Health Matters

Monday July, 6th 2009
9.45am



I'm running on the last bit of gas, anytime now, my engine will shut down on me. I've been hustling and bustling for the last couple of days. 12 hour shifts are a killer I tell you! I feel like someone's been using me as a trampoline, jumping all over me relentlessly. I'm sore all over.
As if that isn't bad enough, I've cut out caffeine from my diet. At least with coffee I felt energized, albeit for a few hours. I made an informed decision to quit when I realized I was getting addicted to it. So far, so good. I've been able to function without it. Who knew?
Now all I have to do is start working out again.

Let's take it back a couple of years...
My "elders" would tell me to be careful about what I ate lest I gain weight. I tossed my head, and confidently told them that I wasn't born with the "fat gene". I was absent when it was being handed out. I had always been a skinny minny. Why would nature change it's course now?

Well fast forward to the present...
Now I know what they meant! I have gained 15 pounds in the last year and a half! Gasp! That's what I get for having a sweet tooth. I've been munching on cookies and cakes like they're going out of style. "Oh I don't have the fat gene", I kept telling myself. Well I guess my "elders" had the last laugh this time around.

I guess it's safe to say my metabolism has a lot to do with my predicament. I believe it's slowed down somewhat, the older I've gotten. It's so much harder for the weight to fall off now. It's coming off, just not as fast as I would like. I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks, and all I've done is reduce my carb intake, and walk a little more. I rejoice at the thought of how much I'll lose when I begin a more intense workout routine.

Back to the weight gain: what's an extra 15 pounds you may be wondering? Well, that's how it starts, then it's an extra 30, then an extra 50, before you know it, you don't remember what your feet look like because you haven't seen them in eons! Well I personally would prefer my stomach to stay where it is right now, I'm not trying to lift it off my knees and tack it in my waist. No ma'am!

To everyone who is trying to lose weight, be it 5 pounds or 405lbs; take it one pound at a time, just so you don't feel overwhelmed by the amount of weight you have to lose. Just my two cents...