Post by SocialWheeler on Mar 27, 2013 9:00:30 GMT -4
The thing about weight loss is this:
The change in eating habits and movement has to be a PERMANENT one. That's the part that makes me laugh when people put the weight back on. In July of 2004 I was 354 lbs. In January of 2012 I was 312 lbs, and today I got on the scale and I am 255 lbs. Still cartoonishly fat, but headed in the right direction. ;D
At 6' tall, I should be a whole hell of a lot closer to 190-200 than the 255 I find myself at presently. Having three dogs certainly gets one out of the house and off the couch more. The things that are working are:
1) Realizing not everyone has metabolism. Well I have it, but it's S-L-O-W.
2) Watching closely EVERYTHING that I am eating. This means no binging on KD or Cheeseburgers and Fries from Kazoo's in Porter's Lake.
3) Realizing that not every eating plan works for everyone.
4) Lots of water. It's the only thing I have ever found that cuts my appetite. If I am awake, I am hungry. If I am full of water, I am not. Simple.
5) You have to want it. It's an ongoing battle, it will be this way for life, and I am currently winning. Fall off the wagon, and I know I will be on my way to wiping my ass with a rag on a stick, holes cut in my walls, and my own show on the Discovery Channel. Some people are alcoholics. Some of us eat too much.
See, the thing is... YOU are responsible for what you put in your face. I believe that the VAST majority of the cartoonishly fat are that way because they eat too much and are sedentary. I call BS on most of the "big-boned", "thyroid issue", "but I really eat well" people. Bullshit!! For the most part, if you are spilling out over the sides of your chair at Cora's while you are daintily munching away on your 30$ fruit breakfast, my bet is that you are stuffing yourself with pizza, and donairs and fast food and mayo etc, every chance you get, because you are not fooling anyone with your fruit salad, greens and chicken when you eat in public. How do I know this? It was me for a long time.
Your body is a direct reflection of what you put into it. Duh. If you want your body to look permanently different, you have to change permanently what you are putting into it.
Having said all that (and hoping it's all spelled right as I did not use the spellcheck) there is one last thing. You have to accept who you are. For every person in society like Jan, Sixer, and TDogg who can eat whatever the hell they want and remain small, there are many more like me who would be on their way to TV land if they did that. Just look around the next time you go out in public. ANYWHERE. Sometimes lady, you need more than 2 inches of zipper, for those jeans to look good, and not every man should wear a wife beater, those black tshirts are not slimming there chubby... AND/OR a speedo if you are a snowbird from Quebec.
I think I am on the right track to get the weight off and keep it off this time, if for no other reason that I have finally, FINALLY realized that what I shovel in there is reflected in the mirror. Seems simple enough. Let's see how it goes.
Finally. Having support at home counts for a lot, and splitting a Delissio pizza with the wife on Saturday nights is a wonderful thing. ;D
Rant over. Back to your regularily scheduled programming. I have couple pix of 354. I will post.
The change in eating habits and movement has to be a PERMANENT one. That's the part that makes me laugh when people put the weight back on. In July of 2004 I was 354 lbs. In January of 2012 I was 312 lbs, and today I got on the scale and I am 255 lbs. Still cartoonishly fat, but headed in the right direction. ;D
At 6' tall, I should be a whole hell of a lot closer to 190-200 than the 255 I find myself at presently. Having three dogs certainly gets one out of the house and off the couch more. The things that are working are:
1) Realizing not everyone has metabolism. Well I have it, but it's S-L-O-W.
2) Watching closely EVERYTHING that I am eating. This means no binging on KD or Cheeseburgers and Fries from Kazoo's in Porter's Lake.
3) Realizing that not every eating plan works for everyone.
4) Lots of water. It's the only thing I have ever found that cuts my appetite. If I am awake, I am hungry. If I am full of water, I am not. Simple.
5) You have to want it. It's an ongoing battle, it will be this way for life, and I am currently winning. Fall off the wagon, and I know I will be on my way to wiping my ass with a rag on a stick, holes cut in my walls, and my own show on the Discovery Channel. Some people are alcoholics. Some of us eat too much.
See, the thing is... YOU are responsible for what you put in your face. I believe that the VAST majority of the cartoonishly fat are that way because they eat too much and are sedentary. I call BS on most of the "big-boned", "thyroid issue", "but I really eat well" people. Bullshit!! For the most part, if you are spilling out over the sides of your chair at Cora's while you are daintily munching away on your 30$ fruit breakfast, my bet is that you are stuffing yourself with pizza, and donairs and fast food and mayo etc, every chance you get, because you are not fooling anyone with your fruit salad, greens and chicken when you eat in public. How do I know this? It was me for a long time.
Your body is a direct reflection of what you put into it. Duh. If you want your body to look permanently different, you have to change permanently what you are putting into it.
Having said all that (and hoping it's all spelled right as I did not use the spellcheck) there is one last thing. You have to accept who you are. For every person in society like Jan, Sixer, and TDogg who can eat whatever the hell they want and remain small, there are many more like me who would be on their way to TV land if they did that. Just look around the next time you go out in public. ANYWHERE. Sometimes lady, you need more than 2 inches of zipper, for those jeans to look good, and not every man should wear a wife beater, those black tshirts are not slimming there chubby... AND/OR a speedo if you are a snowbird from Quebec.
I think I am on the right track to get the weight off and keep it off this time, if for no other reason that I have finally, FINALLY realized that what I shovel in there is reflected in the mirror. Seems simple enough. Let's see how it goes.
Finally. Having support at home counts for a lot, and splitting a Delissio pizza with the wife on Saturday nights is a wonderful thing. ;D
Rant over. Back to your regularily scheduled programming. I have couple pix of 354. I will post.