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A Cookie is a Sometimes Food
By Laurie | January 6, 2008
| With any new year comes the subject of Resolutions. I am trying to think of a recent year that weight loss hasn’t been at the top of my list. I’ve always felt overweight– even in middle school. Looking back now, I’d love to be that weight. I look at pictures and laugh at myself for being so stupid to think I needed to take pills or go on crash diets. Truth be told, that’s probably how I messed up my thyroid in the first place. I have a lot of guilt about the subject, and obviously I also speculate a lot. Of course I’ll probably never know the reason for how or why I ended up with the disease. |  |
I haven’t had the best luck with doctors either. I like my doctor now, who I found thanks to the recommendation of my friend Nikki who is also going through something similar. The great thing about him is that he really listens to me, and if I ask to try out a new medication or different dose he is always really supportive and willing to let me give something new a try regardless of how “normal” my tests seem to come back despite how crappy I feel.
I was trucking along on Weight Watchers last year, and even working out pretty religiously. Once I finally decided to go through with the surgery to have my gall bladder removed, all of that went out the window. I have gained back all the weight I lost, and sadly quite a few pounds on top of that since. That means that I am officially at my highest weight ever.
I want to make a new commitment to get healthy. Yes, I want to be skinny. Most of all, I want to live a longer and better life. I don’t want to have to worry about all of the complications that come with being overweight, especially now that I am about to enter my 30s. I hear it’s even harder to maintain your weight the older you get. That’s scary considering I haven’t been able to do a very good job as a “young” adult.
After my birthday this week, and birthday party gathering next weekend I am going to be back on it full force. I’ve blogged a lot about my efforts on my other sites, but this will be my official forum in 2008.
Good luck to everyone with similar goals. It helps to go through the experience with the support of friends and family, and I am lucky to have that. Feel free to leave comments, and if you are keeping a similar journal let me know and I will come by and comment and support you too.
Need advise from the Cookie Monster? How about the song A Cookie is a Sometimes Food?
Topics: Daily Ramble, Diet |
Hey there! I swear the longer I know you the more things I’m finding that we have in common. I too have struggled with my weight my whole life - and I also look back at old pictures and wonder why I thought (and my family thought) that when I was in grade school and middle school that I actually needed to diet! Society has such a hold on our perceptions of what is “normal.” Good luck on your weight loss journey. I’m also trying to get back on track again. It does help to have that support too!
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