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Holy cow Jamie.  I've never seen so many excuses for not doing the right thng before.   You sound depressed and I'm guessing this is what is bringing on all the excuses.   Why didn't physical therapy work?  Did it not help you or did you just give up because it hurt?  If it was recommended that you work out you need to continue.    I used to have tendenitis for almost 2yrs.   It was debilitating.  I couldn't work, sleep, play,even pick up a glass with my right hand.  I did all method of treatments, cortizone shots, acupunture, etc.   Finally I said to myself, what if I start doing physical therapy on it?  No doctor suggested It I just thought, "Would it work"?  Either it's going to get worse, get better or stay the same.  I had to find out. So off to a gym I went.  It hurt, but I did it anyway.  I started noticing relief in the evenings, my elbow did't throb.  After about 6mo's of lifting light weights, 4 days a week it was gone.   I've been painfree for many years now.    If you can't afford a gym membership, by a cheap workout tape $3-$10 and small hand weights from Walmart and begin at home.  Ask your doctor what exercises would be best for your situation.   Sit in a dining chair  in front of your TV and get started.   Start counting calories and take in no more than 1500 a day.   Stay the course and things will change.   If you cheat  (everyone does), don't beat yourself up about it, move on and get back on track the next meal.  Remember Jamie, doing nothing will get you the same results you've aways gotten.   Best of luck to you.  Please get moving for the sake of your own survival AND happiness.  Don't depend on your husband.   Depend only on yourself.  You CAN do it.

Hi Jamie, 

I know how you feel... it's very hard to get motivated to lose the weight. And that is absolutley fantastic that you've lost 35 lbs. You don't have to be on the Vicodin forever, just watch the kind of exercise you do... Nothing pounding or jarring. Try riding your bike or walking... and if you don't feel safe in your neighborhood, drive or bike to a more safe place. I don't live in the best of neighborhoods either and that's what I have to do. I drive to a park up the way a bit or drive to the beach where i'm safe and do my thing there. There are so many possibilities! Even in your own home, you can do strengthening exercises w/ this rubber tubing they sell at Wal-Mart or K-Mart in the exercise sections. They also sell it in a band form... it's cheap and very effective. You can also look up exercises to do w/ it on the internet. It's called thera-band and thera-tubing. I just found out that I have a tear in my L-5 and the beginnings of a herniated disk as well, and I've had to modify my exercise. I love to run and haven't been able to do that in several weeks and have put on weight. I'm ready to start losing the 15 lbs I've put on, it just takes commitment and constant re-inforcement of my goal. I've lost 90 lbs in the last 4 years, and I'm not willing to let it creep back up on me, because it's so very easy to do. I lost the weight just by doing those things I described above, and I started from 250 lbs. That was my highest weight. I've gotten down to 160, where I was very very happy but now am back at 175... too MUCH. Hang in there, my prayers are w/ you for your back problem and I KNOW you can do it!

Pam