Howdy all! My first post!
Hello my name is Jim and I have been reading posts for days and decided to join because this site has such a supportive membership it is heart warming. And support I am going to need!
I am at my heaviest weight in my life, my health is starting to be affected by my weight, there are things I cannot do now and now the doctors who have warned me for years have now put me on BP meds.
I have always been kinda chunky all my life and it never bothered me that much because I was always active. I was the most active fat person you ever saw until the last few years. Now I can hardly climb stairs!
From what I have read on here there are many people who did like I did, KNOW they need to lose weight and try and eat somewhat healthy but never really get serious with it.
Well NOW I really want to get serious about it! I have to because my doctor said I am a prime candidate for a heart attack within 10 years and that scares me because BOTH of my brother-in-laws got the same warning and did nothing about it and now both are dead. One at 43 and the other at 49, both heart attacks right in front of their families! I do not want this to happen to me.
Right now I am going through a LOT of anger and angst because I waited so long before I figured out I better change my eating habits. Right now I have over a 140 pounds to lose to reach my goal.
And right now it feels like a 140 million miles away but I figure better late than never ...right?
I'll probably be mostly reading and asking an occasional question and look forward to participating in this cool forum.
cheers!
--jim--
Last edited by flatiron; 11-29-2008 at 05:32 AM.
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