It has been a whole week since the last post. I think that I am getting somewhat complacent with my recent success. I forget if I have updated this or not, but since I reached my goal of 200 pounds (and kept it off for a couple of weeks) I shaved. Though I haven't lost any weight within a couple of weeks, I am now getting all kinds of comments. It seems that the more linear face is catching peoples' eye and then they really notice that I have lost weight.
It is definitely easier to tell that I have changed. I just don't want to stop the habits. People have continued to ask what I did, and my answer seems silly. "I just behaved and did what you are supposed to do." It's true, if we all just did what we know is healthy...but it is just not that simple.
For whatever reason, it was good timing for me, I had high accountability, I was sick of living this way...All of the above and more? The one thing that I never did was stop trying. There were certain areas of my eating that I did not focus on, but I never stopped believing that I could lose weight! Where would you be if you kept trying? 198.4
Monday, May 21, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Mom Has Given Us A Lot
But you don't have to be satisfied with your gift! Genetics is apart of who we are and the environment that we grew up in helps to create and mold our habits. Even so, you can be your own person.
Most of the battle of the bulge is a mental battle. The reason that you don't do more in the gym or around the block is because you are choosing not to. We may have a predisposition to store fat or might have learned some eating habits. Regardless though, we get to choose who we are in our health and become the healthiest person we can.
Of coures, there are exceptions to this, but for the most part genetics should not be a reason to take slothful, lazy habits and shortcut eating tendancies lying down. At least take them standing, and maybe for a walk.
Most of the battle of the bulge is a mental battle. The reason that you don't do more in the gym or around the block is because you are choosing not to. We may have a predisposition to store fat or might have learned some eating habits. Regardless though, we get to choose who we are in our health and become the healthiest person we can.
Of coures, there are exceptions to this, but for the most part genetics should not be a reason to take slothful, lazy habits and shortcut eating tendancies lying down. At least take them standing, and maybe for a walk.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Can you Make the Uncomfortable Comfortable?
Exercise is uncomfortable. So is being hungry!
If you are trying to change some of your habits, you might have to learn to be ok with uncomfortable. But then, things happen. When I first started to focus on my eating and losing weight, I needed to be ok with being hungry. Not the kinda where you feel light headed, but just the abdominal hunger pangs. My body needed to learn to change; it's cravings and it's timing.
So now I eat less and less often, and it's not really that big of a challenge. In fact, it is more of a challenge to make myself eat what I used to.
I also know what it feels like to feel stress or pressure on the body when it is used to laying around and not doing much. But we have to push through that and allow our body to be overloaded to a new challenge. Without that overload, we would never see adaptation or change in the body.
Basically, you have to be ok with being uncomfortable. I didn't say pain, but just stress or pressure of weights in your hand or deeper breathing. Most of the uncomfortableness is in our mind.
The next time that you try something new or wait to nosh, focus on your physical feelings. Are they really physical or just a mental hangup. Pressure is new, but not necessarily painful. Can you develop an appreciation for how your feel, and the fact that your are overcoming it. It feels powerful to know that you can do something that never seemed plausible! You can get there!
Be sure that you consult a doctor before starting a new exercise program. Pain can happen with exercise and activity, be sure to listen to your body when it talks. Just don't interpret it incorrectly without basis. 198.6
If you are trying to change some of your habits, you might have to learn to be ok with uncomfortable. But then, things happen. When I first started to focus on my eating and losing weight, I needed to be ok with being hungry. Not the kinda where you feel light headed, but just the abdominal hunger pangs. My body needed to learn to change; it's cravings and it's timing.
So now I eat less and less often, and it's not really that big of a challenge. In fact, it is more of a challenge to make myself eat what I used to.
I also know what it feels like to feel stress or pressure on the body when it is used to laying around and not doing much. But we have to push through that and allow our body to be overloaded to a new challenge. Without that overload, we would never see adaptation or change in the body.
Basically, you have to be ok with being uncomfortable. I didn't say pain, but just stress or pressure of weights in your hand or deeper breathing. Most of the uncomfortableness is in our mind.
The next time that you try something new or wait to nosh, focus on your physical feelings. Are they really physical or just a mental hangup. Pressure is new, but not necessarily painful. Can you develop an appreciation for how your feel, and the fact that your are overcoming it. It feels powerful to know that you can do something that never seemed plausible! You can get there!
Be sure that you consult a doctor before starting a new exercise program. Pain can happen with exercise and activity, be sure to listen to your body when it talks. Just don't interpret it incorrectly without basis. 198.6
Friday, May 4, 2012
Ramping Up, Don't Over Do It
Yesterday, I walked for the first time in a while. Walking for me is a competition. I racewalk. Now, I am not a high caliber walker, but I have completed 3 half-marathons. I train to improve my times. My competition pace is about 12:30-13:00 min miles. So around 2:45 to complete the 13.1 miles.
The problem is that my schedule is sometimes hard to plan around and I don't get outside as much as I would like to walk.
Well yesterday, I had a hard time getting my heart rate up! I felt that my speed was fine, but I simply wasn't getting the challenge that I normally get. But since it was my first time in a while, I decided to keep the walk relatively short and not push myself.
Mainly, I didn't want an injury. Cardiovascularly, I could have done more, but how were the feet and knees going to feel the next morning? Turns out, everything is fine and I can go again today if I want.
Just be sure to be conservative when getting back into exercise or when starting. Focus on what you can do and not what others are doing. It can also help with adherence if you listen to your body. If you work so hard that you look good to others, but will never return because it was too much, what is the benefit?
The problem is that my schedule is sometimes hard to plan around and I don't get outside as much as I would like to walk.
Well yesterday, I had a hard time getting my heart rate up! I felt that my speed was fine, but I simply wasn't getting the challenge that I normally get. But since it was my first time in a while, I decided to keep the walk relatively short and not push myself.
Mainly, I didn't want an injury. Cardiovascularly, I could have done more, but how were the feet and knees going to feel the next morning? Turns out, everything is fine and I can go again today if I want.
Just be sure to be conservative when getting back into exercise or when starting. Focus on what you can do and not what others are doing. It can also help with adherence if you listen to your body. If you work so hard that you look good to others, but will never return because it was too much, what is the benefit?
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