To achieve what I have achieved takes; time, dedication, monetary investment, self confidence in the face of disapproval, endurance of pain both physical and mental and continuous increased levels of physical work every second of the day.
Yes I really should be proud, so why aren't I?
Because what I am talking about is 'being Obese', to be obese requires all the things I have listed above, as an obese person, oh lets not beat about the bush, as a MORBIDLY OBESE person I've dedicated a whole lot of effort to getting this way, I've spent a lot of time eating, its cost me a hell of a lot of money, I've had to endure the disapproval of others whilst I've been troughing off at the buffet or eating all the peanuts at a dinner party, I've put up with not being able to buy clothes off the peg, parts of my body hurt, I have heartburn everyday and I carry around so much extra weight I put extra strain on all of my bodily organs and skeleton.
So how the hell do we let ourselves get like this? I really don't have an answer, I can only think that in some people instinct drives us to eat in the face of adversity. The human race has evolved pretty quickly from cave dwellers who couldn't find much to eat to penthouse dwellers who get buy a 6 bun hamburger from Burger King and eat a weeks calories in 10 minutes. I suspect that some thing deep within us still thinks we have to cram as much food into our gobs as we can before a lion comes and eats us!
I've found a new technique for deciding what food to eat today whilst I was thinking in the shower (you really didn't need to know that part). I think about the food split into its component parts, I thought about pizza and get an image of a big container of fat made up of all the grease squeezed out of the pizza and believe me I'm not craving pizza any more. I think I will use this in the future :)
lost 1/2lbs yesterday, I suspect the steak I ate last night is still halfway through my system and weighing me down a bit, a few days of seafood and white meat will follow, steak is all very well but it takes a long time to digest.
HIIT this morning went well and my recovery time after the session continues to improve.
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This is my second attempt at this... too complicated for Boylett!!!
Have you tried making your own soup? I did this when I was doing Weight Watchers and it helped me get over the 'my lunch is so booooooooring' stage because you get a sense of achievement. Also you can make it up in bulk and freeze it.
:)
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Thanks Elaine, I'm not overly keen on soup but it is a good idea.
I find that when I get into the swing of things the way I look at food changes. Where as in 'normal' life I was looking at food as a pleasure I now see it as a fuel, unless I am going out to eat when I can enjoy it more. Because of this I feel happy eating the same things most days. When I am lifting weights again I will also be needing the protein which I'll be hard pressed to get from a soup. :)
MB
I was chatting in the pub a couple of months ago with a nutrionalist that works for the FSA. He'd been on a training course that week and the trainer mentioned that whilst modern man requires approximately 3000 calories a day, only a couple of centuries ago that would have been nearly double due to their more lifestyles being more active out in the fields, working in factories or whatever.
I think that in no small part this is behind a fair bit of the obesity problems we see in modern society. Genetically our bodies are designed for a more active lifestyle than we give them and we're capable of consuming that many calories without undue stress to the body. That we're not enough exercise to require it is probably something that'll take a while to sink in!
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