A poster child I am not. I have said before I like reading other peoples blogs and compare them to my weight loss, see the similarities and differences. So reading others blogs their are some differences in age. Most of the people who have large weight losses are younger/20/30's I guess it is more about looks for them then anything else at that age. Looking for a mate, tired of being an outcast, lonely and sad.
You have to have something to motivate you, but you also need something to keep you interested in keeping the weight off. To lose weight to look good isn't going to sustain the weight loss through middle and old age. It might not even sustain it through the next year. I think if I had some goal some idea what I wanted to do physically before I gained the weight - maybe I would have had less of a weight gain. Who knows. I am just thankful that I am still "young enough" to be able to move around the country. That I can see and do things that I didn't think that I would be able to do. I am excited about traveling now. As I get "fitter" I worry less about certain aspects of travel, and knowing that the heft of my body won't keep me from enjoyment of the trip.
For instance when we go to India, I am okay with the idea of riding a camel or elephant, because I don't think they will say memsahib to big can't ride. I was watching the movie set in India, and I saw two people get into a bicycle rickshaw, and thought I am not as big as the guy in the movie, I could get in one of those. Maybe they could actually peddle me around. Or not. But it is there, and in a couple of weeks I will be on an airplane flying coach. Not sure if I will fit in a coach seat, but we will find out.
You have to have something to motivate you, but you also need something to keep you interested in keeping the weight off. To lose weight to look good isn't going to sustain the weight loss through middle and old age. It might not even sustain it through the next year. I think if I had some goal some idea what I wanted to do physically before I gained the weight - maybe I would have had less of a weight gain. Who knows. I am just thankful that I am still "young enough" to be able to move around the country. That I can see and do things that I didn't think that I would be able to do. I am excited about traveling now. As I get "fitter" I worry less about certain aspects of travel, and knowing that the heft of my body won't keep me from enjoyment of the trip.
For instance when we go to India, I am okay with the idea of riding a camel or elephant, because I don't think they will say memsahib to big can't ride. I was watching the movie set in India, and I saw two people get into a bicycle rickshaw, and thought I am not as big as the guy in the movie, I could get in one of those. Maybe they could actually peddle me around. Or not. But it is there, and in a couple of weeks I will be on an airplane flying coach. Not sure if I will fit in a coach seat, but we will find out.
You'll easily fit in coach with room to spare so that TSH can spread out some.
ReplyDeleteMaybe try Marine World (or whatever they now call the place off Highway 80/37) for a camel ride.
Hopefully you'll remember that you still have a mate, albeit a chunky one with more dental work than Carter has liver pills.
Well said. Not to mention how much easier it will now be to poop and pee in a hole in the ground. India, here we come!
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