Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a loooooong time, usually around the first couple months of (any) new year. My life's been stuck in a rut for some years now, but it's only in the last few months I've come to see it. Anybody else been reluctant to take a close look at yourself? ugh. I got where I am one step at a time, and I only got here by taking action that led me to this place. Eeww...personal responsibility. The flip side of course is that if I chose the wrong path in the past, I've got everything I need right now to choose a different path. That's what I'm doing today. I mean, I already know I can make choices, I just need to make better ones!
I've been overweight for 20+ years now, morbidly obese for most of that time. I've been hovering around 215-220 for the last year. I can't tie my shoes comfortably, I walk stooped over, I have achy joints, I can't stand up without help if I end up on the floor, and finally this year I was so unbalanced and heavy I had a disaster of a vacation. Absolute humiliation. I was the one who couldn't keep up on our walks. I was the one who couldn't get in and out of the boat we had to take twice a day to and from our 'island paradise.' I was the one who fell - twice - unloading the boat, and then rocked around trying to stand up. It was the worst public humiliation I've ever had. And when I see the pictures...
I've had enough. I'm at the point I don't go out in public, I don't take part in group activities, and I've put off plans to visit family out of state. Not to mention I'm at the age my parents were when they developed serious illnesses and their doctors worry that I'm a prime candidate for getting sick in the next few years. Being morbidly obese won't help.
I'm really nervous, a bit frightened, and optimistic when I remember to think happy thoughts. My thinking has been upside down for so long that turning my brain around feels really creaky. My pattern is I can do anything for 3 days, but that 4th day... PLEASE encourage me to post every day and create permanent, positive change. Thanks!