I am getting responses to my blog at healthyweightlosstips.biz, through social media and emails. It is time to add some content. My goal in establishing this blog is to arm those struggling with obesity with information that will help all of us become healthier, shed some unwanted pounds, and keep them off. I am on this journey with you. I just stepped off my scale weighing in a 305 pounds. That number is about 130 pounds more than I want it to be. It is about 20 pounds less than where I started over a year ago.
I was at my highest weight of 324 pounds when my doctor told me I was officially considered diabetic. My A1C has teetered close to the defining marker for some time and had now crossed the line. Her tactic for keeping my diabetes was diet and exercise. The diet she prescribed was to limit my carbs to 45 per meal and keep the calories down to 500 per meal. I was also supposed to get 30 minutes of exercise every day. I followed the dietary recommendations and got down to 295 pounds. Counting calories and carbs was too much like so many other diets that I had been on, so I put the calculator away and, of course, gained back some of that weight.
I needed to make a life change and not go on a diet. Whatever I do to lose weight has to be something I can live with for the rest of my life. By current strategy is to be aware of carbs and calories by reading labels and making choices that are somewhat like what my doctor prescribed. My weight has fluctuated from 295 to 310 over a year. I weigh every day. When my weight is up from the day before I make food choices that I know have less carbs and calories.
Not being too concerned about my weight any more is a little liberating, but my choice of food is only half of changes I have made. My obesity has led to some related health issues. I was just over the marker that put me in the diabetic category. I have arthritis, sleep apnea, and my heart is in a-fib. Loosing weight will help all of these conditions.
I tried to follow my doctors advice about exercising. I started a walking regime that I found to be painful and exhausting. My arthritic knees and shortness of breath due to heart problems allowed me to only walk for about five minutes at first. I pushed myself a little further each day and was walking 20 minutes but it was no fun. I joined the Y and started swimming. That is something I enjoy doing. I have a goal in mind that exceed the 30 minute suggestion of my doctor. My last blood test showed improvement in every category tested. The doctor was so pleased that she is no longer worried about my weight.
That doesn't been I am going to stop trying, nor was that what she was suggesting. It just demonstrates how important physical activity is to one's health. Notice I say physical activity and not exercise. Doing something active that you enjoy is the only way to guarantee you will adopt a new behavior.
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I was at my highest weight of 324 pounds when my doctor told me I was officially considered diabetic. My A1C has teetered close to the defining marker for some time and had now crossed the line. Her tactic for keeping my diabetes was diet and exercise. The diet she prescribed was to limit my carbs to 45 per meal and keep the calories down to 500 per meal. I was also supposed to get 30 minutes of exercise every day. I followed the dietary recommendations and got down to 295 pounds. Counting calories and carbs was too much like so many other diets that I had been on, so I put the calculator away and, of course, gained back some of that weight.
I needed to make a life change and not go on a diet. Whatever I do to lose weight has to be something I can live with for the rest of my life. By current strategy is to be aware of carbs and calories by reading labels and making choices that are somewhat like what my doctor prescribed. My weight has fluctuated from 295 to 310 over a year. I weigh every day. When my weight is up from the day before I make food choices that I know have less carbs and calories.
Not being too concerned about my weight any more is a little liberating, but my choice of food is only half of changes I have made. My obesity has led to some related health issues. I was just over the marker that put me in the diabetic category. I have arthritis, sleep apnea, and my heart is in a-fib. Loosing weight will help all of these conditions.
I tried to follow my doctors advice about exercising. I started a walking regime that I found to be painful and exhausting. My arthritic knees and shortness of breath due to heart problems allowed me to only walk for about five minutes at first. I pushed myself a little further each day and was walking 20 minutes but it was no fun. I joined the Y and started swimming. That is something I enjoy doing. I have a goal in mind that exceed the 30 minute suggestion of my doctor. My last blood test showed improvement in every category tested. The doctor was so pleased that she is no longer worried about my weight.
That doesn't been I am going to stop trying, nor was that what she was suggesting. It just demonstrates how important physical activity is to one's health. Notice I say physical activity and not exercise. Doing something active that you enjoy is the only way to guarantee you will adopt a new behavior.
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