Hi All
Obviously, I'm new because . . . I'm starting in the introductions thread!
Actually, I signed in here probably two years ago, didn't say much and didn't have the motivation or the "click" in my head to really do anything with my weight (other than wish it away and THAT doesn't work, hard as I tried). I only lasted here a week or so.
This time, I have the motivation and I hope to go all the way to goal - or all the way to healthy (whichever comes first).
A little about me. I'm *ahem* fifty-%*& and would like to lose about 100 pounds. I have been having problems with my knees and feet, which isn't a huge surprise, but the pain got to the point where I went to an orthopedic surgeon who told me that the cartilage is gone or nearly gone in both knees and that they will need to be replaced. He told me that if I'm lucky, I have 10 years with my original knees. Now, I'm thinking that I should've had my feet x-rayed as well. (I have a sneaking suspicion that they have arthritis.) But what he told me has me thinking of how difficult it would be to test out new knees with this much weight.
All the while, I have had a steady stream of Diet Coke running through my system. Soon after the knee diagnosis I had a horrible bout with bronchitis. The days before going to the doctor, I was eating very little but still drinking Diet Coke. One night I woke up coughing, got up to get a drink (of DC, of course), looked at the bottle and felt that if I drank it, it would hit bottom and come right back up. It just suddenly seemed THAT repulsive to me. I took a bottle of water instead.
As I said, I wasn't eating much and once I had all the meds from the doctor, I tried to keep my food intake reduced, thinking if I could be sick and eat less, surely I could survive on less food when I was better. (Imagine that!! LOL)
Sooooo . . . here I am. I have cut back on my food intake and haven't had a single ounce of Diet Coke since mid-June. I have cut out fried foods and fast foods for the most part (meaning that if I eat at McDonald's, I eat a grilled chicked salad). With those small adjustments, I have lost 33 pounds since June. Now, I have to find a way to start exercising with bad knees.
This is long and I appreciate that you've read this far. I said all that I did in the hopes of demonstrating to anyone struggling that they can start with a few simple steps and get quite a distance.
I hope to be a positive addition to the 3FC website forum.
Thank you,
Ms Shapen
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