Rebuild

My focus word for 2018 is rebuild. I chose this word carefully. I have been dreaming for months of rebuilding things including a kitchen, my bathroom, and living room so I need God was speaking to my heart about reconstructing my life. Many times in the Bible God rebuilds Israel, and I love that even though they fail God still believes in them and rebuilds them anyway. I am like that. I have failed a lot in my life when it comes to building healthy habits with my eating, with moving my body, and even in my relationships. On January 3rd I went the PHSW Weight Loss Surgery Center here in Vancouver Washington where I live to see what I can do to get gastric bypass surgery. I need more help with getting my weight off. I have to be real about it. I filled out the application and mailed it in on Friday. In part of the application it asks you to write out all the diet plans you have done. I did that. I was amazed at how much I have done to try to get this weight off of my body.

As part of rebuilding my habits I got rid of my large plates and am now using smaller plates and bowls to eat out of. I have also started up again my food log. And my caregiver and I went to my apartments gym to check out the equipment and find out the weight limit on the exercise bikes. Thankfully, I don’t over exceed the weight limit. I feel supported. My friend who has a weight issue like me and her wife went with me to the weight loss surgery seminar, along with my sister in law. Although, my friend is not ready to go the route I am at. That doesn’t mean we cannot support each other and even do part of the program together with encouraging each other to move our bodies and eat well.

Another element of rebuilding my life is that I went and so an endochronologist on the same day that I went to the seminar. He changed my diabetes medication and it is working for me now. He changed me to glipizide. My blood sugars have been out of whack for a long time.

I plan on writing about my weight loss surgery journey and sharing all that I learned from the seminar.

What is your focus word or goals for 2018? Feel free to share with me here on the blog or on my Facebook page.