yorkiegal
Baxter's mum
Hi everyone.
I've been here a few weeks but forgot to post here first.
I'm Samantha. I'm 36 and my gp has just referred me for WLS on the NHS. So I have a long journey ahead and realise that there's a very good chance I won't get funding. I live in York, and our pct is hugely in debt.
I have been overweight since my early teens, but had problems with compulsive eating long before that. I can remember being told off at 5 yrs old for eating all the bananas in the fruitbowl then trying to hide the evidence. Once I got to 13 and had money coming in from a paper round I was buying sweets all the time.
Over the years I've tried every diet going and am quite good at shifting a couple of stone very quickly, but then something will happen and I go back to the 'bad' foods. Then I seem to go into denial for a few months, not even looking at the labels and just eating whatever I want.
I've been on pills from NSC, done weightwatchers, atkins, lighter life and tons of other diets.
I'm diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which basically just means I've annoyed doctors over the years and not got well lol. But I've now been very stable for two years after finding meds which work for me, and have done a huge amount of therapy. So now I feel it's the right time to really tackle my weight.
Whilst I wait for my referral to go through I aim to stop smoking too. I'm also getting a puppy soon and hope to get a lot of exercise walking him each day.
You all seem like a lovely bunch of people from what I've read so far. It's nice to be here.
I've been here a few weeks but forgot to post here first.
I'm Samantha. I'm 36 and my gp has just referred me for WLS on the NHS. So I have a long journey ahead and realise that there's a very good chance I won't get funding. I live in York, and our pct is hugely in debt.
I have been overweight since my early teens, but had problems with compulsive eating long before that. I can remember being told off at 5 yrs old for eating all the bananas in the fruitbowl then trying to hide the evidence. Once I got to 13 and had money coming in from a paper round I was buying sweets all the time.
Over the years I've tried every diet going and am quite good at shifting a couple of stone very quickly, but then something will happen and I go back to the 'bad' foods. Then I seem to go into denial for a few months, not even looking at the labels and just eating whatever I want.
I've been on pills from NSC, done weightwatchers, atkins, lighter life and tons of other diets.
I'm diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which basically just means I've annoyed doctors over the years and not got well lol. But I've now been very stable for two years after finding meds which work for me, and have done a huge amount of therapy. So now I feel it's the right time to really tackle my weight.
Whilst I wait for my referral to go through I aim to stop smoking too. I'm also getting a puppy soon and hope to get a lot of exercise walking him each day.
You all seem like a lovely bunch of people from what I've read so far. It's nice to be here.
