Journeys of Weight Loss and Med School
Thursday, April 26, 2012
I Got In!
Today was a day full of mixed emotions. So I follow this forum called The Student Doctor Network and it has been an amazing tool in planning my pathway to medical school as well as providing student insight on some of the programs that I really like. Well on SDN numerous people posted interview invites for a program that is one of my top choices. So of course I started refreshing my mailbox every five minutes hoping for an interview invite. Needless to say that invite never showed up in my inbox. Today at 6pm I received a call from the program director at another institution who wanted to chat briefly about my application. All he could say was that my application was great and I am an amazing candidate. After that conversation, I knew I was going to get accepted and at 7pm I received my acceptance letter. I'm excited to know that I will be well on my way to medical school this fall.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
First Response
So yesterday I got an email late in the day from University of Cincinnati's special masters program, and I was waitlisted. First reaction was oh well it's on the bottom of my list, but I read further and they told me I'm in the top 1/3 of the waitlist. It made me feel good cause this program is one of the top SMP so if they saw that much potential in my application to put me in the top 1/3, then other programs will hopefully view me in high regard and accept me. This process is long and I hope I come out of it with an acceptance for this fall.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Road to Med School.....Finally
So my focus has been on my weight loss journey, but I've been working hard to achieve my med school goals. I took the MCAT in January and did fairly well if I may say so myself. And by fairly well I mean >30 which is great in the med school world. So with the good MCAT score, I've applied to a few SMP or special masters program, which will serve as a tool for me to enhance my science background and give me the opportunity to take medical school courses. So basically I am losing weight and busting my butt to get into med school all at the same time. This is going to be an eventful journey. Can't wait to write it all out.
Starting Over....Again!
So a lot of things have changed in my life in the past few months. Losing weight is still a priority in my life, but I dropped the ball from my last post in terms of keeping up with my workout schedule. After much research and discussion with the family, I've decided that weight loss surgery is the best option for me. I am 23 years old and I had my first consultation with my surgeon last week and I weighed in at 325.7 with a BMI of 53.7. Those figures for someone my age is ridiculous. If I don't manage my weight now, what will those figures look like in 10 years? So I've decided on getting the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). It's going to be a long road, but I am determined to blog and exercise my way through it. My focus now is to start changing my diet to reflect that new diet I will have. This first challenge is extremely hard but I'm trying to make it work.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Wow it's been four months since my last, and also first, post. Well on Thursday, August 18 and friend and I decided that I need to really stop and focus on myself. My weight has become overwhelming and the aforementioned love of my life looks amazing having lost about seventy pounds already. A cloud of insecurity has begun to follow me and cripple this once so strong relationship. So I've decided to really develop a healthy life style not just a diet. My new and improved journey began last Monday, August 22. I weighed in at a whopping 324.8. That number is so overwhelming considering I am only 22 but I'm not going to let it deter my drive to become fit and healthy. For the past week I've been eating healthy and working out with my friend and this morning I saw 312.2. I has to step on the scale three times to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Twelve pounds in one week will never happen again but it just showed me how bad my body wants to get rid of this fat, so let the journey begin, or shall I say continue.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Beginning
Wow this is my first post/blog ever. I have so many things I need to accomplish but I believe that my weight is starting to impede my success. On April 3, I found out the love of my life is beginning a weight loss journey and the first thought that came to my mind was, wow I don't want to be left behind. Is that thought selfish, who knows, but at that moment I decided that there's no way he's going to be 1) on the journey alone and 2) smaller than me, so I decided to begin my weight loss journey. As of April 4, I am 334.3 lbs. That number seems astounding when you put it on paper, but I am determined to lose it all. I am also beginning my med school journey and it only seems right to be losing weight at the same time because how can I be an effective physician and guide my patients if I am overweight myself.
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