How The Journey Came About

This past Tuesday, December 23, I started a "Weight Management Program". It's a medically supervised program with medication, weekly injections, and a food plan. I went to the consult on Monday and even the girl who did the consult was trying to discourage me from starting Christmas week.

My thought in this as I made the consult appointment was that I was ready. For those who know me, when I decide I'm doing something....I'm doing it. There's not much changing my mind.

How this all came about: I moved back to Florida almost two years ago. Since that time I've lost quite a bit of weight, and have maintained the weight loss, but wasn't really doing anything to continue losing. I'd thought about doing different things, but I have a friend who was on this program and it worked well for her. We had been discussing that sometimes going out to dinner you end up eating like it's the Last Supper.

I finally have gotten tired of food controlling everything in my life. When I decided that I could afford the program (it's quite expensive) and decided I was going to do it, I did. My point to the girl at the office that tried to discourage me by a couple of weeks, was...well, I still have to eat then too. I could wait until after Christmas, but on January 3 I'll have some friends over for a dinner party and my mom will be in town. So, I could wait til after that. Well, on February 7, my friends are throwing me a birthday party, so maybe I should wait til after that. But, on February 17 it's my birthday....so maybe.....WHATEVER.....there's always a reason.

I thought if I could make it through Christmas week, family dinners, etc...then I could make it through anything....so it begins.

This is the journey through the experience.