tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84321995808824016092024-03-12T20:10:19.032-07:00K IsFor KellyReviews, Rants and Constant bouts of the Ridiculous, and Yes I Dress my Dog in Pyjamas!K isfor Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13886996363487936722noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432199580882401609.post-52475604997794055782014-11-28T13:02:00.000-08:002014-11-28T13:02:02.633-08:00<h2>
<span style="color: blue;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Lot Can Happen In 8 Months</span></span></b></u></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Part 1</span></span></i></span><u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></b></u></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">WAKING UP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">March 2014 I woke up to myself. I was 167.9 kg and I was Miserable!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was trying to figure out why and how I got myself to this miserable state. I had no emotional reason. I was in a loving stable relationship, I guess I just got too happy or too comfortable and forgot to care. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I ate the wrong foods, way to much of them and way to often than anyone living on this planet ever should.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn't exercise at all unless you count getting out of the car to buy Fish and Chips because there wasn't a drive through available. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">None of my cloths fit at all, I was wearing sacks for clothing, the daggiest T shirts and anything with a stretchy waste.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Deep down I knew I was not happy, I was not healthy and I knew I was slowly killing myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Enough was enough. I made an appointment with my local GP. He asked all the embarrassing questions, weighed and measured me. He hit me with the honest truth. Although I was aware of what I was doing to myself, somehow hearing it from him really hit me hard. He first suggested that I would be a good candidate for Gastric Banding surgery, he also suggested that I go on a course of drugs called Duromine [</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><em>Duromine</em> is used to reduce body weight in obese or overweight patient] To both I refused. For some reason I had it stuck in my head that I wanted to do this naturally. </span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">My GP was flexible and agreed to start me on the Queensland GET HEALTHY </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> program. It is a government endorsed program which offers patients to 5 Free Consults to your choice of Nutritionist and Exercise physiologist a break down of what ever you prefer. I had chosen 4 Visits with a Nutritionist and 1 with the Exercise physiologist. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />With my referrals in hand </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had decided to hold off on the exercise part of the program as I felt I was not quite ready for that form of humiliation. So </span></span>I made my appointment with the Nutritionist.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael Lawler from Eat me Nutrition [http://www.eatmenutrition.com.au/]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 week later I met with Michael, who was nothing like I had imagined. I had invisioned some scary man in his late 50's telling me to just eat carrot sticks and celery. Boy was I shocked, Michael was young and down to earth, looked at me with a solution, not an accusation. Worked with me and developed a plan based on what I liked. Gave me the ground rules and negotiated CHOCOLATE into my plan on the condition that I walked every day. If I didn't go for a walk, no chocolate on that day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> To be continued.......</span></span><br />
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