My Recovery from Obesity
- Thread starter Don Keykong
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Justina
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Hey you -falafels are yum!!! I love Lebanese cuisine. In fact I am making tabulah this weekend - I have to eat tons of vegetables and fruits - chickpeas are not allowed n the first 2 days after juicing.
Strawberries for the chicken? lol - cute! I want some too!!!
You are becoming quite a farmer! I can't wait to have some outside space!
Strawberries for the chicken? lol - cute! I want some too!!!
You are becoming quite a farmer! I can't wait to have some outside space!
MysticRealm
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Aw, cute chickens!
Don Keykong
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That's why I visit your thread, Don: for the chicks.
Lemme just say, since I lost some weight I have a LOT more chicks in my life. Some days, they are all over me, too.
Kiwi_gal2013
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Falafel mmm (making me hungry now!) your recipe sounds delish.
You are doing awesome , keep up the good work!
You are doing awesome , keep up the good work!
Don Keykong
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Quercus, the recipe is in 2 parts in your inbox. let me know if there are any questions.
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Quick update:
Down 1.2 lbs, despite steak and eggs for breakfast and slightly salty Chinese stir fry for dinner (all veg).
That makes a total loss to date of 80.8 lbs! Woohoo.
Bought a blood pressure cuff (electronic) and have been playing with it since yesterday. At first I thought I might be dead, but then figured out how to use it. I'll track that data daily from now on too. Oddly, my BP is lower after a cardio workout (10-15 minutes later) than when I was at rest for an hour. Can anyone explain that to me? Morning BP (15 minutes after waking) was awesomely low for me.
Have a great day, all.
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Quick update:
Down 1.2 lbs, despite steak and eggs for breakfast and slightly salty Chinese stir fry for dinner (all veg).
That makes a total loss to date of 80.8 lbs! Woohoo.
Bought a blood pressure cuff (electronic) and have been playing with it since yesterday. At first I thought I might be dead, but then figured out how to use it. I'll track that data daily from now on too. Oddly, my BP is lower after a cardio workout (10-15 minutes later) than when I was at rest for an hour. Can anyone explain that to me? Morning BP (15 minutes after waking) was awesomely low for me.
Have a great day, all.
Sunflower2
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80lbs! That's fantastic--Have people been commenting on how good you look?
Don Keykong
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Hello Hana! A little bit. Comments I get are like "Gee you look different....cut your hair?" My wife says it's very noticeable but people aren't saying much because they fear bringing up my weight and being wrong about any weight loss. The fact is, I still weigh 376 pounds, which in American parlance, is a shitload of man. I believe the NEXT 50 pounds will have a drastic effect on how people see me, compared to the first 80.
Sunflower2
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It's always good when the comments start coming in--I've had a lot of negative comments from my family about my weight so when people give me compliments it feels amazing but a little bit wrong. Like, no, no, no, I'm not there yet! Wait and see! Friends don't bring up my weight because it's a touchy subject so I can understand getting the "wow, a new haircut?!" comments until there's no reasonable doubt that you're looking damn good! Congratulations--Hope you're celebrating you're hugeee losses.
MysticRealm
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Fantastic! Great job on over 80 pounds lost!
Don Keykong
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Thank you, Mystic! I like to think of it as "One-third of the way there."
Hana, you are my good luck charm, I think. Today (Saturday) I attended a soccer match for my daughter, one for my son, then later a baseball game for said son. At the three matches, I got 4 (yes, 4!) compliments from friends I haven't been seeing much lately... all saying that it looked like I'd lost a lot of weight! Yeah, baby! (OK, so I am vain)
That made my day. Now I have to go hit the bike and keep the ball moving.
Sunflower2
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That's great, Don!
And at 80lbs down you have now lost the equivalent of the World’s Largest Ball of Tape. And that's pretty damn groovy.
And at 80lbs down you have now lost the equivalent of the World’s Largest Ball of Tape. And that's pretty damn groovy.
MysticRealm
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Yay for all the compliments!
Don Keykong
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Hana, Justina and Mystic, thank you for checking in on me! I appreciate it.
I'm in a quiet period right now. I took the weekend off from aggressively trying to lose weight. First official "break" I've taken since starting in January. I didn't go "off the reservation" and eat a jumbo pizza or mainline clarified butter or anything. Just wanted to take a breather. I still ate right and exercised and drank my water and all. But I also had a tiny bit of pasta, a salty soup and some homemade fried rice. As a result, my weight has been roughly the same (up 1.0 lb) since last Friday, I think.
I think I'm going through what I call a "redistribution period". Because of the types of exercise I've been doing and also the way I put the weight on to begin with, it looks like much of the weight I've been losing up until now was coming from my legs, butt, arms, neck, etc. My torso has remained pretty thick -- although my tummy has definitely flattened out some. As result, it really hasn't made me appear 80 lbs lighter to most people. Well, I think my excess weight is now in the process of redistributing itself from my trunk to my legs, rear and arms, so I am starting to appear smaller to others. This weekend, I got no fewer than 6 compliments from different people about my weight loss... where I hadn't heard much at all prior to last Friday. Now it starts getting exciting to me, as some of the losses will result in observable physical changes. This is important to someone like me, who thrives on immediate feedback.
Speaking of which, I borrowed a blood pressure machine and have been taking my rest heart rate and BP for the last week. I now check it every day in the morning after waking and in the evening about 10-15 minutes after a workout. Comparing my readings to my last measured stats taken (by a doctor) late last year before I started this process, my rest heart rate has dropped from 72 to around 64, and my BP has dropped quite a bit, too. This morning's measurement was 142/77 @ 64 bpm. Yes, I know my BP is a bit high, but when I asked my doctor last week (brief appointment to discuss the freakin' poison oak rash I acquired a couple of weeks ago!) he was not very concerned. He talked a lot about my food intake and exercise and said as long as I keep up what I'm doing, he'd just "keep an eye" on my BP over the coming months. In Fall of last year, my BP was measured at 170/105 @ 72 bpm.... THAT was cause for concern.
Sorry I haven't been to everyone's diary lately. Like I said, I am in a quiet period right now. Keep fighting the good fight, everyone. I'll check back in later.
I'm in a quiet period right now. I took the weekend off from aggressively trying to lose weight. First official "break" I've taken since starting in January. I didn't go "off the reservation" and eat a jumbo pizza or mainline clarified butter or anything. Just wanted to take a breather. I still ate right and exercised and drank my water and all. But I also had a tiny bit of pasta, a salty soup and some homemade fried rice. As a result, my weight has been roughly the same (up 1.0 lb) since last Friday, I think.
I think I'm going through what I call a "redistribution period". Because of the types of exercise I've been doing and also the way I put the weight on to begin with, it looks like much of the weight I've been losing up until now was coming from my legs, butt, arms, neck, etc. My torso has remained pretty thick -- although my tummy has definitely flattened out some. As result, it really hasn't made me appear 80 lbs lighter to most people. Well, I think my excess weight is now in the process of redistributing itself from my trunk to my legs, rear and arms, so I am starting to appear smaller to others. This weekend, I got no fewer than 6 compliments from different people about my weight loss... where I hadn't heard much at all prior to last Friday. Now it starts getting exciting to me, as some of the losses will result in observable physical changes. This is important to someone like me, who thrives on immediate feedback.
Speaking of which, I borrowed a blood pressure machine and have been taking my rest heart rate and BP for the last week. I now check it every day in the morning after waking and in the evening about 10-15 minutes after a workout. Comparing my readings to my last measured stats taken (by a doctor) late last year before I started this process, my rest heart rate has dropped from 72 to around 64, and my BP has dropped quite a bit, too. This morning's measurement was 142/77 @ 64 bpm. Yes, I know my BP is a bit high, but when I asked my doctor last week (brief appointment to discuss the freakin' poison oak rash I acquired a couple of weeks ago!) he was not very concerned. He talked a lot about my food intake and exercise and said as long as I keep up what I'm doing, he'd just "keep an eye" on my BP over the coming months. In Fall of last year, my BP was measured at 170/105 @ 72 bpm.... THAT was cause for concern.
Sorry I haven't been to everyone's diary lately. Like I said, I am in a quiet period right now. Keep fighting the good fight, everyone. I'll check back in later.
