Not just obese....morbidly obese!

Well folks, yesterday I had my physical appointment.  Between my last stressful job and my  now living at Starbucks and the coffee house at church for work I bloated up some more.  I have been struggling lately with will-power in anyway or even caring.  I have been so tired I just go for convenience.  I abandoned all of my abundance of knowledge of anything healthy.  


So yesterday my BMI was so high that my doctor had to refer me to a bariatric surgeon for being "morbidly obese".  Wait....what?!  Am I still not the sporty spice athletic girl?  When did this happen?  How did this happen?  I will tell you how....a knee injury plus a lot of excuses and depression.  I refuse to have a surgery to which I told my doctor (whom I have a great relationship with and love).  He said that he recommends a regimented diet such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig and so forth.  I told him that Weight Watchers had worked for me in the past so I left the doctor's office and went straight to the Weight Watchers center by myself.  I signed up and caught the last bit of a meeting.  


Today is my first day on my points plus system.  I had "purple" oatmeal for breakfast.  Steel cut oats with half milk and half water with 1 cup of frozen blueberries added along with one packet of sugar in the raw.  It was yummy.  Took forever to cook on the stove, like 30+ minutes, but it was well worth it.  The blueberries turned the oatmeal a fun purple color. I also made coffee and actually measured out my creamer and a medium banana.  Eating right is empowering when you do it.  I look forward to sharing all kinds of recipes with you all and lovely pictures as I work my way back to health.


Hugs and aloha!  Cheers to improved health in the very near future!