First to write something? I don't want to viewed as replacing SB, for he is unique in his own right. However, I did want to share this one minor observation regarding weight loss.
Don't get comfortable.
For a fair amount of time, I have had a goal of loosing 10 pounds. An reachable goal. However, since last winter, I have not made progress. I was disappointed, but tried to stay the course of eating healthy and eating less.
Then a week ago, after having a nuclear heart stress test, I found myself fighting diarrhea, which I felt may have been attributed to a side effect to the drugs they gave me to light up my blood, or put me in stress. My research on that was inconclusive, but in any case, I found myself loosing about five pounds due to the diarrhea. Now, I don't recommend you go out and find a case of diarrhea to loose weight. It's not a good plan.
But, after it got better, I still found myself five pounds lighter. I felt much better. With my slightly smaller belly, my belt tighter, I felt great. Lighter on my feet, able to move faster and I could play stick with my dog easier.
I felt so good, that I told myself it won't hurt to eat that dish if ice cream, or have some potato chips.
Wrong! Don't do it.
Loosing weight and keeping it off is not a one time effort or a case of diarrhea, but a life change in eating and exercise habits.
I am still five pounds lighter and have five pounds more to reach my goal. Then, I will celebrate my new body and stay there for a while. I will then set another goal - to loose another five or ten pounds and stay the course.
Hope you are staying the course as well.
Just wanted to share the thought: Don't get comfortable, but stay the course.
What is your small progress or thought?
Don't get comfortable.
For a fair amount of time, I have had a goal of loosing 10 pounds. An reachable goal. However, since last winter, I have not made progress. I was disappointed, but tried to stay the course of eating healthy and eating less.
Then a week ago, after having a nuclear heart stress test, I found myself fighting diarrhea, which I felt may have been attributed to a side effect to the drugs they gave me to light up my blood, or put me in stress. My research on that was inconclusive, but in any case, I found myself loosing about five pounds due to the diarrhea. Now, I don't recommend you go out and find a case of diarrhea to loose weight. It's not a good plan.
But, after it got better, I still found myself five pounds lighter. I felt much better. With my slightly smaller belly, my belt tighter, I felt great. Lighter on my feet, able to move faster and I could play stick with my dog easier.
I felt so good, that I told myself it won't hurt to eat that dish if ice cream, or have some potato chips.
Wrong! Don't do it.
Loosing weight and keeping it off is not a one time effort or a case of diarrhea, but a life change in eating and exercise habits.
I am still five pounds lighter and have five pounds more to reach my goal. Then, I will celebrate my new body and stay there for a while. I will then set another goal - to loose another five or ten pounds and stay the course.
Hope you are staying the course as well.
Just wanted to share the thought: Don't get comfortable, but stay the course.
What is your small progress or thought?
Readng the posts on the forum every day. Not much to say. Waiting for my shoulder pain to improve. Waiting for my son to get better help. A little snippet of news: the cardiac surgeon who did my AVR has been mentioned in the British press - there is a "toxic feud" between the cardiac surgeons at St George's Hospital, Tooting, London (the NHS hospital where she works). This is now being investigated as the hospital's mortality rate in cardiac surgery is higher than other cardiac surgery hospitals, apparently due to the "feud" between the surgeons. I know no more at the moment but am not surprised.
