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TRAVANDKRIS
3/16/07 10:41 A
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I think you have already taken the first step to living healthier and happier. I know it seems like everything is hard right now but you will find that things will become more bearable. You mentioned that your children are overweight too...maybe you could make this a fun thing by including the whole family in a healthy life style change. If they are able to use the computer, let them join spark people and make the "getting spark points" a fun competition. Also, you can have a reward to whom ever does best on any given week. Just remember not to over indulge. You are just beginning this long journey and you can do it! Take the harder path or the path less often taken and you will reap the rewards in the future!
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YOOPERGAL2
3/16/07 7:47 A
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Hi and welcome to Spark! You've come to the right place to get help and emotional support. I am also diabetic and although I've not experienced any major complications I know diabetes is a progressive disease and it scares the daylights out of me thinking what could happen. You have a lot of issues to deal with but a great beginning is knowing what those problem areas are. I would take each thing 1 at a time and begin working on it. Trying to change everything at once is too overwhelming and is likely to get a lack of cooperation from your family. We burned out on fast food a few years ago and rarely have it anymore but when I don't want to cook we have a "fix your own food" night where everyone fends for his/her own self. You need to do this for yourself and your family so you can be around many, many years to see them grow and prosper and help guide them along the paths you've already been down. Best wishes, you can do this! If you need any help, feel free to Sparkmail me.
Ann
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MOOGELLICA
3/16/07 7:05 A
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| Is anyone else out there an angry dieter? Does anyone else worry how many pall bearers it would take to carry their coffin if they died? A long time ago I threw up my arms and said ok I am a fat lady and I'm never going to be anything else and food has been my main source of comfort and joy in life. I am out of control and I know it and I am resentful that I have to change but I have gotten to the point that I will die if I don't. I have diabetes. I just spent a year being blind. I still have many painful laser surgeries to undergo. And I stuffed yesterday to be able to cope with the anxiety of going to the specialist because it is such a hassle to get up to the city and some of the proceedures are painful and uncomfortable and Im definately a stress eater. A large portion of our income goes for food. Thinking about food consumes most of my day. I always worry that there wont be enough of it. I am a stockpiler. I have been in situations where I didn't have much of anything I wanted to eat. I have almost always had food but have had to go to food shelters and food pantries to eat when funds were low. Especially at the end of the month I make great long lists of meal plans and grocery lists and the first week of the month we eat out way too often, and lately we dont even like the take out food. No one in the house can agree on a place they like to go and eat. I am watching my sons become as large as I am and that is just so wrong.
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