Hello all, I'm new to the forum after lurking for a while. I've come to see that my problems are the same as all of you wonderful people. I'm singing the same tune as everyone here, I think.
But as a newbie, I need your help.
I'm 21, female, my BMI is about 37 (about 260lb) I don't drink, smoke or take drugs, I've been overweight and unhappy all my life. I've tried every pill, potion, miracle cure under the sun. I went through a period last year where I didn't eat more than 400cals a day for over 6months last year. I hated it and myself at the time and even though I lost alot of weight, I risked my health and I didn't care because it was working.
But now I've put the weight back on and I know it's affecting my health. I have hypertention (high blood pressure), my breathing is sometimes restricted and I feel generally unhealthy.
I am desperatly unhappy and i lack motivation. I'm not looking for a quick fix or a miracle, i need something that would force me to change by necessity and from what I know, this is what woud work.
Does anyone know of where/how I can get financing to get the gastric band fitted? This may come across as slightly desperate and maybe it is.
I'm fresh out of uni, can only get part-time hours simply because my firm has no more to give, I have no assets like a house as collateral and as such my bank can't give me a loan.
I'm at the end of my tether.
I have been diagnosed with depression and the kicker of it all is that my kneejoints are out of alignment so I physically cannot exercise properly. I'm by no means disabled, but strain on my knees is painful and ineffective anyway.
I can maintain a weight, but nothing I do seems to reduce it.
This is something I've wanted for a long, long time, but I don't know how to go about doing it. Or even if I can.
Could I get it on the NHS? Do any clinics offer financing that someone in my financial situation could be approved for?
Just because I can pretend everything is ok, doesn't mean it is. I disgust myself. I just don't want to relapse into that starving/binging/purging cycle.
If anyone can help, please, please do.
But as a newbie, I need your help.
I'm 21, female, my BMI is about 37 (about 260lb) I don't drink, smoke or take drugs, I've been overweight and unhappy all my life. I've tried every pill, potion, miracle cure under the sun. I went through a period last year where I didn't eat more than 400cals a day for over 6months last year. I hated it and myself at the time and even though I lost alot of weight, I risked my health and I didn't care because it was working.
But now I've put the weight back on and I know it's affecting my health. I have hypertention (high blood pressure), my breathing is sometimes restricted and I feel generally unhealthy.
I am desperatly unhappy and i lack motivation. I'm not looking for a quick fix or a miracle, i need something that would force me to change by necessity and from what I know, this is what woud work.
Does anyone know of where/how I can get financing to get the gastric band fitted? This may come across as slightly desperate and maybe it is.
I'm fresh out of uni, can only get part-time hours simply because my firm has no more to give, I have no assets like a house as collateral and as such my bank can't give me a loan.
I'm at the end of my tether.
I have been diagnosed with depression and the kicker of it all is that my kneejoints are out of alignment so I physically cannot exercise properly. I'm by no means disabled, but strain on my knees is painful and ineffective anyway.
I can maintain a weight, but nothing I do seems to reduce it.
This is something I've wanted for a long, long time, but I don't know how to go about doing it. Or even if I can.
Could I get it on the NHS? Do any clinics offer financing that someone in my financial situation could be approved for?
Just because I can pretend everything is ok, doesn't mean it is. I disgust myself. I just don't want to relapse into that starving/binging/purging cycle.
If anyone can help, please, please do.
