it's been a while

[capnzebbie]

Holy cow! Someone just linked to my LJ! I guess I should post something. I didn't realize it had been so long. I've been a little busy working overtime and making life-changing decisions.

I decided to cancel my gastric bypass. I've managed to snap out of the state of extreme panic I've been in for the past few months. When I started thinking about having the surgery, I had just had three things happen with my health at about the same time, and it completely freaked me out. I now realize, though, that I don't really have a bunch of new things wrong with me; I've just started dealing with the things that have been wrong with me for a while. I also realized that it is not a good thing to make a decision about major, life-changing surgery from a place of fear. So, I'm giving low-carb and exercise another try.

My family supports my decision. Of course, they supported the decision to have surgery also. Whatever choices I make they're all pretty cool with. They're just happier about supporting my decision to not have the surgery.

It's weird, though. One of my co-workers is upset with me for canceling. She applied to have the surgery and was turned down because she isn't unhealthy enough for it. Now she acts like I won the lottery and turned down the prize. And here I'm envying her a little for having options. Oh well.

I'll try to be more dedicated about posting in the future.

Comments

[dominik.livejournal.com]

Your family is cool! Yes, it's your decision, and I'm sure you know what's best for you yourself!! Your co-worker is jealous, it seems. Good luck.. have you decided what kind of low-carb you will try?

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

My family is pretty cool, thanks! I think I'll just be doing low-carb whatever diet. Atkins, South Beach, Protein Power, they're all pretty much the same except some allow more carbs than others. I saw on your LJ that one of your friends has had good success on Atkins. That's the last one I did where I lost weight; I lost about 65 pounds, which was really great. Then I quit smoking and gained 50 pounds, which wasn't so great. That was a couple of years ago. Now that I'm all adjusted to being a non-smoker, I think I'm ready to go for the weight loss again. If I can quit smoking after twenty years, surely I can do this. I'm grateful for any positive vibes sent my way!

[dominik.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely!! All positive vibes coming your way! :)

There is a definite connection between smoking and the reasons for weight gain when one stops smoking. I think I've read details on healthrecovery.com. Basically, smoking aggravates your hypoglycemic reaction and therefore, when you quit, the hypoglycemia is still there and leads to a vicious circle of eating the wrong carbs.

But hooray!! to quitting smoking!! :) It proves that you can do ANYTHING you want!

I am all for lower carb/right carb plans myself, since that is how I lost all excessive weight (can be found in my memories). My only recommendation is to find a plan that's easy for you to do and that allows you to eat when you're hungry. Best of luck! Spring is a great time to do this!