Hey Everyone,
I hope this post finds everyone well and excited! like me!
Friday I had an appointment for assesment at the Melrose Institute. They are a clinic through my network, they do eating disorders treatment and they have an obesity program...
I got great feedback that what I am doing now is working great! I've been doing WW on my own and exercising.. and the progress is right on track.
I am going to start seeing a psychologist there next week, to keep me on track and in the right mind set and NOT become a crazy obsessive freak... and I'm hoping to sign up for their one year program that is NOT covered by insurance. It includes assesments with a Registered Dietiican, Physical Therapist, Fitness Specialist and Occupational Thereapist. as well as 6 follow up appointments that you can use with them as you choose. It also includes 6 classes (things like fitness, nutrition etc) and then you get a health care cordinator and what not... So far i really like the staff there...
They have another program option that includes 28 group sessions, but its a bit out of my price range (like more than twice what the other one is and about a months income for me) and i dont know that i have that much time with work and my family
What i am SO excited about is their scale. They have one of those super duper amazing Scales that tells you your weight, BMI, and non fat mass as well as H20 content... (everything but your fortune)
All my life people have been telling me my target weight should be around 140... Yet i learned friday that my NON FAT MASS, meaning bones, muscles and organs... Weigh 161 on their own...
To be at 26% body fat, i need to lose 60-70 more lbs... which puts me at 240-250... This was the goal i originally saw as attainable for myself... and it feels great to know that that is where my body should be in a healthy place...
Its so empowering to have a realistic look at my numbers and my body type and know where my healthy goal point is!!!!
Those numbers they throw at you off of generic charts can be a scarya nd discouraging thing... It makes me sad to think about how much they can contribute to low self esteem, or eating disorders...
Right now, today, i am excited for this journey... And i am excited to have a more realistic road map!