Obesity Free Forever Blog™

Hi Everyone,

Obesity discrimination is just one of the negative effects of obesity.  Recently this came to light when I saw that United Airlines proposes to charge overweight customers for an additional seat.  You can read the full article here  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329345.

I began thinking about the effects of obesity and counted my blessings for losing over 140 pounds.  Besides discrimination, the negative effects inlcude health risks of obesity.  Some of the health risks of obesity include diabetes, heart and lung problems and depression.

When I weighed 280 pounds and was on the dieting yo-yo cycle, I felt like I would never take the weight off permanently and I would experience health risks of obesity my whole life.  But once I made the decision to stop focusing on the diet and learned why I overate, my life changed and so did the negative effects of obesity. 

Losing weight permanently can be simple with the right information and perspective.  Once you make the decision to reduce your risks of the effects of obesity, the rest becomes clear.  You can learn more about becoming obesity free forever like I did at www.obesity-free-forever.com.  Drop me a line at and let me know if you need any help.

Take care,

Georgene

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I decided to check out weight loss blogs.  I’ve been so preoccupied in my own life lately, living weight management after obesity,  I wanted to see what the rest of the world was doing about weight loss.

My Google search revealed over 23 million pages!  Wow, I did this before work and I only had a short while to search.  I picked the top three on the first page of my Google search.  One of my searches led me to the top 100 weight loss blogs.  Of course I had to explore further afterall, I would love for my blog to be recognized as one of the top 100 weight loss blogs and I wanted to know what others did to get there.  When I arrived on the landing page, I came across the weight loss blogs by category including current weight loss journeys, already lost the weight, women, men and fitness.

I was amazed to learn that the majority of blogs had ceased especially those in the already lost weight category.  Some weight loss blogs in the current weight loss journey category were very sad.  There is one in particular that I wonder what happened to her.  She made her last entry in March and informed everyone of such.  She described herself as significantly obese and of course as a caring individual I wonder if she struggles with the same problems I did when I weighed 280 pounds, specifically depression and anxiety.  It seemed as though she felt ashamed or disappointed that the blog was not giving her what she needed.  I pray this person is okay.

My first inclination was to do what others did on these weight loss blogs.  But truthfully, while the weight loss blogs may help a few individuals as noted by the nine or ten responses to a few of the entries, I think differently today.

While the authors of those weight loss blogs have good intentions, those of us that keep our weight off know that it is important to move forward in life after weight loss.  Dwelling on the current situation and doing things the way we’ve always done them will never produce the results we desire.  The key to permanent weight loss is to first accept you right now “as is” and then develop and implement a plan to become the person you desire.  You may be expecting me to say it is the next great diet like Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem or Jenny Craig.  While I’ve tried two of those three with limited success it wasn’t until I accepted myself, both good and bad, in August of 2004 that I began my weight loss adventure.

Take care,

Georgene

Hi Everyone,

Last week was a busy one as my co-workers and I worked on a H1N1 (Swine) Flu prevention plan for our hospitals.  It was an interesting experience.  In my 12 years of doing infection control in healthcare, I’ve never experienced such a situation.  The rumor control alone took up a ton of time.  The corporate team was phenomenal and we put a great prevention plan in place. 

During the activitiy, I received an update about Hydroxycut from the FDA.  Here is the link http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/hydroxycut/consumeradvisory.html.

The news did not surprise me.  The fact that someone died from liver fail was sad, though.  This reminded me of when I used to be on the fad diet cycle when I weighed 280 pounds.  I thought that next best appetite suppressant was my ticket to thinness!  How wrong I was!  In fact, I took one product, which is now off the market, back in the early 90’s and developed chemical induced Hepatitis.  I was so jaundiced I was glowing!

In my weight loss adventure of losing over 140 pounds I learned one thing, there is no get thin quick approach.  In fact, I would not have it any other way!  This may sound strange but here is why I say that.  Becoming obese is a complicated process.  It takes years to become obese.  Losing weight is a matter of releasing bad habits, learning new ones and then practicing those new habits until they become second nature.  The key is in the “learning”.  Once you learn something and you have that “aha” moment, no one can ever take that away from you.  You may slip up every once in awhile but you’ll always have the tool (knowledge) to get yourself back on track.

The best appetite suppressant I found is increasing my fiber and water intake.  Finding ways to increase my fiber intake throughout the day with tasty foods such as Fiber One products helps me eliminate hunger.  I find fiber to be my best appetite suppressant.

Take care and have a great day!

Georgene