from my wonderful Mother-in-law and I told her what I am about to embark on. She told me of my cousin Kim and that she had the Lap-Band surgery! Kim called me and we talked for an hour! It was great. She gave me the good and the bad but she said she would do it all over again! She has had it done 3 years ago and loves it! I have her number and email now I can ask questions of someone who done it.

All and all good few days for information!

Get up and go today...then blew a fuse

Back to school for everyone! I had to take Chris and Kaitlynn to Sandalwood to catch their bus on to their High Schools. For at least this week, I have to get up with them and take them. Today, we all got free Smooties from Smoothie King. YUM! It was a snack right one. So that was breakfast today.

Got home and got Justin up to go get his free Smoothie and asked him to mowed the yard after that. He did and since our weed eater broke, he took the huge clippers and chop down some weeds by the front door. That is when we blew something someplace that I can't find because the clippers hit the cord to the pond by mistake! Ugh. It was SPARKS all over the place for a moment!

But all this got me a moving today and I loved it! Drop the kids off, went to the store for paint for Phil cart and came home help Justin with the yard and spray painted the cart. I just need to have something to get me going I guess.

I think back to summer and when I went to YW Camp, I had to move then too. It was great! I was busy, and had to get up and go. Slept better there in someways on that bunk bed with a blown up mattress then at home in my king size better with hubby. No offense sweetheart, I just think I need to get up and move more to sleep better.

Next week, after payday I will be able to go to the gym. I am going to check out Just Fitness as it is only $10 a month or so they say. I hope I can just make myself go in and work out in front of people.

Weight Loss Ticker

The Weight Loss Ticker

I have a weight loss ticker. I posted it with my goal weight for now. That is 180lbs. As I update it, it will show how much more weight I need to loose! That trail is long, but I know I can do it! The weight loss goal may change and if it does I will update the ticker with the new goal.

The ticker is up on the page now before I have the surgery because I am doing what I can to not eat sugars, carbs etc. You know the stuff that is bad for you. In the pass few days I see I have already loss some weight!

Lots of fruit is in our home now. Seems even Chris is getting into eating the fruit over the sweets...maybe I can get everyone on board!

I want to call

I want to call PCM (my primary Dr.) but payday not till next week. Summers are tough! Pay is not like every two weeks and the closer to school starting the less money we have. To get this ball rolling to have weight loss surgery I need to see my PCM but don't really have the funds till next week. Life of a family with teacher pay. It stinks some days.

Because of the money shortage during the summer I sometimes miss my paycheck from Sawgrass. Don't miss the job at all just the check. I said last night " maybe I can loose the weight to feel better about myself and get a better job" another excuse of not living because of the way I feel.

I remember the days I would get up, get dress, take kids to bus stops and off to work I go. I realize now because I HAD to, it help me move more now I don't HAVE to do as much and that in turn, I feel I can come up with all excuses to not move. It HURTS! Like I said in my last post, I hurt now in places I didn't know I would hurt.

Today, until I can get to the Dr and get this going, I am going to do my best in eating right this week. No more sweets at all! This is after all a lifestyle change and why not do something today right?

My Weight Loss Journey begins!

Tonight I began my LONG trail to end my Morbid Obesity! But before I say what happen tonight I will back up a bit and tell you a little about me.

Hi, I am Judy and I am a Mormon. Yes I figure I would start there. I love being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. I do eat right, don't drink or smoke but I am overweight! I have been for a very long time...I would say like for 16 years now. I have four kids, a husband, three dogs and two cats. I want to keep up with everyone of them, but it is very hard to do anymore. As of right now I weigh in at 344 at 5 ft 10in. YUCK! I turn 45 next week and I am like almost 3 people! I am DONE with being overweight!

For two years now I have debated with Gastric Surgery for weight loss. For the last two weeks, I have found myself hurting in areas that I never would think I would hurt. I can feel myself getting sicker you could say. I have High blood pressure and take meds for that. Lucky that is the only thing that I know is wrong with me.

Tonight I went to a Seminar at Memorial Hospital. http://bariatricsjax.reachlocal.com
For an hour I sat in a room with others that are looking to change their life. Others like me that had children, or looking to have children...even those with grandchildren and overweight. We were all there for the same reason.

So after an hour or so I had the information to get me started. This was not an overnight decision. One that I have come to over time. So I will be going back to my primary doctor and getting that referral for this. I know I will be approve by Tricare and Tricare really don't make you jump though hoops either! I am hoping for the Lap-Band surgery. I will post more about that if it is what the Doctors and I choose.

So stay tune, as this blog will be updated when I get more done, news or anything more relating to this Trail to the End of my being overweight!