Back pain or a pain in my...

Last October i bent down wrong and messed up my back. Thinking that it was just a pulled muscle i kept doing my normail routines and eventually did it again to the point where i counldn't get out of bed for 3 days. After many many doctor visits and CAT Scan, they found out that i have four herniated discs, a tear in the very bottom one and the "gel" is drying up and i have degenerative disc disease. How exciting is that? ugh, so a girl i have environmental science class with suggested that i try yoga ( it was either that or cortizone shots in my back) so i did and the pain was pretty much gone after the first time i did it. Talk about luck. That just goes to show that you don't need modern medicine and perscription pills, but you do need some modern machines. I am still for going back to riding horses, but we can keep the CAT scan and X-rays.
I want to move around and i am limited, i want to play for hours with my son, but can't because i get sore after 20 minutes or so. I was advised not to do any high impact excersices, so i am limited to yoga, and going for a walk, and lifting weights for my arms of course, but none of this seems to help me lose weight, not to worried about it though. My philosophy is God made me this way for a reason, perhaps for diversity. If everyone in the whole world was their proper wieght, then where would the challenge be. Most people think that fat people are gross, dirty and have low self esteem. Well they haven't met me. I shower everyday like a regular person and probably brush my teeth more than the avarage person. I eat properly, i don't shovel food into my face like they usually portray larger people to do in movies and on tv. And i am more narcisistic than most. I love how i look, my hair, my eyes, my fingers, and everything else about myself, and so does Chris and my son. Since those are the only people that matter and they love me how i am why should i change? I know that it will be better for my health, and all that other stuff, but for now i am content where i am.