It's no secret that for the past 10 years, I've battled my weight. For many years, I was very good at exercising regularly and eating well most of the time. Then I just sort of gave up on everything. Got kind of depressed and feeling sorry for myself, and just quit caring! Needless to say, I'm at my all time highest weight. I often have considered lap band surgery, weight loss pills, or a program like Jenny Craig, but I just can't seem to make a commitment to anything!

I need to lose weight. It's no secret. I've needed to lose weight ever since I blew off my diet 2 years ago! I've put on a lot of weight, and am completely out of shape, which is sad, because prior to "quitting", I was a very regular exerciser, doing weights, cardio, etc. and I totally enjoyed it! I looked great. Now not so much. I never did try hydroxycut, or any other weight loss product, but it sure is tempting!!

Hubby woke up last Monday, not feeling well. He had shortness of breath, nausea, sweating, and felt heavy in the chest. He sat for a while after getting up, and had no sign of getting better so he went to our doctor. He checked him out a bit, and advised him to drive into ER at the hospital. After spending about 10 hours waiting in the ER, he ended up being hooked up to a pulse oximeter, having and ECG, and a chest xray. They found nothing, which is good, but it's still puzzling as to what caused all of it!

I have friends that are on more medication than my 75 year old mother! They take meds for heart issues, meds for high cholesterol, meds for depression, meds for anxiety, meds for pain, and the patch to quit smoking (DUH) and probably others I'm forgetting. I should have shares in a Canadian pharmacy. Seriously!

I've been extremely fortunate, in that I'm relatively healthy, even though for much of my adult life, I've not taken the best "care" of myself. I have a lot of osteoarthritis, but for the most part, that's largely from all the years of recklessly playing sports. I really can't complain much about my pain level, as sadly, since I've quit exercising, it's improved, even though I've put on a PILE of weight! I don't even take meds anymore. I have high blood pressure, because I'm too fat, but I've not been put on meds yet. I wonder how long until I fall apart and need one of those little drug holders to keep track of my pills!