Brawny's time machine

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I have a personal policy on butt stuff. If the doctor sticks his finger up there, I'm entitled to ice cream. I think you may have earned a half gallon.
 
Well....I am back folks. After 6 months...Kinda shameless that I have been coming and going from this thread since 2009. But I realized that I do better when I am reporting (and confessing) (and celebrating) on here.

Well....no I do not weigh 336 again like I did in 09. I was 294 on Thursday which was down from 305 about a month ago.
Life sort of de-railed me. My mom (83 years old) got really really sick. She has been in the hospital more than she has been out since March. I had to put her in a long term care facility.
Well when you work all day then go see your mom in the hospital then you haven't had dinner and you hit a drive thru window for junk food and you do that for 5 months....you get fat.
I had a bad Dr visit about a month ago and my Dr said "well your mom may outlive you at this rate"
I decided that I had to prioritize my health.
I have been walking about 5 times a week. I plan on doing that during the nice fall weather and then moving to my stationary bike.
I am also getting in a lot more steps during the work day.

New goal
Lose 50 by my son's wedding June 9.
11 down 39 to go.
 
Welcome back Brawny. I'm sorry about your Mum, but hope she will be cared for well in the care facility. It should be less of a worry. I'm glad that you are prioritising your health again. Welcome back :)
 
Always good to see you back, by continuing to come back it shows you have not given up.

Life gets hard when you have a sick relative but it does not help them if we make ourselves sick. Look after yourself, you can do this !
 
Thanks guys
Trying to get in a groove
Walked 14751 steps yesterday including a 2.5 mile fitness walk on the track
Felt good.
Thank goodness I actually like exercise, because I sure like to eat. Speaking of eat, calorie total for yesterday was about 2300. Would like to be at about 1800-2000 but I think with all that walking I was still in deficit.
Weigh in will be Thursday
I do like this step counter thingy I got!
 
Brawny!! Welcome back!! So sorry to hear about your Mom. I have been down that path several times with several loved ones and it is not easy so going off the rails is understandable. Glad you are back on track!
 
Thank guys
My mom's decline is a fact of my life right now
I must function as best as I can.
Walked 11000 steps yesterday and ate about 2000 calories.
Nothing glorious just staying the course
 
Random observation by Brawny

So I was walking at a local track which as is often the case here wraps around a football field. Well they were having pee wee football practice. The kids were on the field and the parents were milling about. Well it hit me how fat the parents were. Most of them were mid to late 30s and 80% of them were way overweight. But here is the kicker... They were at a track on a lovely evening and they were sitting on their butts! I was the only one walking
Why?
 
Why? Feeling ashamed about being seen moving awkwardly. Knowing that some of the other overweight parents there would feel like it wouldn´t just be an acknowledgment of his/her own issues but an accusation against the others. Resignation. Fatigue. Keep at it, bud, we´re all statistics in the end but we have some influence on what kind it´ll be.
 
^What LaMa said^ You are doing something about your health Brawny. Hopefully, something will click with them too!
 
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