So March 3rd I was eligible for the insurance company to receive my pre-determination for surgery...and at this point I am still waiting for it. There was a two week delay before it was actually sent in due to paperwork not being completed by my PCP.
I have been calling the insurance company every couple days to see if my surgery has been approved yet or not and at this point it is still not ok'd; so with that being said not much going on in that part of my life.
I have given up Diet Coke... and caffiene...yup... the life force. Those of you that know me will know that it was my primary source of water, sodium, energy, and my security blanket for most of my life. I have not had any carbonated caffiene (or any large amount of caffiene at all) for three weeks now. So far so good; I no longer have urges to go back to it and at this point I am sure it wouldn't taste as good anyway.
That's pretty much it... More when I have more!
Thanks for reading.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Welcome
Hello there! Welcome to my first blog... also my first attempt at putting anything other than a few forum messages out into the multi verse that is the Internet! I guess first things first I should introduce myself and tell you what this is and why it all came about.
My name is Solon and I LOVE food. In fact I love it so much that I decided to go to culinary school and spend my life making great food for other people (and myself) but more on that later... it's not the focus of this blog! It's not a love to eat thing (although there has certainly been more than enough of that), and it's not even eating the food that gets me in the end... It's the food itself... food can represent hundreds if not thousands of cultures, families, friends, gatherings, holidays. Food plays ridiculously important roles in almost every single milestone in our lives... it's there at our birthdays, Christmas parties, Halloween, Thanksgiving, first dates, weddings, anniversaries, and even our funerals. No matter how we look at food Humanity as a whole has a very intimate relationship with this fuel that runs our lives, and if it's not paid attention to some people can end up with severe emotional attachments to it and/or health issues from it.
I am a Chef for a company called Sodexo. My specific unit runs food services for a small private university in Arkansas. On average we feed anywhere from 1600-1800 meals per day plus any retail business we do on the other side of campus. With this many people coming through and readily available unending amounts food choices it can be hard to a) find time to sit down and eat appropriately and b) make the right food choices while eating on the go. After years of dealing with this, and just generally not paying attention to my body's needs etc... one thing is abundantly clear.... I am a fat kid.
I have never been skinny, and over the years with eating on the go and having gourmet / unending food access via my career... the pounds added on and on and on until I got to the point I am at now. I am still a healthy (as healthy as can be at this weight) individual, but I am not able to do the things that I want to do in live, and I know my health can only hang on for so long before deteriorating drastically. It is time to make an adjustment... urgently.
My choices and making myself take time to eat and do things the way are becoming a new focus in my life, and my commitment to these changes is coming from my decision to have weight loss surgery in the form of Lap Band. It was something I have seen many people use and succeed with, and while it was not a quick decision... in the end it was a very easy one. I needed help, and I always will... It is defeating to say, but willpower alone does not work for me; I need something more...something to help me guide that willpower.
My request for a pre-determination (approval) from my surgeon was sent in on March 3rd and I am quietly and patiently awaiting the approval to go ahead and have my surgery. While I wait I have started some things in my life that I think will only help as I leave the starting gates in this adventure...
a) I bought Power 90 - This is the precursor to the ever feared P90x workout. Trust me this scares me enough, and I think if I had to try to do the P90x it might kill my fat butt.
b) I bought a set of high quality resistance bands to use during this Power 90 death machine I will be initiating.
c) I started this blog... and if anyone is reading it... Thank you for becoming part of my change.
d) I will be starting a Vlog on YouTube.com and doing a video journal of my weight loss changes over the next...well... possibly forever really because that is how long this change is going to have to stay to make me successful!
I don't really know who to end this so to whoever was here and saw this... Thank you for reading... and I'll be around!
Solon
My name is Solon and I LOVE food. In fact I love it so much that I decided to go to culinary school and spend my life making great food for other people (and myself) but more on that later... it's not the focus of this blog! It's not a love to eat thing (although there has certainly been more than enough of that), and it's not even eating the food that gets me in the end... It's the food itself... food can represent hundreds if not thousands of cultures, families, friends, gatherings, holidays. Food plays ridiculously important roles in almost every single milestone in our lives... it's there at our birthdays, Christmas parties, Halloween, Thanksgiving, first dates, weddings, anniversaries, and even our funerals. No matter how we look at food Humanity as a whole has a very intimate relationship with this fuel that runs our lives, and if it's not paid attention to some people can end up with severe emotional attachments to it and/or health issues from it.
I am a Chef for a company called Sodexo. My specific unit runs food services for a small private university in Arkansas. On average we feed anywhere from 1600-1800 meals per day plus any retail business we do on the other side of campus. With this many people coming through and readily available unending amounts food choices it can be hard to a) find time to sit down and eat appropriately and b) make the right food choices while eating on the go. After years of dealing with this, and just generally not paying attention to my body's needs etc... one thing is abundantly clear.... I am a fat kid.
I have never been skinny, and over the years with eating on the go and having gourmet / unending food access via my career... the pounds added on and on and on until I got to the point I am at now. I am still a healthy (as healthy as can be at this weight) individual, but I am not able to do the things that I want to do in live, and I know my health can only hang on for so long before deteriorating drastically. It is time to make an adjustment... urgently.
My choices and making myself take time to eat and do things the way are becoming a new focus in my life, and my commitment to these changes is coming from my decision to have weight loss surgery in the form of Lap Band. It was something I have seen many people use and succeed with, and while it was not a quick decision... in the end it was a very easy one. I needed help, and I always will... It is defeating to say, but willpower alone does not work for me; I need something more...something to help me guide that willpower.
My request for a pre-determination (approval) from my surgeon was sent in on March 3rd and I am quietly and patiently awaiting the approval to go ahead and have my surgery. While I wait I have started some things in my life that I think will only help as I leave the starting gates in this adventure...
a) I bought Power 90 - This is the precursor to the ever feared P90x workout. Trust me this scares me enough, and I think if I had to try to do the P90x it might kill my fat butt.
b) I bought a set of high quality resistance bands to use during this Power 90 death machine I will be initiating.
c) I started this blog... and if anyone is reading it... Thank you for becoming part of my change.
d) I will be starting a Vlog on YouTube.com and doing a video journal of my weight loss changes over the next...well... possibly forever really because that is how long this change is going to have to stay to make me successful!
I don't really know who to end this so to whoever was here and saw this... Thank you for reading... and I'll be around!
Solon
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