What was your turning point for wanting to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle?
For me, it was rapid heartbeat. Sure I wanted to/knew I needed to lose weight but I would always have an excuse of why I couldn't start "today" and I'd put it off and eat something else fattening. But the rapid heartbeats scared me. Every once in a while I'd even feel a slight fluttering in my chest. Scared the shit out of me. I remember lying in bed and feeling my heart beating so fast like I'd been jogging or something. But I was lying down. What was happening was I was stuffing myself to the point of being overly full and my body was working extra hard to process the food, not to mention the stress on it from carrying all that extra weight around.
I remember around that time watching an episode of Dr. Oz talking about the recommended resting heart rate and to measure it first thing in the morning before getting out of bed. His recommendation was 80 beats per minute or less. I don't remember what mine was exactly but it was over 100. I didn't want to have a heart attack so I got scared into action. The weird heartbeats stopped as soon as I started exercising and lost a few pounds; it didn't take long at all. It was almost like a dog that parks continuously because it wants to go for a walk and as soon as the owner walks it, the barking stops.
I measured my heart rate the past two days before getting out of bed and it was 58 beats per minute each day. Hell yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about. :D
We have the control within us, we just need to put it to work. Keep the power with you. Don't let the fat win.
Make it a great day.
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The point of power is always in the present moment.
Great Post! You did it for health's sake. I did for similar reasons. I have a friend who is about 10 years older than me. I have known 'Mitch' for nearly 30 years. He was fat for most of those years, until he and his wife decided they were sick and tired of being sick and tired. They both lost about 100 pounds each. That was over 5 years ago. I was average weight for years when I knew Mitch. Now we had traded weight places. Now I was the one that was sick and tired. I got tired of feeling sick and tired. So my plan is to lose the body fat, get active and stay active.
ReplyDeleteIt's an eye opener, isn't it, to realize that you've traded places with the fat guy? Now you're well on your way to accomplishing your goal :)
DeleteGREAT post, Sunny! For me, it was the equilibrium problems that kept re-surfacing. Being on 2 bp pills wasn't enough. Being unable to walk or even sit up without the room tilting, was. There were a few other issues I thought at play, but no, it was just my bp being out of control. Knock on wood, down to 1 med now, it hasn't happened since, oh, when I went grain-free.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day! Glad you got your heart rate under control so quickly!
That would be scary. You're doing so well, you'll be off the bp meds completely before long. ;)
DeleteGreat post and great effort to get healthy. For me it was about just finally taking care of myself. If I didn't then who would? I wanted to be healthy for me first, and my family second. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteGood for you for putting yourself first. That is a hard thing to learn to do. We have to be healthy in order to be here for our family or they'll end up taking care of us.
DeleteAwesome Post as usual Sunny! You are really inspiring me. You seem so happy and upbeat and motivated, it's making me want to kick my butt into gear too! My turning point was a combination of embarrassment when seeing my family after a few months, feeling like total crap all the time, and wanting to be comfortable around other people. I just got tired of the anxiety and fear of social situations. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lydia! Believe me, I've avoided many a social situation out of embarrassment, too (and still do). Sometimes when I'm out I secretly pray I won't run into anyone I know. Time to change that!
DeleteThanks so much for your post, I want to try to remember to take mine first thing in the morning.
ReplyDeleteFor me, was the constant pain in my knee, got diagnose with bone on bone, need a knee replacement but Doctor already stated that by NOT losing weight, well recuperation period would be much, much longer. Even stated that with losing weight that I would see a difference even without surgery.
Plus also just tired of being overweight, have been all my life. I always felt an embarrassment to my family, especially my kids, now with them both getting married, well that even kicked it in more for me.
I just want to be normal???
You are normal! My sister just had two knee replacements due to obesity but she is still in denial. And, like you said, it's taking her much longer to recuperate. I've also had the feeling of being an embarrassment to my daughter. The great news is that we have the power to turn it around and become a great role model. :D
DeleteWonderful post Sunny!! I so hear you on your turning point being health related! You are doing wonderful!! :)
ReplyDeletethanks, Linda!
DeleteA resting pulse of 58 is awesome ...
ReplyDeleteI was just tired of being fat and realizing that so many things would be easier (playing with the grandkids, hiking, biking, etc) would be so much easier if I lost weight.