RNmommaof5
I Just Joined!
Good morning. I stumbled on this site because I spent time looking for a "non-traditional" source of information. We can all find the normal Google info about GLPs and such but I wanted more. So here I am.
Although my username says RN, I actually am a nurse practitioner. I spend my days telling people that their joints would hurt less if they lost weight. All while being clinically obese myself. I feel so insanely hypocritical and I hate it. I have the knowledge about weight loss. I know what needs to be done. I can spout off macros, dietary changes, lifestyle changes, and workout routines until I'm blue in the face. But life has kicked my ass and now I'm ready to kick it back. And to clarify, I'm not here to learn to pass on to my patients. I am here for myself. To help me finally lose the weight that I haven't been able to over the last 8 years or so.
I will be the first to admit that I was anti-GLPs for a long time. I disliked the idea of another fad weight loss medicine that in the end, didn't work or was found to have severe complications. But I am hesitantly optimistic that these medications can be the life changer that many people, myself included, need.
Otherwise, yep, I have 5 kids. Only one is my biological child. The other 4 bonus kids came when I married my husband. My weight problems definitely started with pregnancy. Before that, I was active. I was healthy. But pregnancy, grad school, marriage, the addition of 4 special needs kids (husband and his first wife adopted them all out of the foster system (such amazing people they are)), work, surgical menopause in my late 30s, and life has destroyed my health. I need to get it back on track. So that's me. Im excited to be here and see what I can learn and what my options are!!
Although my username says RN, I actually am a nurse practitioner. I spend my days telling people that their joints would hurt less if they lost weight. All while being clinically obese myself. I feel so insanely hypocritical and I hate it. I have the knowledge about weight loss. I know what needs to be done. I can spout off macros, dietary changes, lifestyle changes, and workout routines until I'm blue in the face. But life has kicked my ass and now I'm ready to kick it back. And to clarify, I'm not here to learn to pass on to my patients. I am here for myself. To help me finally lose the weight that I haven't been able to over the last 8 years or so.
I will be the first to admit that I was anti-GLPs for a long time. I disliked the idea of another fad weight loss medicine that in the end, didn't work or was found to have severe complications. But I am hesitantly optimistic that these medications can be the life changer that many people, myself included, need.
Otherwise, yep, I have 5 kids. Only one is my biological child. The other 4 bonus kids came when I married my husband. My weight problems definitely started with pregnancy. Before that, I was active. I was healthy. But pregnancy, grad school, marriage, the addition of 4 special needs kids (husband and his first wife adopted them all out of the foster system (such amazing people they are)), work, surgical menopause in my late 30s, and life has destroyed my health. I need to get it back on track. So that's me. Im excited to be here and see what I can learn and what my options are!!
