Its been awhile since I've been to the Doctors office for a check up. Its only been 1 year but it always seems longer.I needed to come in for the flu shot and the tetnus shot as well. In the office the nurses gave me the usual head to toe once over. I'm taller than I was by .25 inches. I think I'm losing the curve in my neck or spine. The good news is that I weigh 17 pounds less than 1 years ago this month. Granted I'm still big, very big, but its a start. The Dr and I spoke at great length about my health. It turns out that for a fat guy I'm a healthy guy, low cholesterol , low sugars in the blood, Blood pressure is fine I'm just fat. I weigh 100 pounds over my BMI says I should and even thats equal to my old high school wrestling weight. My goal is actually attainable of a 25% BMI loss over 1 yr. As it stands today I need only 58.5 pounds in 11.5 months. The Dr said I should shoot for a loss of 10-12 in each of the first 2 months then after that the loss gets harder. I should look at 8 the third then 5 and 3 or so in the following. All in all I need to drop about 5.25 a month in the course of 1 year. He wanted to give me mental preparation so I would not be depressed when it the slow down happens.
I know this is boring you with the details and not my usual banter, but its important to me. This all leads back in to my fear of insanity and brain damage. Being overweight and having BP problems killed my Uncle 7 years ago. He died suddenly, well his brain died suddenly his body died 7 days later. I think I have a problem with lingering death. The tubes and wires. I hate hospitals my self. If you know me you know my story. Sometimes the smell of strong disinfectant gets to me. So that why I'm trying to change my life. Its not a drastic change just a smarter change. Small changes over time are what it takes. A single large change would work but the chance of a back slide would be much greater than smaller ones.
I have 2 people that I know that have done drastic changes. The stomach band procedure was done. One is a former Highschool cheerleader that I knew through highschool. I think she lost control after highschool. For awhile I felt sorry for her but I still hold a grudge on how nasty she was in Highschool. The other is a guy that I work with, he has lost over 200 lbs. Thats great but he looks so unhealthy. I guess you still have to hit bottom before getting better. For awhile I considered that surgury. Thats a bit too hard core for me I still like the occasional late night gyro (no onions, double sauce + tomato).
OK thats about it for me right now.
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