Comments on: Lifetime http://www.collisionbend.com/2006/lifetime/ Writings, issues and observations from Cleveland, Ohio by Will Kessel Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Will http://www.collisionbend.com/2006/lifetime/#comment-20982 Will Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:23:22 +0000 http://collisionbend.com/2006/lifetime/#comment-20982 Well, the weight loss is there, but it's kind of cryptic. The numbers at the bottom of the post signified the current weight/range to target. In this post, the weight was 169 pounds, 5 pounds under WeightWatchers goal. I started at 248.6 pounds on January 7th, 2007, making my total weight loss 78.6 pounds. I have since had gall bladder surgery, and have (as a result) gained some of it back (about 34 lbs., trught be told), so I now have to pay for my WeightWatchers meetings, although only once a month. I am now working on losing the weight I gained since the surgery -- and I'm finding it harder to do, ironically: the gall bladder, while all it does is store excess bile for the digestive process, plays a part in that process, and it affects weight loss efforts. My hunger is harder to judge today; my fullness is harder as well (although it's not supposed to do that). Go figure. The other thing I have noticed since the surgery: I can tell when I eat fatty food: I get a sharper pain where my gall bladder <em>used</em> to be! This should go away in a while, but I'm not sure how long it will take. Only time will tell. As far as your efforts are concerned: you <em>can</em> do it. If I can do it, anybody can. Just remember: it's not about dieting -- it's about changing your lifestyle, which can be both harder and easier at the same time. We all change as we go through life, and these are some of the adjustments we need to make as we go along. Just keep your head in the game, stay focused, and don't get down on yourself if you have a setback. Think about this: you are running back a kickoff from the 1 yard line. At the 40 yard line, you fumble the ball. You go back to pick it up at the 38, and continue running. Do you start running from the 1 yard line again? No! You start from the 38! The ground you've already covered still counts! Just pick up the ball and start up again. That's all it takes. Best wishes to you, and thanks for your comment! Well, the weight loss is there, but it’s kind of cryptic. The numbers at the bottom of the post signified the current weight/range to target. In this post, the weight was 169 pounds, 5 pounds under WeightWatchers goal.

I started at 248.6 pounds on January 7th, 2007, making my total weight loss 78.6 pounds.

I have since had gall bladder surgery, and have (as a result) gained some of it back (about 34 lbs., trught be told), so I now have to pay for my WeightWatchers meetings, although only once a month.

I am now working on losing the weight I gained since the surgery — and I’m finding it harder to do, ironically: the gall bladder, while all it does is store excess bile for the digestive process, plays a part in that process, and it affects weight loss efforts. My hunger is harder to judge today; my fullness is harder as well (although it’s not supposed to do that). Go figure.

The other thing I have noticed since the surgery: I can tell when I eat fatty food: I get a sharper pain where my gall bladder used to be! This should go away in a while, but I’m not sure how long it will take. Only time will tell.

As far as your efforts are concerned: you can do it. If I can do it, anybody can. Just remember: it’s not about dieting — it’s about changing your lifestyle, which can be both harder and easier at the same time. We all change as we go through life, and these are some of the adjustments we need to make as we go along. Just keep your head in the game, stay focused, and don’t get down on yourself if you have a setback.

Think about this: you are running back a kickoff from the 1 yard line. At the 40 yard line, you fumble the ball. You go back to pick it up at the 38, and continue running. Do you start running from the 1 yard line again? No! You start from the 38! The ground you’ve already covered still counts!

Just pick up the ball and start up again. That’s all it takes.

Best wishes to you, and thanks for your comment!

]]> By: kenken http://www.collisionbend.com/2006/lifetime/#comment-20981 kenken Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:09:32 +0000 http://collisionbend.com/2006/lifetime/#comment-20981 Although the details of weight loss were not in this post, I found it a little motivating given that I am now also going through some attempt to lose weight which I had put on unknowingly (or rather, subconsciously) over the past year. I did not realize it until family told me I was looking more like a hippo than the incredible (muscular) hulk I used to be. I hope to be at the same point as you in terms of achieving weight loss in time to come, especially since I am still young of age. Good job! Although the details of weight loss were not in this post, I found it a little motivating given that I am now also going through some attempt to lose weight which I had put on unknowingly (or rather, subconsciously) over the past year. I did not realize it until family told me I was looking more like a hippo than the incredible (muscular) hulk I used to be. I hope to be at the same point as you in terms of achieving weight loss in time to come, especially since I am still young of age. Good job!

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