GerritGulden
In my younger years, up to the age of 23, I was healthy, fit and had an active lifestyle. At age 23 I developed Anxiety and Panic disorder. Soon to follow would be diagnosed with Bipolar. I took medicine as prescribed by a Doctor and soon would find myself gaining weight at a lightning paced speed. My active lifestyle was halted and I became a hermit crab. One that never left my house unless I needed to get groceries or visit family for a Holiday or Birthday party. Move forward to the age I am now and you have a guy who is 5'11" and over 530 pounds.
My life still consists of staying at home. Occasionally going out for groceries or to see family. I am disabled and for fun I chase storms here in Idaho. Most will say, you don;t get storms in Idaho. Well we do. Not often but they do occur. That's my passion, severe weather. I love it all. If it happened in Eastern Idaho, I probably chased it.
Anyways, I joined this forum (2013) initially because I was going to pursue a Lapband surgery. However, I was quick to learn that qualification was easy, the process was hard. Lose 60 pounds, see a diet specialist, excersise specialist and then you can have the surgery. Being as big as I was, I saw the requirement as too much. I barely walk to my bathroom and I am breathing out of control. Long story short, I made excuses. So in reality, I am still morbidly obese and have not had surgery to fix it.
Where I am now. (2014). I am starting a new diet to see how well I do. I have purchased a scale to weigh myself, purchased a diet shake powder from GNC and will start this diet as soon as I get them in the mail. I don't know if I really want to do surgery for weight loss. For now, this diet is something I want to try and see how well I do. I don't want to die early, I want to live as long as possible. I want my parents to not have to worry about me, as well as my family and friends. I want to not be restricted from Restaurant booths or carnival rides or amusement park rides. I want to fit in one chair on an airplane and not be looked at funny or weird from some person I don't know. I could go on, but I won't.
I want to change, and this diet will be my first step. I hope to be successful and look forward to feeling better about myself.
Thats my story for now.
Started Diet. TBA.
-Gerrit.
