One of the things I've been meaning to share is the how losing weight changes my experience of my body.
1. A slimmer body is more flexible in the middle. I often feel like I'm swaying about my waist, or something like that. That's not always good, it takes more effort to support myself and my upper back feels fatigued more often.
2. Eating used to be a depressant, it would make my drowsy so I would avoid eating during the day. Now eating is a stimulant.
3. I fidget. As I write my feet are wiggling side to side. Sometimes after eating I feel slightly jittery, occasionally more than a little jittery. Never in a bad way, just as though I have an overabundance of energy. That never used to happen.
4. I'm more attentive to my occasional need for water.
5. I used to be able to go all day without eating, now if I do that I would feel all but sick. Not really sick, just depleted and spaced out.
6. Its easier to walk. I walk much faster.
7. Although I can still pack down a huge meal, I have a more a somewhat more sharply defined sense of satiety.
8. I feel full for longer. My stomach doesn't need calming with night time meals.
9. In bed my bones poke at each other and its annoying; can't sit for long, no fat cushion on my bum.
10. I feel like I'm in excellent health instead of just okay. This is more than some euphoria of success, it is likely hormonal in some way.
About this Blog
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So many people wish they could lose weight. This blog is an attempt to put together something to share about my experience. I started January of 2012 at 232 lbs and I had been trying to lose weight, probably shaving 5 lbs off my maximum, which would have been closer to 235. My last measurement showed a mere 160.4 lbs. The means over the last year I would have lost 75 lbs. In the picture from the summer of 2012 I weigh 175. I would love to get down to the 150 to 155 range over the next year. Why so slim? Mostly because if its worth doing its worth doing well. But also because arteriosclerosis runs thick in my family and if I can live at an ideal weight of course I should. I'm also fully content to live life at 160 if that's how it is to be, but I think its worth a try. This blog lets you join the adventure! The main thing was I just decided I'm in charge of my own weight. Policitians and actors do it. Why not me? Do I just did. No hocus-pocus. No hormones or any kind of pill. No extreme behavior, diets or fasting. No worries about mysterious toxins. Just a series of straight-up, science-based strategies. That why I think I have something to share. I can weigh whatever I want. Although I take what I know from science, I don't have access to scholarly libraries or time to do full scholarship on what I put here. I don't claim to have all the science right. If you know something I should know, add in a comment. This blog is a work in progress, I will keep editing the pages as I get ideas, insight and feedback. All my best -- Rob |
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