Hello all,
Ok so I have had a wake-up call. I am 37 years old and have been overweight (actually and just told) my entire life. I do not know what it feels like to be slender and to eat mostly healthy as part of a lifestyle. I have been married to my DH for 13 years (together for 15) and have an awesome 3 year old boy and a daughter who should be 5 (she died at birth)
In March I was feeling really cruddy and I knew that my blood sugars where high and that my liver was not happy. After going for a full work-up on blood work and ultrasound (I hadn't had blood work done for 3 years) My results came back that I am "borderline diabetic" high HDL, low LDL and high Cholesterol and although my liver is functioning ok it is fatty.
I have been in this situation before when I was diagnosed with PCOS in 12 years ago and at that time my main focus was getting pregnant. Anyway I was not ready to change my life style completely and did some stuff kicking and screaming. I went into denial until the beginning of 2005 when I knew I needed to overhaul my life. I started eating healthy and eating breakfast every day and exercising, lost about 25 lbs and ended up getting pregnant. After I had my daughter and lost her in 2006 my PCOS was chemically gone and I was dedicated to my health again. I trained and ran a 5km run in the charity run my daughter was the honouree for while 9 weeks pregnant with my son. I was healthy throughout my pregnancy but still gained some weight. Well after having my son I just put my health on the back burner and developed depression again. For 3 years I ate pretty much whatever crappy food I wanted a nd sometimes eating multiple desserts a day. I had wicked sugar cravings and low energy. I stopped exercising and ended up getting up to about 260 at my highest weight.
I was afraid to go to the dr.s because I was worried about what I had done to my body. However I am glad I did. Seeing my blood results and knowing that I am in the edge of disease was a huge wake-up call. I know that I have the power to affect my health. I want to be alive and healthy for my son. I don't want him to worry about his mother having diabetes like I do about my mom. I don't want him to have weight/health issues when he is an adult like his father and I do. My DH is 320 lbs and healthy but I am worried it is just a matter of time.
Anyway if you have read this far, thank you
I am currently seeing a spiritual nutritionist and right now following "A smart women's guide to weight loss" by Lorna Vaderhaeghe. It is a lower card plan with the first 3 days being quite low carb. It is also all about healthy foods, no processed foods, no artificial sweeteners, etc. I am also taking supplements that are supposed to help aid with balancing my hormones. I am trying to exercise daily and some days I do great and some not so great, I find it challenging trying to find my own time to workout now that I have a 3 year old.
Ok that is enough for this post. Sorry so long. Thanks for the support!
Hello from Toronto!
