Giving Diet One More Try

So life tends to happen.  I felt discouraged and overwhelmed, and of course that means that my health took a backseat (as usual!).  I am still interested in bariatric surgery, but it seems so expensive.  I am ready to make some drastic changes to my life, and I've honestly gotten to a point where I am absolutely sick of food.  I eat--even overeat--and I feel gross about it.  When we talk about what to eat, I just sit there and realize that there's nothing that appeals to me.

I've been researching what to do next.  I feel like I need to do something fairly drastic--but safe.  I've read a lot of the forums on SparkPeople and on 3 Fat Chicks.  All of this has led me to Ideal Protein.  My brother and his wife both did it and highly recommend it.  I called around locally to find the best place to go through.  There's one place that sells the food and doesn't require you to come in for visits, but I think for me I need that sense of accountability.  If I do it on my own, then I don't know that I'd do as well.

My husband and I went to our initial consult yesterday.  We found out about the program, took our weights and measurements, and bought food for the first week.  We will start on Tuesday.  I hate waiting, but our daughter is home from school for the holiday weekend, and we need to get her back to school before we start.

I need to get a copy of my starting measurements, but my weight is 254.  I'm 5'1" just for reference.  My goal weight is between 125-150.  My husband wants to lose about 100 pounds.  We start on Tuesday and have our first weekly follow-up on Friday.

I'm ready.  I'm also excited and terrified all at the same time.  I'll try to post some before pics before I start...