Fatty McButterpants

[colz85]

Med check at the dr's today.  Usual long wait.  Blood tests are weird.  White count elevated again.  Platelets too.  Blood sugar and cholesterol ok.  Triglycerides high.  Blood pressure could be better

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[voxacerbus]

First off, the phrase "Fatty McButterpants" is really amusing. Words I never thought I would hear together.

Second, I would like to address this: "We have to make you believe you can do this". And that's the rub. Because if I believed I could do it, I would. I have no reference point for living life not huge.

I don't believe I can "armchair psychoanalyze" you into believing in yourself, but I'd like to put this out there: You don't have to believe that you can be rail thin or even "not huge" as you put it. Not yet, anyway. That's an overwhelming step to take, and I understand why you can't believe you'd be able to do that.

Yet.

What I do think you should work on believing is that you can lose ten pounds. Nothing life altering here. Just ten pounds.

And when you get down those ten pounds, then work on believing that you can lose ten more pounds. Don't try to believe you can lose fifty pounds. Just work on believing you can lose ten pounds.

Now, what it takes to get there is another thing. For me, the only weight loss program that truly works is Weight Watchers. You can eat what you want, but they teach portion control and counting "points" which after the first month, you can practically look at anything in your house and quickly attach a number to it, and know how much of it you can budget into your day. In fact, my first time around on WW, I went around the house with a Sharpie and my Points calculator thingie and wrote 2 and 3, etc. on everything in huge numbers.

I know you're working on a budget, but check and see if your insurance will cover a weight loss plan like WW. And don't try to go for big changes right off the bat, go for the little ones first. The big thing is to incorporate small changes into your lifestyle so that you'll stick with them long term.

I have faith in you Colleen. I believe you can do it.

PS: Wellbutrin's pretty good. I have tried some crazy pills that were really bad, and of them all Wellbutrin was the 'easiest' for me.