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DonnaV

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Well, I guess I will start here. The first step on the road health and happiness.

I'm not sure Friday is the smartest day to start a lifestyle change, but here it goes.

Today I have decided that to feel and be healthy I need to lose about 70 lbs. It's a lot, but I am confident (right now anyway) that with this forum and the people in it, that I will prevail :) .

I am a coffeeholic and with my coffee I must have cream, that will be my first casualty - CREAM. I will replace my coffee for the most part with other things like water, green teas, turmeric teas, and hot lemon drinks. I have yet to determine what foods and recipes I will try, I have a husband that has diabetes so I will have to take that into consideration.

When I had my spleen rupture there was a lot of internal bleeding so I was rushed into the operating room before they even knew what was bleeding so they pretty much had to do exploratory surgery on me. In so doing, they dug around, pushed and pulled muscles around to find what was wrong. Since then I have had a difficult time with my back, I can't stand for much longer than 20 minutes at a time. So exercising will be me 'dancing like nobody is watching' in my living room to my favourite youtube mix (about 15 minutes).

OK, my journey begins...turmeric tea coming up...(I'm scared :ack2: )

Cheers all ♥
 
Hi, Donna & welcome to the forum. 70 lbs is doable & is best taken slowly so that you are more of a chance to keep it off. I can't imagine drinking coffee with cream & love my black espresso in the mornings. I'm having one right now :) My husband & I are starting to think that the "cream" people have in coffee must be milk, perhaps unseparated milk. I have never asked anyone before.
How long ago did your spleen rupture? That sounds horrendous!
Don't be scared. You can do this.
Cheers, Cate.
 
Thanks cate! Cream is milk just with a lot more fat, it's thicker. Dang, I haven't had caffeine in a few years (I drink decaf) lol I bet an espresso would make me jitter to the moon! Spleen ruptured a couple of years ago, have been waiting for strength in my core so I could go back to work, but it never happened so will now have to strengthen it myself somehow. I've been depressed pretty much since it happened, but I am coming back to 'life' now I think, time to take control of me :)
Thanks again cate, for your support, looking forward to new friendships :)
Hugz, Donna
 
Hi Donna and welcome to the forum! I´m sorry to get up in your business but I´m a physical therapist so your post-spleen-rupture story is screaming at me. Have you had professional help in dealing with your back problems?
Best of luck with your weight loss goals. I completely agree with Cate!

PS I hope you don´t aim to look like an animated character irl...
 
You're welcome to my support Donna. So, your cream is the same as our cream. I have to admit to shuddering at the thought of adding cream to coffee. I just don't get it. I also must confess to not liking cream, full stop.
DonnaV said:
time to take control of me
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One thing I do know is that we have control over ourselves. It's pointless blaming anyone else or expecting anyone else to be responsible for us. It's not a negative. It's empowering. You can do this!
 
LaMaria said:
Hi Donna and welcome to the forum! I´m sorry to get up in your business but I´m a physical therapist so your post-spleen-rupture story is screaming at me. Have you had professional help in dealing with your back problems?
Best of luck with your weight loss goals. I completely agree with Cate!

PS I hope you don´t aim to look like an animated character irl...
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No, no pro help with the back, but that's my fault. Docs said I should probably get some physio, but I thought I'd be ok without it. After a few months I realized I was wrong, but bad depression set in and I'm just now starting to see straight again. I'm hoping that when I lose a little bit of weight, I will be able to start going to the gym to start feeling better.

LOL noooo this avi is the first picture that came up when I was looking for something to put here, I don't have many pics of me rl on the computer.
 
cate said:
You're welcome to my support Donna. So, your cream is the same as our cream. I have to admit to shuddering at the thought of adding cream to coffee. I just don't get it. I also must confess to not liking cream, full stop.

One thing I do know is that we have control over ourselves. It's pointless blaming anyone else or expecting anyone else to be responsible for us. It's not a negative. It's empowering. You can do this!
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Heya cate. Looks like I might have to become a black coffee drinker too. I will do that a little at a time tho. instead of cream I'll use just milk.
I agree, I have always been independent, always have looked to myself to solve problems, but sometimes I think we need to accept offered help, lol like I should have when docs said I should get some physio after my surgery. Anyway, my first day of the rest of my life was yesterday, and I think I did a darn good job lol. But that turmeric tea is gonna take a bit to get used to :ack2:
 
Now that´s a gorgeous picture! I´m not getting any money for this but I suggest starting physio asap. Any therapist condemning you on the basis of your weight is bad at their job anyway and not hurting as much can definitely help in burning more calories/needing less comfort food. Congratulations on a great start!
 
Lovely pic Donna :D
Time to get some physio & get yourself fixed.
You're off & away. Well done on the good start :)
Try peppermint tea sometime. Nerada brand is good & is organic.
 
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