I have never blogged. I am, in general, a rather technologically challenged individual! But what moves me to write now is a desire to spread the word about low carb lifestyle change for better health.
Two years ago, an old childhood friend passed away (we were both in our late 30s), and I just wanted to lose weight because I was tired of being fatter than I wanted to be. This friend's death made me feel that there was no time to waste in feeling bad about my self-image and physique. So at size 12 (again) & growing, I engaged the enemy of obesity with a conventional weight-loss plan that requires unnatural self-control of both quantity and quality of food. It was torture; I had never had that bulemic or anorexic episode in my youth that so many of my friends did. I loved myself and food too much to do that! And frustratingly, the smaller I got (very slowly), the less I was allowed to eat.
Then almost one year ago, both my parents were diagnosed with cancer. Lightning, figuratively, struck my house twice. Long story short: my dad died; my mom was able to endure surgery & chemo but is awaiting results of another two biopsies; and both my parents turned out to be diabetics. This was almost the greater shock than the cancer because neither was overweight/obese and had always been relatively healthy individuals who exercised as best they could in advanced age.
Having been a science major in college, I needed to find reasons for what happened. The MDs didn't have any answers. Just bad luck...
Next post: my dad's story
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