Only 2 small pounds from my ultimate weight gold this morning and I'm very proud to be here. Started this adventure in July 2010 when I was told that I was a diabetic (funny, they don't tell people who have cancer that they are cancerous).
After doing a little reading I saw that one of the most important things to do, for a man, was to lose any excess weight, especially around the middle. I had let myself go after 2003 when I fought depression after Hurricane Ivan destroyed our Town Home in Gulf Breeze, FL and the insurance company didn't pay for three years and then only after we took them to court. When in a state of depression, as I was, doing something that is enjoyable is welcomed with both arms. For me it was a good meal and so I began to gain weight. I knew that was bad but I just didn't have the will to fight it.
When the doctor told me that I was a diabetic we discussed a plan. She sent me to a dietitian and a diabetic nurse who laid the ground work for my way back to a controlled and healthy diabetic. We decided that for my height and build that 185 would be a good weight for me. I almost laughter out loud. I was then 227. We're talking 42 pounds. I had trouble loosing 5 pounds.
It wasn't the weight I had to lose. It was a new lifestyle I needed to adopt. I had to change what I had been living and begin living another way. It wasn't an option it was my very life. When you are faced with changing or dying it's not much of a battle to change.
I am blessed to have only two people in my home now. Just me and my wonderful wife Claudia who decided that a healthier way of life would be good for both of us. The difference is this between myself and some of you reading this. I don't see that having that piece of chocolate is an option. I could have it if I really wanted it but I just don't. I don't eat those wonderful bread sticks at the Olive Garden or snack all day when I'm not really hungry. I count everything I put in my mouth without exception. It's so easy to eat three or four bread sticks that are at least 200 Calories each and the wrong kind of carb. So now I would have eaten 800 calories and not even started on the meal. Go figure. No wonder why so many of us are here.
I weighted in this morning at 187, only 2 pounds shy of where I'm going. I know that I can never stop counting those things I put in my mouth and I have to weigh myself daily to keep it under control. My lifestyle has changed and different from all the fad diets where you lose then gain back all the weight plus some. If it's a diet you're on then to quote an unknown "Results will never bring about change, but change will bring about results.". Stop dieting and change what got you there in the first place. Then and only then will you be the person you want to be. Changing on the outside without the change on the inside will only lead you down the same road again. You can do it if you want to bad enough.
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