07/21/2007 12:15
friendship commitments
last night i spoke w/ my friend that is more like a sister than a friend. we have been friends since about 17 and have been through thick and thin. if i increase in weight she does and if she does i do... we have always been like that weighing close on the scale. well the time has come i realize "we" need to really do something. regardless of my possibilities of surgery or not i need to do something and so does she!
i'm weighing in at 242 and she at 254 and that's way too much weight for us to carry on these aging bodies. we'll be 39 this year. i want to be well on the road to health when i turn 40. i look into the future as see me and my friend being two foxy old ladies chasing some hot young buns!! but at this rate all we're gonna do is be crippled to the confides of our homes shorting our lives w/ each mouth full.
but the number one reason is we both have children that need their mothers. what other motivating reason could there be than that one? i feel like i am experiencing more health issues, such as my back, knees, diabetes. but its only a matter of time. she smokes and huffs and puffs to breath b/c she does have asthma as well as a possibility of pco (poly cystic ovary disease) which i'm sure complicated by her weight.
so last night i made her commit to starting Monday seriously!!! she wants to start out by just cutting down which is find and shes addicted to chocolate milk so she said she won't buy the chocolate and than i made her agree to walking 15 minutes extra a day for the first week... that's a conscience effort to walk 15 minutes non stop extra at lunch or in the morning or evening. then we'll increase the time each week.
she doesn't seem so gun-ho and i know i probably sound obsessed w/ my weight issue but i know i'm in trouble!!! even if i have gastric bypass my fight doesn't end there it a whole new game but just as serious but either way its for my life and my health.
she doesn't like to blog. i have already tried to get her to do one. i love to blog and read everyone elses too. they motivate me and up lift me. it makes me feel better that i'm not alone and that i can offer help to others b/c i've been there too. so if anyone has any ideas on what to do w/ my friend on getting her motivated please share.
thanks to everyone!! hope everyone is having a great weekend. i haven't heard anything on my nephew today but i'll keep everyone posted.