So 2018 is Starting to Turn Around

2018 is going to be MY year. I'm claiming it, and it's going to be the year of my rebirth!
 

I had my second appointment with my new therapist on the 5th. I'm confident that we are a good fit and that she is going to help me work through all my issues so that I will succeed beyond what I even dare imagine.  I see her again on the 19th and I am really looking forward to it! The report from my psych eval came back...8 pages!  But it appears that I'm very motivated and an ideal candidate for WLS...with the caveat of getting a therapist to work through the self-soothing I do with food.  Ha...I had already seen my therapist twice before the report even came out! 

I see my new primary care doc on the 17th...I hope he is supportive about the WLS.  If he isn't, I'll just keep shopping until I find one who is. I wish I could stay with Amber, but she's not on my insurance plan, so if I do see her it will all be out of my pocket. Still, it may be worth it, just for the support of this journey I'm on.  We'll see how it goes when I meet Dr. Katz. One thing I am really excited about is that he's an osteopath and does the osteopathic manipulations, so that will be a great way to keep my back, hips, etc. functioning. 

I'm also seeing an acupuncturist next week. Hopefully get some help with my foot, though it's doing sooooo much better already, with the weight that I've dropped just since the 1st of the year.

I joined a 30 Day Sugar-Free challenge that started on the 1st...it cost like $40, but I really think it was the jump start that I was so in need of. It also comes with a lifetime membership in the private Facebook group, which seems to be uber-supportive.  I've been tracking all my food in SparkPeople, and I have dropped 16 POUNDS between Jan 1st and today, January 12th. 

Yeah, I know how to eat well.  I know how to diet.  But very soon my body is going to realize what's happening and it will come screeching to a halt. I'm going to hide my scale when that happens so it doesn't play those awful head games with me.

I saw the nutritionist on Wednesday. She was very pleased with my tracking and my loss...not going to change anything that I'm doing yet...