HI
Thanks for the welcome and the encouraging words
I aim for between 1000 and 1200 calories (  try to be closer to the
1000- thats why keeping a food journal is important). The MS has caused
some swallowing difficulties, making certain food textures diffcult to
manage- red meat is impossible, small amounts of lean chicken or turkey
mince is ok but I by the leanest cut I can find and mince it myself. I
have type 2 Diabetes, so I try to stick to foods that have a low to
moderate GI. Using this approach I have been able to get my blood
glucose levels down to normal. I am careful with carbohydrates as I
find that even modest amounts of complex carbohydrates seem to trigger
carbohydrate cravings. I Cannot eat bread (again due to swallowing
problems) although flat bread ( unleven breads) I can mange in small
amounts with caution- it is safer to stick to crsip breads.
Typically breakfast would be poridge oats and some tinned fruit
Lunch would be vegetable soup, Crispbread
Dinner would be mince chicken, cooked with shredded vegetable such as
cabbage, carrots zucchi, capsicum, mushroom and 1/2 cup cooked basmati
rice seasoned with chilli powder and light soysauce
A snack ( either in the afternoon or evening) would be no fat yoguhrt
and fruit

I use an electric wheelchair about 80% of the time, the rest of the
time ( mainly at home I use the manual wheelchair. I Used to love water
based exercse but I need a pool that has a hoist to get out- most of
these are hydrotherapy pools that are heated to quite a warm
temperature. Unfortunately one of the frustrations with MS is that
exposure to heat makes your symptoms worse for several hours- the main
one is severe fatigue- Its not something you can force yourself to work
through- When I get out of a heated pool, I barely have the energy to
sit up and get dress- I usually sleep for several hours afterwards- so
the benefit is lost.
I have found a Workout DVD on the internet that is aimed at the super
overweight - it said that there are 3 levels and the 1st is for seated
exercise- i have sent away for it. Other than that I use food cans from
the pantry as weights and also have some "therabands" to do resistnace
excerse, but this is mainly strength stuff rather than aerobic stuff.

Asde from all this
I am an RN, I work in "telehealth" these days giving nursing advice
over the phone ( very part time) and I am studying Information
Technology at university (got exams soon). I am single and lve alone
with my cavalier spaniel (Penny). I live in Adelaide Sth Australia and
have a brother who lives in Canberra. We are very different, I am
severly obese, unift and have health issues, not wealthy but make ends
meet. he is 46, has been retired fr 5 years, Is remarkebly fit and
healthy with no health issues and is independently wealthy- he spends 6
hours per day at the gym!!
thats me
Karen

Hi
I live in South Australia, I have not heard the term Travlers in
relation to weight watchers before but all of the meetings here are in
church halls, school halls, etc and when I contacted them they were not
able to evn suggest somewhere I could get weighed. It has been
suggested that I focus on measurements instead - my concern with that s
that at my weight you need to alter quite substantally in weight to be
able to see much of a differences in measurements - that goes for
increasing and decreasing weight. I don't want to get paranoid about
the number on the scales, but I would like to be able to weigh once per
fortnight at least to ensure that at the very least, that I am not
getting heavier. If I can get down to under 150kg  can just about mange
to weigh on some scales at home- not very accurate as I need to use
handrails to stand up with - but it is a help.
Nice to know that your centres are able to get access to equipment
easily if they need to- is that due to anti discrimination legislation?
There was a court case here not long ago when it was decided that equal
oppurtunities legslation did not cover obesity- t was not deemed to be
a disability!!
karen