I'm obese (3 post arc).
Posted: July 20th, 2020, 2:18 pm
HI friends. I am only as sick as my secrets, so here goes:
1. Just the facts
2. Bad outcomes already
3. The plan
4. "Motivation", or: "There's One In Every Story"
1. Just the facts: My current weight is 225, I am 5-10, and my BMI is 32. After excellent year over year biometric numbers through 2018, I have since gained 35 pounds, with 15 of those pounds since the quarantine (very common, I understand).
2. Bad outcomes already: a. Joint pain is keeping me from my beloved tai chi and well-liked taekwando b. I am having signs of GERD/acid reflux c. I have begun snoring and probably have sleep apnea (this is very bad).
3. The Plan:
a. Post here.
b. Contact my primary care physician for a preliminary consult and referrals.
c. Talk with my good friend, who is down nearly 100 pounds
d. Re-implement the (easy) habits I effected in 2016 to get to 190 pounds in 2018. Long story short: more whole foods and less processed foods. It is no burden.
(Note: the reason I'm facing this is because I've woken up the last two mornings choking, which I understand to be sleep apnea. This is all the reason I need. The following is..."motivation" and not WHY).
4. I recently heard that a smokeshow acquaintance has dance-exercise classes a short drive drive away.
Right now I don't have a car and taekwando is too much for my joints.
Like my semi-beloved The Secret posits, I can picture myself walking out of a dance-exercise class soon, easily handling the class' impact, and to my new car.
(One more word before the big finish: I recognize that surviving 2020 so far is a complete success. That I have plenty of food and can do taekwando at age 44 is an almost unimaginable blessing.)
So What?
Like all difficult crossroads in life, I ask: why not give in nihilism? Why not just accept "aging" and being (demographically speaking) an average modern American?
Well, two reasons:
1. This sleep apnea sucks. It sucks. It sucks so much. I will do all of the above to avoid sleep apnea.
2. I really enjoy exercise, I want to have a car again, and I want to see pretty women: I can do exactly all this at the class. These things are worth fighting for, for struggling and striving for.
I'll post again, once or twice, when I begin effecting The Plan, and (hopefully) start to see some results. Thanks for listening!
1. Just the facts
2. Bad outcomes already
3. The plan
4. "Motivation", or: "There's One In Every Story"
1. Just the facts: My current weight is 225, I am 5-10, and my BMI is 32. After excellent year over year biometric numbers through 2018, I have since gained 35 pounds, with 15 of those pounds since the quarantine (very common, I understand).
2. Bad outcomes already: a. Joint pain is keeping me from my beloved tai chi and well-liked taekwando b. I am having signs of GERD/acid reflux c. I have begun snoring and probably have sleep apnea (this is very bad).
3. The Plan:
a. Post here.
b. Contact my primary care physician for a preliminary consult and referrals.
c. Talk with my good friend, who is down nearly 100 pounds
d. Re-implement the (easy) habits I effected in 2016 to get to 190 pounds in 2018. Long story short: more whole foods and less processed foods. It is no burden.
(Note: the reason I'm facing this is because I've woken up the last two mornings choking, which I understand to be sleep apnea. This is all the reason I need. The following is..."motivation" and not WHY).
4. I recently heard that a smokeshow acquaintance has dance-exercise classes a short drive drive away.
Right now I don't have a car and taekwando is too much for my joints.
Like my semi-beloved The Secret posits, I can picture myself walking out of a dance-exercise class soon, easily handling the class' impact, and to my new car.
(One more word before the big finish: I recognize that surviving 2020 so far is a complete success. That I have plenty of food and can do taekwando at age 44 is an almost unimaginable blessing.)
So What?
Like all difficult crossroads in life, I ask: why not give in nihilism? Why not just accept "aging" and being (demographically speaking) an average modern American?
Well, two reasons:
1. This sleep apnea sucks. It sucks. It sucks so much. I will do all of the above to avoid sleep apnea.
2. I really enjoy exercise, I want to have a car again, and I want to see pretty women: I can do exactly all this at the class. These things are worth fighting for, for struggling and striving for.
I'll post again, once or twice, when I begin effecting The Plan, and (hopefully) start to see some results. Thanks for listening!