That Fat Chick

I had my psychological evaluation done on Monday evening at 7pm. The appointment lasted an hour, and everything went perfectly. The psychologist I met with handles all of the evals for bariatric surgery patients, so she knew the basics, and had many weight related questions for me: highest weight, lowest weight, tried weight loss methods, [...]

It feels so good to know that things are moving along. First appointment squared away, exercise eval in two weeks (I wasn’t able to make my appointment the other morning), psych. eval and blood work this coming week, and then my second meeting in August.
Everyone at the center assured me that my health insurance, Capitol [...]

Last night I tried to explain to my husband how being so overweight affects my life. I don’t think he really got it, because his response to the situation was to make a mockery of everything I was telling him. He trivialized my feelings and the struggles I’ve had with my weight, self image and [...]

So yesterday I met with a nurse, nutritionist and dietician. I didn’t realize it at the time, but yesterday’s appointment was also the first of the six sessions I have to do over the course of six months. Cool! One more step completed.
So, the appointment. I was weighed (321 lbs., eek!), had my height measured [...]

Finally, after a few phone calls, including one to the director of the surgical weight loss program herself, and picking up paperwork from my doctor and faxing it to her directly, I’m moving on to the next step: meeting with the nutritionist!
My appointment is… today! In seven hours!
I’ll definitely update when I get back!