Often we look at the year gone past at this time of year and we make statements like "What a big year it has been". For me I find life usually throws us big years. I can't remember the last time I had a small year, and for that I am really happy. I love my life, I am happy with who I am, love my job, my friends and family, I enjoy the challenges I get thrown in my "big years". I am not however happy with my weight and it's time I sorted it out.
In 2014 I look forward to a small year. I am hoping by this time next year that I am a much smaller version of myself. My personality will always be big, but the smallness of the year will come from my desire to lose weight. Not in the standard pick a diet and launch into it, but in a dramatic, smash it out of the park way.
For all of February (4 weeks) I have booked into a place called The New Me which calls itself an obesity rehabilitation program. Then after that, hopefully within a month, I will undergo Bariatric surgery and get a Gastric Band.
I am going to blog during the first part of the year and then we will see from there. Make no mistakes, this blog is for me and not anyone else and so I don't plan to sensor myself very much. I am going to make it public though because there are so many people out there that struggle with weight, most likely not to the degree I do but to some degree.
I hope, that those who read this are here to support me.
During February I will be in the Dandenong's in Victoria and my whole life will become about losing weight. Then March, back to work for a bit and then off to undergo the surgery. This entails about 2 weeks off work and then 6 weeks recovery where I can't really exercise.
I went to the Bariatric clinic a couple of weeks ago and I am currently at the highest weight I have ever been. It is official and on record. To get down to a BMI of what is considered in a "healthy" range, I should have a goal of losing 59% of my weight. I don't have so lofty ambitions (yet)! My focus at least for now is purely on getting weight off, no specific numbers, no X by X, no trying to live up to what is "normal". I just plan to smash as much weight from my body as I can as quickly as I can with the support of both "The New Me" and the surgery.
For those of you who are concerned, everything I do this year will be supported through both endeavours by psychologists, dieticians and medical advice. I am not doing this alone.
I will share numbers with you all at some stage. Right now though I just wanted to set the scene ready for the new year.
