Consultation

Charlie and I went for our weight loss surgery consult today. We got a lot of information, I have made a decision about which surgery to have. I am going to do the bypass. I have a lot of trouble with acid reflux and the bypass helps with making that go away. He told us that we have to do a psych eval, a nutrition eval, an EGD and then work with the weight loss program through my work for 6 months and then we can have the surgery. We are looking at having it done in about March or April of 2013. What a great birthday present for my birthday in May!

Tomorrow we are picking up a treadmill from my parents house so we can use it at our place. I am excited because I have had results before from walking on the treadmill.

I have some fears. The fears are mainly about the pain, something happening to me or Charlie during surgery. I'm not overly concerned with not being able to eat what I want because I don't eat really bad as it is. My main eating problem is portion control. I also have a problem with habitual eating, what I mean is that I eat because I had a good day, I eat because I had a bad day, I eat to celebrate, I eat to mourn. I can find a way to eat because of any reason.

I speak with the nutritionist from my work program on Friday. Charlie has an appt with them on the 9th of October. They will work with us on all aspects of nutrition for before and after the surgery. It's kind of funny cause my mom is a retired dietician and you would think I would know how to eat properly. I need to learn portion control. I can't keep going to McDonald's and ordering a number whatever large size with two or three extra things on the side.

So for all of you that are wondering, here is a photo of me from last night. This is what I look like under all the clothes. Scary huh! Well hopefully in a year and a half I will be less of a woman, well less of a physical woman, with more knowledge than today!!!