It seems I’ve been doing much bitching and moaning lately about “stuff”. It’s an unfortunate fact that this year is dedicated to getting well from various, previously undiagnosed maladies, which in turn leads to much whininess. Hopefully I impart some positive facts about my weight loss in between the mountains of griping.
If it’s one thing I must, and everyone who goes down this path must do as well, is to remember the positive. Yeah, I have a knee injury and a hip impingement, but I gotta think, hey, even with these two nasty painful buggers, I still lost 180 pounds. Yep, I have twenty pounds of sagging tissue which makes me feel yucky, but jeezus, I still lost that enough weight to have that happen! Which leads me to believe, I’m stronger than I thought, and have achieved above and beyond what I ever even aimed for.
Reinforcing the positive is pretty much the only way to keep going when life gives us a sucker punch to the psyche. So I get up, look in the mirror and say, you look fantastic! Because, hells yes, I have lost more weight in the past two months, I have gained ten more pounds of muscle (I scare me with my biceps), I have gotten more flexible with my knee (oh, but the PT sucks!) and I have really amped up my metabolism.
I’ve decided that I don’t look hideous anymore- I even got hit on by a really cute air man after a bon odori performance. (David thought it was funny, especially since he was two feet away watching it happen). Yes, validation by a cute guy!
I’ve been doing well, if I sit down and add up all the positive things. It’s really easy to tally the negative, but it’s just as simple to say, man, I’m doing well.
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June 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
That picture looks like the clouds giving up the finger. See, I can see the negative in everything!
I’ve been reading you for a while now and share similar weight problems to you (not as much the health complications though). Weight training has been great for me and I’ve been able to greatly increase my strength, but it sort of leaves in me in the lurch as to whether I should focus on body building (which I would like), or decreasing my weight. So far, my weight has plateaued and my muscle has increased, which is nice.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@Doug, yeah, the health issues are one reasons I don’t blog on here as much as I used to.
I have to advocate both cardio and strength training. However, the pounds didn’t come off when I started weight training, they came piling on. But I lost a lot of fat and inches. Now, I actually weigh more than I did some 8 months ago, yet I look much, much better.
Doing weights with cardio amped up my metabolism and helped me burn fat, but it needs to be done together. Get your metabolism going and you’ll burn fat and gain muscle, which weigh more than fat, so you’ll need to keep that in mind when you lift. And frankly,screw the scale, that bitch lies. Go by how you look and feel and ignore the trap of the scale.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I’ve been really bad with the cardio ;(… I do 10 minutes before weight training, but that’s pretty much it and I know it’s not enough. I do, however, bike 20 minutes to a from work everyday, so I am getting some exercise. i’ve been meaning to get back into jogging, but… meh. I’ve really got to get motivated again.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I encourage you to get motivated with the cardio
! The biking is fantastic and I wish so often I could physically be able to so again (then I could bike to the gym!) So kudos on biking to work!!
I’m not a fan of running, mainly because of the knees and the potential injuries. But if you do start running again, try interval training. It’s when you go for say, 2 minutes running as hard as ever have, and then drop back down to what you normally do, and do that for 5-10 min. Repeat. You’ll feel like dying as you do it, but man, your metabolism shoots up! Plus, your body won’t be able to get used to it, which is a downer and a plateau-maker.