novamay
Born Free
Hope that the scales show some movement tomorrow...erm... in the right direction that is 
Seeing Kim tomorrow at SRH for my 3 month checkup. Bit nervous as I haven't been weighed for a while as I threw my scales out.
I've gone down a couple of dress sizes for tops and pants and have been swimming like a mad woman 3 to 4 times a week since April. I've been fairly good in eating too; much smaller meals in general and only had a few treats - nothing near to what I was eating pre-balloon! I feel fitter but not necessarily any 'thinner' than I did in March.
I'm also going to speak to Kim about the psych's suggestion of a second balloon - see what she thinks. I've been doing some thinking about this and I can understand his angle re: seeing if I can make permanent changes to my lifestyle, rather than having surgery; (arrgh - been there done that a thousand times!) but I know that I'm a slow loser: I have an underactive thyroid and polysistic ovaries that make it really difficult to lose weight never mind keep it off; and I know that I might never lose the weight I need to without surgery to make any significant difference to my health and conditions.
So, I have a target weight loss in mind - its not massive and should be achieveable - but if I haven't reached it after the first balloon I don't think a second one's going to get me there and I will tell psych that I want to go ahead with the surgery - sooner rather than later as I don't know how long I will be allowed to remain 'on the books' or if there is a time limit to the funding?
Seeing Kim tomorrow at SRH for my 3 month checkup. Bit nervous as I haven't been weighed for a while as I threw my scales out.
I've gone down a couple of dress sizes for tops and pants and have been swimming like a mad woman 3 to 4 times a week since April. I've been fairly good in eating too; much smaller meals in general and only had a few treats - nothing near to what I was eating pre-balloon! I feel fitter but not necessarily any 'thinner' than I did in March.
I'm also going to speak to Kim about the psych's suggestion of a second balloon - see what she thinks. I've been doing some thinking about this and I can understand his angle re: seeing if I can make permanent changes to my lifestyle, rather than having surgery; (arrgh - been there done that a thousand times!) but I know that I'm a slow loser: I have an underactive thyroid and polysistic ovaries that make it really difficult to lose weight never mind keep it off; and I know that I might never lose the weight I need to without surgery to make any significant difference to my health and conditions.
So, I have a target weight loss in mind - its not massive and should be achieveable - but if I haven't reached it after the first balloon I don't think a second one's going to get me there and I will tell psych that I want to go ahead with the surgery - sooner rather than later as I don't know how long I will be allowed to remain 'on the books' or if there is a time limit to the funding?
