Hi. My name is Andy, and I am morbidly obese.
I have been morbidly obese for many years now, hitting a high of 341 pounds many years ago, and have been hovering around 300 pounds for a few years now.
I stopped taking most of my meds, the ones for Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, and Diabetes some time ago. Don't ask me why, I am not sure myself. 4 weeks ago, I started taking them again, except the Metformin for the Diabetes, which I will start taking soon. I wasn't feeling good, and I was hoping that would help.
For a number of reasons, I am going to start an exercise routine. I am not sure yet what all I am going to do, but I like throwing the football around at the park, and I would like to start swimming.
There are obviously a number of reasons I need to do this:
- I have sleep apnea and hopefully losing weight will help that
- I am tired all the time
- I never feel totally "good", whatever that means
- My feet hurt a lot after relatively short excursions
- I get a lot of headaches (may be related to the sleep apnea - at least that was what I was told)
- I don't want to die an early painful death . . .
Today, I am 298 pounds. I meant to do some type of exercise tonight, but as usual time slipped away. I am going to take my dog Larry to the park tomorrow and throw the football around tomorrow morning as a start.
The other thing I am going to do is go to the doctor and get some baseline blood tests, even though I have been taking some of the meds for 4 weeks now.
I also need to look at my eating habits. I need to start by cutting down on the amounts, cutting out sweets that have crept back in, then look at the actual food I eat and make changes there.
Wish me luck, and I will be making updates here if things go well.
