Here we go.....Lifestyle change!

I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I’m really encouraged by this site and wanted to say so.

I joined this site a couple of days ago to help me take back my health. I’ve had a trying decade and it has resulted in a very out of shape and unhealthy body. I used to think I was bullet proof and abused my body by thinking it would always recover. Unfortunately, the years caught up with me and I started having some major health issues. In 2001, I had major intestinal surgery with a long recovery. That was kind of the beginning of the end. I took a new job shortly after that with long hours and a sedentary lifestyle. In 2006, I started having heart issues and had three stints inserted. There was a fourth blockage they could not reach and I had to wait for an inclusion to build around the blockage. This whole time, I also had other heart issues that would cause me to go into aerial fibrillation on an ever increasing basis as the years went by. I finally had a cardiac oblation performed late last year and have been doing much better since. It’s not 100% but it’s tolerable.

All this being said, I became very comfortable on the couch and my eating habits became increasingly worse over time. I have become more and more uncomfortable as I gained weight. I reached the breaking point this week when I stepped on a scale and broke my all time high. A friend told me about MFP and in just the first day of playing around with the site, it made me realize some of the bad choices I was making and what I was doing to my body.

I am hopeful that in time and with this site, I will be able to change my lifestyle and become a healthier person. I would love to be around to spoil grandkids someday!

Please feel free to friend me and help encourage me in this journey to health. I have a feeling I need all the help I can get. It’s taken a long time to get here and I have a lot of bad habits to break.

Sorry for the long read…hope I didn’t put anyone to sleep.