March 11, 2007 - I wrote: My looks changed so much in the month before
I took any pictures! Incidentally, it's important to remember that for the last
two plus years I've been in bed 24/7 as a result of tetanus. I'm less active
than a couch potato. (So, take hope couch potatoes.)
I can't do 30 minutes of exercise the way that Oprah insists because if I
even attempted that I'd be bent over and in pain from residual nerve
damage.
Year after year (since I had tetanus) I slowly built up my strength till I could
do a bit of gardening and cleaning, but then some stress would implode my
life causing the nerve damage to be suddenly bad again.
What has changed, is that I began having a lot more protein. Last year I had
it in the form of chicken, but then I was too sick to cook and things seemed
hopeless. But as luck would have it, I heard about Whey Protein. I ordered
some to see what it was like, and what a difference that has made!
For one thing, I'm not uncomfortably hungry any more between meals so
I'm not thinking about food all the time, the way I used to.
The thing is, though, that the first three months I drank the Whey Protein at
least 4 times a day... so during that period I gained back weight that I had
previously lost. But then I began to notice that my back pain was not so fast
to hit and that when extremely stressful things happened it was taking me a
month to recover rather than three. I think that's because of the protein. I
think the protein makes the healing much more sturdy and lasting. (I found
a scientific report that sort of explains why this would be true; so, for
anyone who cares to take a look, here's the gist of it that I put on a web
page.)
If you have been sick, or if you tend to feel starving even after you've eaten
and you're not much into eating a ton more meat and cheese, you might try
Whey Protein. I'll put links here to the kind I use because when I was
looking at the different kinds I found that some don't list all the amino acids,
but rather list vitamins. That may be good, but in my case it's the amino
acids that have made all the difference. (I think.)
I use a combination of the vanilla and chocolate in my coffee. To me,
neither flavor is as good alone as they are combined. I'm type A blood, so
for me coffee is beneficial. And, an added bonus is that by having a mug
about two or three hours before I want to go to sleep at night, I've been
able to sleep more soundly. That's because of the way our bodies handle
protein.
I think it would be better if I had it more like an hour before I want to sleep,
but I think that the Serrapeptase I've been taking at night has also been
helping, and you aren't supposed to take that until it's been three hours after
you've eaten.
October 28, 2007 -- You can see from my pictures that it took a pretty
long time to "slim" -- and you can see that looking in a mirror would not
have been encouraging. It's hard for me to see, even now, very much
difference between photo one and two.
So, when I went through the catalogs and went through dozens of dozens
of images on fashion sites looking for images that looked the way I want to
look, the great thing was that I could see it. I could see ME in the images.
I took any pictures! Incidentally, it's important to remember that for the last
two plus years I've been in bed 24/7 as a result of tetanus. I'm less active
than a couch potato. (So, take hope couch potatoes.)
I can't do 30 minutes of exercise the way that Oprah insists because if I
even attempted that I'd be bent over and in pain from residual nerve
damage.
Year after year (since I had tetanus) I slowly built up my strength till I could
do a bit of gardening and cleaning, but then some stress would implode my
life causing the nerve damage to be suddenly bad again.
What has changed, is that I began having a lot more protein. Last year I had
it in the form of chicken, but then I was too sick to cook and things seemed
hopeless. But as luck would have it, I heard about Whey Protein. I ordered
some to see what it was like, and what a difference that has made!
For one thing, I'm not uncomfortably hungry any more between meals so
I'm not thinking about food all the time, the way I used to.
The thing is, though, that the first three months I drank the Whey Protein at
least 4 times a day... so during that period I gained back weight that I had
previously lost. But then I began to notice that my back pain was not so fast
to hit and that when extremely stressful things happened it was taking me a
month to recover rather than three. I think that's because of the protein. I
think the protein makes the healing much more sturdy and lasting. (I found
a scientific report that sort of explains why this would be true; so, for
anyone who cares to take a look, here's the gist of it that I put on a web
page.)
If you have been sick, or if you tend to feel starving even after you've eaten
and you're not much into eating a ton more meat and cheese, you might try
Whey Protein. I'll put links here to the kind I use because when I was
looking at the different kinds I found that some don't list all the amino acids,
but rather list vitamins. That may be good, but in my case it's the amino
acids that have made all the difference. (I think.)
I use a combination of the vanilla and chocolate in my coffee. To me,
neither flavor is as good alone as they are combined. I'm type A blood, so
for me coffee is beneficial. And, an added bonus is that by having a mug
about two or three hours before I want to go to sleep at night, I've been
able to sleep more soundly. That's because of the way our bodies handle
protein.
I think it would be better if I had it more like an hour before I want to sleep,
but I think that the Serrapeptase I've been taking at night has also been
helping, and you aren't supposed to take that until it's been three hours after
you've eaten.
October 28, 2007 -- You can see from my pictures that it took a pretty
long time to "slim" -- and you can see that looking in a mirror would not
have been encouraging. It's hard for me to see, even now, very much
difference between photo one and two.
So, when I went through the catalogs and went through dozens of dozens
of images on fashion sites looking for images that looked the way I want to
look, the great thing was that I could see it. I could see ME in the images.
Flabby weight is a health boundary that bites.
I found it worrying when the news reported a study which says we must
exercise an hour a day, five days a week, to avoid cancer.
People who aren't well can't do that.
I've been exercising 3.5 minutes a day and losing flab. I'll show a series of
pictures of me because if 3.5 minutes works for me, it WORKS!!! (I hate
the way I look in these pictures, by the way, not just because I am so
heavy, but because I don't look at all light-hearted. It's partially the stress
and unending worry, I'm afraid. And yes, I should rise above that!)
exercise an hour a day, five days a week, to avoid cancer.
People who aren't well can't do that.
I've been exercising 3.5 minutes a day and losing flab. I'll show a series of
pictures of me because if 3.5 minutes works for me, it WORKS!!! (I hate
the way I look in these pictures, by the way, not just because I am so
heavy, but because I don't look at all light-hearted. It's partially the stress
and unending worry, I'm afraid. And yes, I should rise above that!)
Besides the way I look, the problem is that I didn't take any pictures a
month earlier because I felt so sick and looked so completely not well. (I
was sick from the stress.)
I was having a lot of trouble with sleep apnea before I started my exercise.
(When I saw the doctor for the homeless in 2005, he said that sleep apnea is
often caused by loose flesh around the neck and that if I did a little walking
every day it would help. And, when I could, it did.)
Before my first month of 3.5 minutes a day on my Gazelle, I looked about
the same standing up as I do in the picture of me in bed, where the flab piles
up. : (
month earlier because I felt so sick and looked so completely not well. (I
was sick from the stress.)
I was having a lot of trouble with sleep apnea before I started my exercise.
(When I saw the doctor for the homeless in 2005, he said that sleep apnea is
often caused by loose flesh around the neck and that if I did a little walking
every day it would help. And, when I could, it did.)
Before my first month of 3.5 minutes a day on my Gazelle, I looked about
the same standing up as I do in the picture of me in bed, where the flab piles
up. : (
| Losing Flab |
3/2/07
With that much flab left, I'm surprised that I stopped having sleep apnea
incidents. But, the fact is that I haven't woken coughing and trying to get a
breath for well over a month prior to this picture. And that's with 3.5
minutes on my Gazelle every day. That's all.
I had started the 3.5 minutes of exercise routine about six months earlier,
but then I was left outside in the cold and dark when I went to vote,
November 2006, and again a month later, and I got so sick I wasn't able to
go outside -- I could barely get out of bed. So I gained a lot of flab back.
I hate how I look, not just because of the flab, but because I see such
severe concern and so little happiness in my face. I think that's why looking
at pictures of women modeling clothes, and smiling, was so uplifting and
reassuring to me: I could imagine me looking like that, as long as I didn't
look at myself in a mirror.
incidents. But, the fact is that I haven't woken coughing and trying to get a
breath for well over a month prior to this picture. And that's with 3.5
minutes on my Gazelle every day. That's all.
I had started the 3.5 minutes of exercise routine about six months earlier,
but then I was left outside in the cold and dark when I went to vote,
November 2006, and again a month later, and I got so sick I wasn't able to
go outside -- I could barely get out of bed. So I gained a lot of flab back.
I hate how I look, not just because of the flab, but because I see such
severe concern and so little happiness in my face. I think that's why looking
at pictures of women modeling clothes, and smiling, was so uplifting and
reassuring to me: I could imagine me looking like that, as long as I didn't
look at myself in a mirror.
7/9/07
10/28//07
10/28/07 -- I took four dozen pictures to get one that wasn't quite as grim. I
was able to walk around my garden today and yesterday. Yesterday I tried
to do two turns around it, and that was a mistake as it caused my nerves to
tighten up my muscles again, painfully. Not the good way that muscles feel
after healthy exercise. But, you can see that the flab is diminishing. My goal
is to get easily into my dress that I fit into tightly now, and do my hair and
put on makeup and then post my picture next to that of the model wearing
the dress I'm aiming to see myself in. :)
I don't look very healthy because the City of Santa Fe turned off my water a
few weeks ago and I got so dehydrated that the infection in my jaw (where I
was supposed to have a bit of the bone taken out in surgery) came back and
now I'm losing a lot of hair again. It was only a day without water, but it
affected me quite a lot. I couldn't type right at all. I had thought I'd recover
more quickly. But... not. The experience taught me how important water is.
was able to walk around my garden today and yesterday. Yesterday I tried
to do two turns around it, and that was a mistake as it caused my nerves to
tighten up my muscles again, painfully. Not the good way that muscles feel
after healthy exercise. But, you can see that the flab is diminishing. My goal
is to get easily into my dress that I fit into tightly now, and do my hair and
put on makeup and then post my picture next to that of the model wearing
the dress I'm aiming to see myself in. :)
I don't look very healthy because the City of Santa Fe turned off my water a
few weeks ago and I got so dehydrated that the infection in my jaw (where I
was supposed to have a bit of the bone taken out in surgery) came back and
now I'm losing a lot of hair again. It was only a day without water, but it
affected me quite a lot. I couldn't type right at all. I had thought I'd recover
more quickly. But... not. The experience taught me how important water is.
And that made it so easy to stay with the program... I could always see
what was ahead. I found it easy to believe (after awhile) that I would look
great in the clothes that attracted me. And, it was fun, it was just so fun to
see me, to imagine me looking the way the models look.
When I looked at the picture of me in court with my pudgy wrists, my
lumbering shoulders, my chin slumping toward my chest and the lack of
bones clear in my facial features, I felt sure that the way I looked made it
easy for the court to decide against me. I looked bad, and the court made a
decision to match the way I looked.
I mean, you know that at job interviews the most attractive person tends to
win. That can be "looks" attractive, or it can be personality attractive. So
... it makes sense that looking heavy, looking like a heavy, makes it
unlikely that I would win...
what was ahead. I found it easy to believe (after awhile) that I would look
great in the clothes that attracted me. And, it was fun, it was just so fun to
see me, to imagine me looking the way the models look.
When I looked at the picture of me in court with my pudgy wrists, my
lumbering shoulders, my chin slumping toward my chest and the lack of
bones clear in my facial features, I felt sure that the way I looked made it
easy for the court to decide against me. I looked bad, and the court made a
decision to match the way I looked.
I mean, you know that at job interviews the most attractive person tends to
win. That can be "looks" attractive, or it can be personality attractive. So
... it makes sense that looking heavy, looking like a heavy, makes it
unlikely that I would win...
http://www.health-boundaries-bite.com
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2/14/08 - I'm sorry this image is late. It was too cold to wash my hair, using
the candle heat I rely on, and then after it got warmer and I washed my hair
I was so stressed that I forgot to take the picture during the day, and at night
the light was so radically different I thought I'd better wait.
I had meant to put on some makeup for this picture. But there's just so
much stress with the looming foreclosure of my home, that I can't handle it.
Sorry. However, doesn't it look as if my hair is getting darker?
I lost a lot of hair when they turned off my water and I didn't have any
water to drink for a day. I lost hair for months because the infection in my
jaw (old dental implants) got worse without vitamin C, (you have to take
vitamins with a lot of water) and I could not get it back under control. The
hair that fell out is really white. I took pictures and saved it so that I can
show what the deprivation of water did to me when I sue. I sure hope I get
well enough to sue.
Notice how many more wrinkles I have on my neck. I think that's because I
have such a hard time remembering to drink water since I was deprived of
it. For some reason I don't tend to feel thirsty the way I used to, and I forget
to drink it.
It seems that when we drink less water our skin is less filled out looking.
That seems to be what I am seeing. (So you'd think that would make me
remember to drink water, wouldn't you?)
I had an appointment with a doctor for my social security disability and for
that I was weighed. I've lost 60 pounds. I had hoped it would be more. The
thing is that I was almost out of rice and so I wasn't eating it the way that is
needed to keep burning off the flab. Also, when I hurt my back around the
time they turned off my water I was unable to move again for a long time,
and so that was the end of the three minutes a day of exercise. Those things
kept me from losing more.
But over all, 60 pounds is 5 pounds a month. While that doesn't seem like
much and is scary if concentrated on because it seems too easy to gain back
that amount, the fact is that with brown rice and three minutes of exercise a
day, the 5 pounds a month comes off month after month and it's pain free
and eventually begins to feel like something I can count on, the way I used
to count on gaining weight. It's an amazing change of perspective. I LOVE
it. (Good way to feel on Valentine's and all year long.)
the candle heat I rely on, and then after it got warmer and I washed my hair
I was so stressed that I forgot to take the picture during the day, and at night
the light was so radically different I thought I'd better wait.
I had meant to put on some makeup for this picture. But there's just so
much stress with the looming foreclosure of my home, that I can't handle it.
Sorry. However, doesn't it look as if my hair is getting darker?
I lost a lot of hair when they turned off my water and I didn't have any
water to drink for a day. I lost hair for months because the infection in my
jaw (old dental implants) got worse without vitamin C, (you have to take
vitamins with a lot of water) and I could not get it back under control. The
hair that fell out is really white. I took pictures and saved it so that I can
show what the deprivation of water did to me when I sue. I sure hope I get
well enough to sue.
Notice how many more wrinkles I have on my neck. I think that's because I
have such a hard time remembering to drink water since I was deprived of
it. For some reason I don't tend to feel thirsty the way I used to, and I forget
to drink it.
It seems that when we drink less water our skin is less filled out looking.
That seems to be what I am seeing. (So you'd think that would make me
remember to drink water, wouldn't you?)
I had an appointment with a doctor for my social security disability and for
that I was weighed. I've lost 60 pounds. I had hoped it would be more. The
thing is that I was almost out of rice and so I wasn't eating it the way that is
needed to keep burning off the flab. Also, when I hurt my back around the
time they turned off my water I was unable to move again for a long time,
and so that was the end of the three minutes a day of exercise. Those things
kept me from losing more.
But over all, 60 pounds is 5 pounds a month. While that doesn't seem like
much and is scary if concentrated on because it seems too easy to gain back
that amount, the fact is that with brown rice and three minutes of exercise a
day, the 5 pounds a month comes off month after month and it's pain free
and eventually begins to feel like something I can count on, the way I used
to count on gaining weight. It's an amazing change of perspective. I LOVE
it. (Good way to feel on Valentine's and all year long.)
2/14/08
4/27/08
4/27/08 -- Well, I've got a bit of color in my face from working in my
garden. I sure hope I can keep my garden and home. Working in my garden
is healthy in the food it produces, but it is also so calming when I am most
worried. It is very worrying to have my home in danger of foreclosure after
my condo was foreclosed and auctioned without letting me know, and then
the court wouldn't let me redeem it. So this is a very scary time. But, my
garden helps me stay calm.
I think I mentioned that I gained back three inches, but today the tape
measure shows that I've lost one of them. So I'm happy. Especially since I
ate masses of chocolate for Easter as well as the most scrumptious coffee
cake you can possibly imagine that my cousin sent. MMMMM WAY good!
Because I've been extremely stressed I walk in my garden rather than use
my Gazelle. That's because ever since I had tetanus and my stomach felt as
if it were turning to cement, stress tightens my stomach -- not in a good
way. If there's a lot of stress the tightening pulls me over and makes me look
as if I have osteoporosis. The thing that makes the tightening resolve is rest,
so using my Gazelle is the opposite of rest and makes the tightening worse.
That said, I walk around my garden five times, which leaves me breathing
heavily but more rested than stressed, and still upright.
I was terrified the other day when my leg gave out twice, causing me to
nearly fall. I was so lucky I was near a counter once, and the other time near
enough to a wall to not hit the floor. So I was somewhat reluctant to go
outside and walk, but if I stop walking then I'll gain the weight back and that
will not be good. Maybe it won't be as immediately painful as a fall that
breaks something, but in the long run gaining back the weight would be
painful, slowly painful.
I've been making a point of eating brown rice every day. When the stress
was horridly intense I also ate a LOT of nuts.
garden. I sure hope I can keep my garden and home. Working in my garden
is healthy in the food it produces, but it is also so calming when I am most
worried. It is very worrying to have my home in danger of foreclosure after
my condo was foreclosed and auctioned without letting me know, and then
the court wouldn't let me redeem it. So this is a very scary time. But, my
garden helps me stay calm.
I think I mentioned that I gained back three inches, but today the tape
measure shows that I've lost one of them. So I'm happy. Especially since I
ate masses of chocolate for Easter as well as the most scrumptious coffee
cake you can possibly imagine that my cousin sent. MMMMM WAY good!
Because I've been extremely stressed I walk in my garden rather than use
my Gazelle. That's because ever since I had tetanus and my stomach felt as
if it were turning to cement, stress tightens my stomach -- not in a good
way. If there's a lot of stress the tightening pulls me over and makes me look
as if I have osteoporosis. The thing that makes the tightening resolve is rest,
so using my Gazelle is the opposite of rest and makes the tightening worse.
That said, I walk around my garden five times, which leaves me breathing
heavily but more rested than stressed, and still upright.
I was terrified the other day when my leg gave out twice, causing me to
nearly fall. I was so lucky I was near a counter once, and the other time near
enough to a wall to not hit the floor. So I was somewhat reluctant to go
outside and walk, but if I stop walking then I'll gain the weight back and that
will not be good. Maybe it won't be as immediately painful as a fall that
breaks something, but in the long run gaining back the weight would be
painful, slowly painful.
I've been making a point of eating brown rice every day. When the stress
was horridly intense I also ate a LOT of nuts.
May 25, 2008 - It hasn't been three months, I know. What I want to keep
track of is how much difference it makes to exercise my face muscles. I've
been doing exercises for about two weeks. I didn't think to take a picture in
the beginning. Basically, what I do is push out my chin to tighten my neck
(50 times), purse my lips then tighten my cheek muscles in a smile that rolls
the muscles up toward my eyes, squint to tighten the skin under my eyes
(each of these is 50 times) and then raise my eyebrows and forehead. It goes
quickly; then, I repeat one time.
track of is how much difference it makes to exercise my face muscles. I've
been doing exercises for about two weeks. I didn't think to take a picture in
the beginning. Basically, what I do is push out my chin to tighten my neck
(50 times), purse my lips then tighten my cheek muscles in a smile that rolls
the muscles up toward my eyes, squint to tighten the skin under my eyes
(each of these is 50 times) and then raise my eyebrows and forehead. It goes
quickly; then, I repeat one time.
5/25/08
July 4, 2008 - Okay, I am convinced my hair is
becoming less white and more brown. That's the main
reason I took the above picture today.
Compare my hair color to a little over a year ago on
March 4, 2007 in the picture at left. There is a lot more
white, isn't there? (That picture was taken at nearly the
same time as the top picture in this series, but in it I was
standing up so the flab didn't show quite as much.)
Today, July 4, 2008, the bags under my eyes are less
dark and don't have such a defined line to them
anymore.
becoming less white and more brown. That's the main
reason I took the above picture today.
Compare my hair color to a little over a year ago on
March 4, 2007 in the picture at left. There is a lot more
white, isn't there? (That picture was taken at nearly the
same time as the top picture in this series, but in it I was
standing up so the flab didn't show quite as much.)
Today, July 4, 2008, the bags under my eyes are less
dark and don't have such a defined line to them
anymore.
3/4/07
7/4/08
To see the difference the face and neck exercises I've been doing are making
look at my neck in the 5/25/08 picture and then look at my neck today, there
are fewer vertical wrinkle lines under my chin.
I had hoped for a lot more difference but on June 9 a man tried to break into
my house. It was extremely stressful because apparently the lawyer for the
bank had told his company that my home was already foreclosed and I had
vacated. Not true, of course, but pretty typical for these particular lawyers
and Wells Fargo.
After that I couldn't sleep and any little noise scared me, thinking he'd come
back. Then I started losing my balance a lot and having some blindingly
sharp pain that caused me to start to fall. It was so stressful that exercising
my muscles didn't feel good at all, it felt as if my muscles were going to
cramp and go into spasms.
So it's only been the last couple of days that I started the exercises again. (I
did keep up my five minutes of walking in my garden, though, except for
just a couple days when I was really afraid I'd fall if I tried to do it.
January 6, 2009 -- I've been failing to take pictures. Last year it got so
stressful after I found that my home was in foreclosure but I hadn't been
served that I was having lots of trouble with balance and starting to fall, and
I also was having trouble with my muscles in my face when I tried to
exercise: it felt as if the muscles in my chin were going to go into spasm and
then freeze, so I stopped doing the exercises and now my face looks horrid.
I look pretty horrid. I'm not sure how many, if any, inches I've gained back
but I look extremely flabby again. I was going to measure myself today but
it's so cold that each time I had the measuring tape in place and was going to
look to see what it said, it slipped out of my fingers because of how cold my
fingers were.
I started doing 3 minutes a day on my Gazelle. I want to be much better
next year so that I can travel to Crete. I've LONG wanted to go to Crete.
I'm up a lot of hours a day doing tasks like refilling my candle containers,
vacuuming with my nifty cordless vac (if you're interested, look at it on my
WorkingWell page, it's quite dynamite), and tidying up. (My house was very
untidy.)
Re my Gazelle links, below, The Gazelle is unbeatable if you have trouble
with balance -- its handles make it feel really secure. I'd get it again if I
didn't already have it. It doesn't take much space and it's got a timer built in.
Just saying, in case you are interested.
stressful after I found that my home was in foreclosure but I hadn't been
served that I was having lots of trouble with balance and starting to fall, and
I also was having trouble with my muscles in my face when I tried to
exercise: it felt as if the muscles in my chin were going to go into spasm and
then freeze, so I stopped doing the exercises and now my face looks horrid.
I look pretty horrid. I'm not sure how many, if any, inches I've gained back
but I look extremely flabby again. I was going to measure myself today but
it's so cold that each time I had the measuring tape in place and was going to
look to see what it said, it slipped out of my fingers because of how cold my
fingers were.
I started doing 3 minutes a day on my Gazelle. I want to be much better
next year so that I can travel to Crete. I've LONG wanted to go to Crete.
I'm up a lot of hours a day doing tasks like refilling my candle containers,
vacuuming with my nifty cordless vac (if you're interested, look at it on my
WorkingWell page, it's quite dynamite), and tidying up. (My house was very
untidy.)
Re my Gazelle links, below, The Gazelle is unbeatable if you have trouble
with balance -- its handles make it feel really secure. I'd get it again if I
didn't already have it. It doesn't take much space and it's got a timer built in.
Just saying, in case you are interested.
8/9/09 - I had to go to the doctor's for some letters last week, and they
weighed me. Sadness: I've gained back 23 lb. I'm pretty sure it's from
having fallen last fall. After that I hardly walked at all because I kept feeling
like I'd fall again, and the fall had been quite painful. (Luckily nothing broke,
at least not in my body.)
When spring came and I tried to walk around my garden I could barely
make it one time, my legs felt so heavy. Now I'm back up to five minutes
and I'm feeling much better. I'm being careful not to overdo, and with that
my muscles and nerves are further healing and I'm beginning to not be bent
over. It is amazing how much younger I look when I'm able to stand tall.
One other thing: I wanted to save money so I bought cheaper food (same
old bad thinking): instead of buying nuts, I bought cheap-o Saltines. Within
three weeks I could not fit into dresses I had been wearing, so it just goes to
show that protein is a better investment for ones health, in the long run.
weighed me. Sadness: I've gained back 23 lb. I'm pretty sure it's from
having fallen last fall. After that I hardly walked at all because I kept feeling
like I'd fall again, and the fall had been quite painful. (Luckily nothing broke,
at least not in my body.)
When spring came and I tried to walk around my garden I could barely
make it one time, my legs felt so heavy. Now I'm back up to five minutes
and I'm feeling much better. I'm being careful not to overdo, and with that
my muscles and nerves are further healing and I'm beginning to not be bent
over. It is amazing how much younger I look when I'm able to stand tall.
One other thing: I wanted to save money so I bought cheaper food (same
old bad thinking): instead of buying nuts, I bought cheap-o Saltines. Within
three weeks I could not fit into dresses I had been wearing, so it just goes to
show that protein is a better investment for ones health, in the long run.
** I ordered my Tony Little
Gazelle Elliptical Trainer
while living in my condo
where hydrogen sulfide was
making my feet go numb
and I was falling a lot. A
Podiatrist who did tests said
I'd lost a lot of feeling and if
I didn't use my feet and legs
more I would hasten
whatever was going wrong.
My Gazelle gave me
something to hang on to
while I exercised.
I did 1 minute a day then
gradually added time to 3.5
minutes a day. That is the
exercise I've been doing to
lose flab. I hope it's clear
from the pictures that I'm
losing flab.
If you decide to get one,
notice that one is for people
who are 250 lb. or less, and
another is for people 350 lb.
or less. I got the 350 lb. one
which covered me when I
was 280.
I'm not sure all of them
come with the little
computer thing that tells
you how many calories
you've burned (I think
calories are here nor there
since what I think does the
trick is waking up ones
metabolism with a tad of
exercise) how many miles
you've gone, the number
of minutes you've been
exercising and your pulse.
Mine came with these
hydraulic things to increase
the resistance. But I've
Gazelle Elliptical Trainer
while living in my condo
where hydrogen sulfide was
making my feet go numb
and I was falling a lot. A
Podiatrist who did tests said
I'd lost a lot of feeling and if
I didn't use my feet and legs
more I would hasten
whatever was going wrong.
My Gazelle gave me
something to hang on to
while I exercised.
I did 1 minute a day then
gradually added time to 3.5
minutes a day. That is the
exercise I've been doing to
lose flab. I hope it's clear
from the pictures that I'm
losing flab.
If you decide to get one,
notice that one is for people
who are 250 lb. or less, and
another is for people 350 lb.
or less. I got the 350 lb. one
which covered me when I
was 280.
I'm not sure all of them
come with the little
computer thing that tells
you how many calories
you've burned (I think
calories are here nor there
since what I think does the
trick is waking up ones
metabolism with a tad of
exercise) how many miles
you've gone, the number
of minutes you've been
exercising and your pulse.
Mine came with these
hydraulic things to increase
the resistance. But I've
never used them, I've never really been well enough to need extra resistance.
For me, it's been great. When I got it there was no way I could have walked
around the block because of how the hydrogen sulfide had affected my
balance.
Now, although I can walk much better (which I attribute to the B12
replacement therapy) during the winter it's been dynamite. : )
For me, it's been great. When I got it there was no way I could have walked
around the block because of how the hydrogen sulfide had affected my
balance.
Now, although I can walk much better (which I attribute to the B12
replacement therapy) during the winter it's been dynamite. : )
1/7/10 - I was determined to add a new picture today, but it's so cold I'm
not wanting to wash my hair, so this isn't quite the picture I had in mind.
But it shows that I'm not as fat-faced as if I were still 23 pounds heavier.
And it shows that I have less of a turtle's neck.
not wanting to wash my hair, so this isn't quite the picture I had in mind.
But it shows that I'm not as fat-faced as if I were still 23 pounds heavier.
And it shows that I have less of a turtle's neck.
5/23/10 - In working on reducing the infection related to my old dental
implants I drank a lot of cheap fruit drink to wash down vitamin C. I gained
weight. I reduced the infection, but I increased my sense of it all being
almost impossible... It takes so long to lose 5lb (a month) and in three weeks
that's back and more because of drinking the flavored liquid that wasn't
really that good. Just useful.
But, I'm back on track. I have a supply of protein, some real oranges to
keep up the vitamin C intake, without relying entirely on supplements and
cheap fruit drink... and I have a new mattress so that hopefully I will sleep
better, have less pain and be able to exercise (walk in my garden, use my
Gazelle, do step ups and windmills) and return to my lower weight and
slimmer body measurements.
implants I drank a lot of cheap fruit drink to wash down vitamin C. I gained
weight. I reduced the infection, but I increased my sense of it all being
almost impossible... It takes so long to lose 5lb (a month) and in three weeks
that's back and more because of drinking the flavored liquid that wasn't
really that good. Just useful.
But, I'm back on track. I have a supply of protein, some real oranges to
keep up the vitamin C intake, without relying entirely on supplements and
cheap fruit drink... and I have a new mattress so that hopefully I will sleep
better, have less pain and be able to exercise (walk in my garden, use my
Gazelle, do step ups and windmills) and return to my lower weight and
slimmer body measurements.
6/30/10 - SHAME on me! I wanted to get more results, faster, so I pushed
myself to five times around my garden, pretending that the pain had nothing
to do with my nerves... and I began getting this intense, stabbing pain at the
top of my leg that made me gasp, but worse, made me lose my balance if it
happened mid step.
I was afraid I'd gotten some sort of degenerative disease. But, I remained
cognisant of the fact that overall my nerves have healed when I've given
them enough vitamin B12 to work with, as well as rest.
One night it was nearly impossible to sleep because the pain kept happening
so repetitively. During the day I could do almost nothing, not just because I
was so tired, but because every few steps the pain would hit and I risked
falling. So stressful.
Come the third day of rest, meaning that I walked at a snails pace when I
went to the kitchen to get coffee, and, I didn't even attempt to walk around
my garden, much less use my Gazelle, the pain was significantly less
frequent.
Today I walked around my garden twice. Tomorrow I'll add a minute on
my Gazelle.
myself to five times around my garden, pretending that the pain had nothing
to do with my nerves... and I began getting this intense, stabbing pain at the
top of my leg that made me gasp, but worse, made me lose my balance if it
happened mid step.
I was afraid I'd gotten some sort of degenerative disease. But, I remained
cognisant of the fact that overall my nerves have healed when I've given
them enough vitamin B12 to work with, as well as rest.
One night it was nearly impossible to sleep because the pain kept happening
so repetitively. During the day I could do almost nothing, not just because I
was so tired, but because every few steps the pain would hit and I risked
falling. So stressful.
Come the third day of rest, meaning that I walked at a snails pace when I
went to the kitchen to get coffee, and, I didn't even attempt to walk around
my garden, much less use my Gazelle, the pain was significantly less
frequent.
Today I walked around my garden twice. Tomorrow I'll add a minute on
my Gazelle.
10/16/10 - I'm loving two things about myself in this picture I took
yesterday. First, my wrinkly neck appears to have healed once my body had
a chance to remake some of that skin. Happiness!!! Second, I bought some
Lancome makeup, which I've loved in the past when I could afford it, and I
love now because I deserve it -- and, I need it to help hide the affects of the
stress I've been living with for far too long.
11/20/10 - Four days after I took the above picture I was happily attending
to my garden when a trellis I wanted to move stuck and I sprained a muscle
in my back by failing to give up. I am still in pain, but not as severe or
constant. After the sprain my discs felt as if they were grinding together if I
tried to lift the least little thing. That made me think that all of my muscles
were affected and that the basic problem was that my muscles are not
strong enough: I don't do the right kinds of activities to strengthen them so
that they're at a good performance level. So, I ordered the
Weider Total Body Works 5000 because the reviews
were good and it was only $129. It arrived quickly, on
11/10/10. I needed help to put it together because of my
back injury and basic lack of strength. But then I could
totally see why people said it was fun to use. And with
that, I overdid it which is hard to believe since I was
doing less than 7 minutes of exercise at a time.
I'm not strong enough to do one of the exercises I think
would be best for my lower back muscles. I'm not even strong enough to
change the machine's setting so that I could do the exercise. And, I've
discovered that it really is best to have some days of rest, rather than
exercising every day. It reminds me of school when I read that studying for
long sessions without a break was less effective than studying short periods
with breaks because our brains store information better with some rest.
yesterday. First, my wrinkly neck appears to have healed once my body had
a chance to remake some of that skin. Happiness!!! Second, I bought some
Lancome makeup, which I've loved in the past when I could afford it, and I
love now because I deserve it -- and, I need it to help hide the affects of the
stress I've been living with for far too long.
11/20/10 - Four days after I took the above picture I was happily attending
to my garden when a trellis I wanted to move stuck and I sprained a muscle
in my back by failing to give up. I am still in pain, but not as severe or
constant. After the sprain my discs felt as if they were grinding together if I
tried to lift the least little thing. That made me think that all of my muscles
were affected and that the basic problem was that my muscles are not
strong enough: I don't do the right kinds of activities to strengthen them so
that they're at a good performance level. So, I ordered the
Weider Total Body Works 5000 because the reviews
were good and it was only $129. It arrived quickly, on
11/10/10. I needed help to put it together because of my
back injury and basic lack of strength. But then I could
totally see why people said it was fun to use. And with
that, I overdid it which is hard to believe since I was
doing less than 7 minutes of exercise at a time.
I'm not strong enough to do one of the exercises I think
would be best for my lower back muscles. I'm not even strong enough to
change the machine's setting so that I could do the exercise. And, I've
discovered that it really is best to have some days of rest, rather than
exercising every day. It reminds me of school when I read that studying for
long sessions without a break was less effective than studying short periods
with breaks because our brains store information better with some rest.
October 16, 2011 - Well, I've lost weight: my neck and face are skinnier.
I haven't been doing the exercises to tighten my skin, darn it. Since the
first picture I've lost 80 pounds, but now that I can barely walk, even with
my walker, losing more is... I'm unclear how I will do it.
I haven't been doing the exercises to tighten my skin, darn it. Since the
first picture I've lost 80 pounds, but now that I can barely walk, even with
my walker, losing more is... I'm unclear how I will do it.
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