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<blockquote data-quote="Janice2209" data-source="post: 673723" data-attributes="member: 128605"><p>Thank you Jack, as you say the knowing and doing are separate things, which is where all the head stuff comes in. I rarely eat rubbish and am a very good cook, with a meal cooked from scratch most evenings. I will listen to the link.</p><p></p><p>I was 104kg 8 years ago and working on it after finally packing in the job with extensive travel and stress. I really thought I was getting somewhere and thoroughly enjoying the gym workouts. 75kg was a realistic possibility in six months. Then the stupid boy drove too fast around a wet corner, lost control and hit a lorry. Thank goodness it was a lorry and not a family car. Dan was the only fatal casualty and nobody else had any physical injuries but I'm not sure how long the lorry driver was off work and whether he ever went back. Dan was my husband's 23 year old son and my much loved stepson. </p><p></p><p>I was already very obese at 104kg and on the roller coaster of weight loss and regain but the loss of Dan and the fallout in every aspect of our lives has been overwhelming. I've had a net gain of 31kg since then, with the roller coaster giving me shorter rides. I have to find some way off this roller coaster before it kills me. Bariatric surgery is one option, the other is diet and exercise with mental health support. I'm still waiting for the first consult with mental heath even though I was referred in July.</p><p></p><p>I took my six year old grandson to stay with my son's family in Surrey for half term. We went to LEGOLAND. I managed to avoid all the rides but we got separated and I queued for 40 minutes with Jackson for the helicopter ride and then found I could not fit into it. It wasn't that it was uncomfortable, I literally could not put one knee close enough to the other knee to fit in. Fortunately my son appeared at that point and was able vault the fence and swap with me. </p><p></p><p>I realise that bariatric surgery is not a magic bullet and a gastric bypass will only get you down to the middle of the obese range through not physically being able to eat. After that hopefully I will have established a healthy eating and exercise regime I can live with. I realise that this is not an easy route but I have to do something.</p><p></p><p>Pipp, how much weight have you lost?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janice2209, post: 673723, member: 128605"] Thank you Jack, as you say the knowing and doing are separate things, which is where all the head stuff comes in. I rarely eat rubbish and am a very good cook, with a meal cooked from scratch most evenings. I will listen to the link. I was 104kg 8 years ago and working on it after finally packing in the job with extensive travel and stress. I really thought I was getting somewhere and thoroughly enjoying the gym workouts. 75kg was a realistic possibility in six months. Then the stupid boy drove too fast around a wet corner, lost control and hit a lorry. Thank goodness it was a lorry and not a family car. Dan was the only fatal casualty and nobody else had any physical injuries but I'm not sure how long the lorry driver was off work and whether he ever went back. Dan was my husband's 23 year old son and my much loved stepson. I was already very obese at 104kg and on the roller coaster of weight loss and regain but the loss of Dan and the fallout in every aspect of our lives has been overwhelming. I've had a net gain of 31kg since then, with the roller coaster giving me shorter rides. I have to find some way off this roller coaster before it kills me. Bariatric surgery is one option, the other is diet and exercise with mental health support. I'm still waiting for the first consult with mental heath even though I was referred in July. I took my six year old grandson to stay with my son's family in Surrey for half term. We went to LEGOLAND. I managed to avoid all the rides but we got separated and I queued for 40 minutes with Jackson for the helicopter ride and then found I could not fit into it. It wasn't that it was uncomfortable, I literally could not put one knee close enough to the other knee to fit in. Fortunately my son appeared at that point and was able vault the fence and swap with me. I realise that bariatric surgery is not a magic bullet and a gastric bypass will only get you down to the middle of the obese range through not physically being able to eat. After that hopefully I will have established a healthy eating and exercise regime I can live with. I realise that this is not an easy route but I have to do something. Pipp, how much weight have you lost? [/QUOTE]
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