My Recovery from Obesity

MandyH said:
At this rate you should offer to sing me a song for getting below 200lb. In that case you'd have absolutely nothing to worry about! I'm at the point where I don't think it's ever gonna happen! LOL
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You'll get there soon. But to be sure, I think you should ask MrVee to sing "Mandy" for you.
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I would offer, but I'm a horrific singer unless I'm drunk or showering. Then I'm awesome!

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Great weigh-in today. I came in at 358.4, down 1.4 pounds for the day and 98.6 pounds overall. I ate well and exercised, but this was a surprise. That puts me slightly ahead of schedule for the 100-lb loss marker, but I'm not getting too far ahead of myself... I could have a 3 day slowdown now. We'll just put in the work and hope for the best.

Other news, I stayed up late and watched a TV show called the "900 lb man" on the TLC network last night. It was about a young man in Guam (35 I think) who weighed 900 pounds and was trying to get gastric bypass to save his life. No such surgeries are done in Guam, and he was too heavy to fly out to have it done. The show covered a span of about 2-3 years, and sadly he eventually passed away at home before having the surgery. What struck me, was after listening to his story, his explanation for how he lost control and how he had fallen victim to such an extreme form of obesity was very similar to the things I had been doing wrong to get fat, just to a greater degree... he was further down the pipeline, so to speak. Had I gained another 80-100 pounds, rather than start losing weight, I could have fallen into his trap... where his poor eating was finally compounded by his lack of mobility to the point where he completely lost all control.

I find it very sad that so many morbidly obese people still have the potential to solve their problems, but either lack the motivation, determination, or knowledge to ever start... and at some point, when their own hole gets deep enough, the option to fix it themselves gets taken away.

Anyway. Sorry if that's a downer, but it made me think.
 
Oh no... Barry Manilow!! LOL I was not named after that song, but if anyone wants to sing it for me, feel free! LOL It'll still be a long time from now when I get to below 200lb though.

That's really sad about the man in Guam. Having been in the "obese" category I think we can all relate to how easy it really is to fall into that trap unfortunately. Thankfully *we* have figured out how to fix it and we are working towards healthier lifestyles. I can totally relate to your comment about not having the motivation or knowledge of how to turn things around. For me personally, I always thought you needed a gym membership or thousands of dollars worth of exercise equipment at your exposal in order to get into and to stay into shape so I really never bothered to even try. I recently learned otherwise. All I needed was a DVD player (which I already had) and a couple of DVDs along with some nice weather to go walking. Had I know this I would've started many, many years ago!

It is a sad story and a sad situation this man found himself in, but hopefully his story will inspire someone else in a similar situation to make some changes. Maybe some good will come out of it. I guess that's all we can really hope for.
 
Great job on shedding those pounds.
I saw a TLC program about an obese lady that was working on getting gastric surgery. She was too obese for most doctors to consider for surgery (I think she was around 600-700 pounds or so), but one doctor did take it on and did her surgery. However she did pass away from complications from the surgery, leaving behind her 2 young kids. At 900 pounds I don't know how that man from Guam could have found a doctor to do the surgery and if he did, how he'd come through it. So sad that it can get to that point. I am so thankful that I am (hopefully) turning myself around (and hopefully permanently)
 
Hana, no big celebrations for me. I may lighten the pressure in the coming weeks for a big family to-do, but there's no cause to do much more than say "Yea!" when I get there. It's a long journey I'm on.

Today, I am down 0.4 lbs to 358, ONE pound away... actually, I need 1.1 lbs to "break" the 100 pounds lost barrier.

I may put forth the extra effort to make it happen by Sunday, if possible. That would put me 2-3 days ahead of schedule. It'll be tough as I have several commitments aligned in the coming days. We'll see.
 
Thanks Guideon and Mystic, but we may have to wait for 2-3 days. I had corned beef & cabbage (salt, salt, & a little salt) for dinner (my daughter's birthday request) so I'm up about a pound today. I ate well most of the day, but was a bit dehydrated all day as well. I'll try to do better today, but there are 'events" I must attend that'll make it tougher.

My original guess-timate of May 28th may end up coming true after all. :D

For breakfast I made a curried eggplant, zucchini, serrano pepper & spinach saute, scrambled a couple eggs to mix with it and sat to eat... only to find myself surrounded by my wife and 2 of my kids looking at me with those big cow eyes. So, I split it four ways and rolled up the servings in whole wheat tortillas, added and we all had burritos. I'm beginning to sway the masses to eat better. :D
 
That breakfast sounds yummy :drool5: - I love eggplant!! I have never thought about adding it to an omlette! I don't know why not though!!

You are so close to that 100lb-mile stone!! That's crazy!! You did an amazing decision in January!! So proud of you!!!!
 
Well, it’s May 28! Did you reach your goal? I hope so *fingers crossed*!! If not, no sweat, it’ll happen soon. ?

Your meals sound so delicious! I’ve never even tried eggplant though. What does it taste like?
 
Thanks, Mandy! No, it took me a week to lose the pound. I had a rough week in terms of weight loss... up by two, held steady for a few days, then dropped today. I've been "cheating up" a LOT this week... not unhealthy foods so much as eating too late, poor mix of carbs/proteins, timing of meals, etc. I was especially bad with sodium this week.

Two days ago I got pissed off and made the decision to change things up, so I added a second workout (AM and PM) and drank 3+ gallons of water. I also ate NO added salt. I ate one regular meal in the AM then all the fruits and raw veg I wanted after that. I had a salad for dinner, several bananas, some radishes, etc. I ate a lot, but it was all salt free. Weighed in today down 2.5 pounds from yesterday, for a total of 100.5 pounds.

That's right, I have lost 100 pounds! Hell, yeah! :biggrinjester:

I feel pretty good about that, obviously. That has been my first long term goal. Phase 1 (losing the first 100) is complete in 5 days less than 5 months. Phase 2 (losing the 2nd 100) starts today. To start things off right, I saw in Craigslist an ad for a Concept 2 rowing machine in a town 100 miles away. I called the guy and found I was 2nd in line. I begged him to let me come first and he consented. I drove there and back in 4 hours and I am the proud new owner of a Concept 2 rower! I am VERY excited about this as I have been trying to find one for 3 months... but kept getting to them after others had already laid claim.

I set it up and did my first workout ever on one. 20 minutes and 3500 meters later, I was thrashed! Oh my God I am sore today... but in a goood way. :D
 
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