Ok so I'm a blog newbie and a Duromine OR Metermine (as the case may be) newbie but I'm excited about the opportunity to turn my life around- so lets roll 
So the story so far is I am currently 133 kgs and 5 ft 11 soooo i put the OBESE in obese- Yay me. I was an emotional eater as a child and it took many years for me to learn not to eat my feelings. Up until the age off 22, when i gave birth to my beautiful almost 5 year old boy, i had always kept my weight under 100 kgs- not much under mind you, but under. Post pregnancy i craved alot of sugary foods that had previously repulsed me and i think i started eating for comfort again.. It makes me cry to think that in the few photos i allowed to be captured of me with my son i have forever marred the beauty of the shot. If a photo is a resplendent memory you want to capture and keep forever, it shouldn't be painful to look at.
The plus side (and yes, i prefer to believe there is one) is that last year i actually weighed 144 kgs and due to a diet change that saw me replacing the massive amounts of soda i was consuming with 1-2 litres of water a day (i would love to say its always two but well then i would be telling porkies lol) reducing the amount of food i was eating of a night and forcing myself to eat a small breakfast to 'kick start' my metabolism i have managed to lose 11 kgs.
As i am still the size of a small Mack truck, i am not entirely happy with a 1 kg a month loss, though it does help to encourage me against the possibility of my putting any weight loss back on immediately after i cease taking the medication as i have heard is often the case.
6 days ago i had my gall bladder removed via laparoscopic surgery.. if nothing else i look at the entire experience as a wake up call, it prompted me to go and speak to a doctor about the options available to me, while i've always been aware of my weight problem, until it started to directly affect my family, I'm sad to say I didn't care enough to address the problem.
Tomorrow at 5am i will start my first monthly script of 40mg tablets.. I am hoping against hope that i can lose, well some part of the 60 odd kgs, that is the ultimate goal. As unattainable as that goal may seem presently.
So there you have it.
I look forward to blogging about my many many achievements and very few setbacks- think positive yea woooooo saaaaaaah.
Start weight- 133kg
Start Date- 13th June 2013
Wish me luck I'm going to need it
So the story so far is I am currently 133 kgs and 5 ft 11 soooo i put the OBESE in obese- Yay me. I was an emotional eater as a child and it took many years for me to learn not to eat my feelings. Up until the age off 22, when i gave birth to my beautiful almost 5 year old boy, i had always kept my weight under 100 kgs- not much under mind you, but under. Post pregnancy i craved alot of sugary foods that had previously repulsed me and i think i started eating for comfort again.. It makes me cry to think that in the few photos i allowed to be captured of me with my son i have forever marred the beauty of the shot. If a photo is a resplendent memory you want to capture and keep forever, it shouldn't be painful to look at.
The plus side (and yes, i prefer to believe there is one) is that last year i actually weighed 144 kgs and due to a diet change that saw me replacing the massive amounts of soda i was consuming with 1-2 litres of water a day (i would love to say its always two but well then i would be telling porkies lol) reducing the amount of food i was eating of a night and forcing myself to eat a small breakfast to 'kick start' my metabolism i have managed to lose 11 kgs.
As i am still the size of a small Mack truck, i am not entirely happy with a 1 kg a month loss, though it does help to encourage me against the possibility of my putting any weight loss back on immediately after i cease taking the medication as i have heard is often the case.
6 days ago i had my gall bladder removed via laparoscopic surgery.. if nothing else i look at the entire experience as a wake up call, it prompted me to go and speak to a doctor about the options available to me, while i've always been aware of my weight problem, until it started to directly affect my family, I'm sad to say I didn't care enough to address the problem.
Tomorrow at 5am i will start my first monthly script of 40mg tablets.. I am hoping against hope that i can lose, well some part of the 60 odd kgs, that is the ultimate goal. As unattainable as that goal may seem presently.
So there you have it.
I look forward to blogging about my many many achievements and very few setbacks- think positive yea woooooo saaaaaaah.
Start weight- 133kg
Start Date- 13th June 2013
Wish me luck I'm going to need it
