Obesity Free Forever Blog™

Hi Everyone,

What a week!  There were health problems galore!  From emergency surgery to a corneal ulcer, it was a challenging week.  Add school and work pressures and I could remember how passive eating would creep into my daily routine in the past helping me balloon to 280 pounds!

Here are some tips to lose weight for women that worked for me when life sent me overwheliming challenges.

Stay true to you.  Remember that you are the most important person in the world and if you want to be there for others, you must first take care of you.

Prioritize.  While we all want to keep going at 110%, the truth is we need to prioritize and adjust our tasks when we’re faced with challenges.

Be flexible.  Once we prioritize, we need to allow for minor adjustments in our daily plans and routines especially during crisis times.

Stick to the plan.  You developed your weight loss plan  based on your lifestyle and personality.  Stick with it even though you may not feel like it.  Crises and challenges pass and your positive reaction to them will build your character and make you stronger.  Running to food will only make the situation worst because you’ll need to deal with the fall out–guilt and extra pounds. 

Smile and laugh.  Even though times get rough, look for things that are going right, especially when you don’t feel like it.  Focusing on the future and what you want is more empowering than wading in the pity pool all by yourself!

Take care,

Georgene

Hi Everyone,

Losing weight fast and healthy is a weight loss myth.  Of course, “fast” may mean different things to different people.  For example, when I lost my initial 120 pounds it took me 13 months from August of 2004 to September 17, 2005.  Was that fast for me?  Yes, compared to the almost thousand pounds I lost in 30 years of my lifetime, 13 months was fast! 

Many people can lose weight fast but it is usually at the expense of their body.  It is a simple fact that we cannot change the science of weight loss-calories in must be less than calories out and extra calories out must equal 3500 to lose one pound. 

Depending on our resting metabolic rate, the amount of activity we do in a day and the calories we take in, losing weight fast may be difficult while losing weight healthy can be easily achieved through small lifestyle changes that will last forever.

While many people may think that reaching that perfect rate is the end of the journey, the truth is that life just began for me when I achieved my weight loss goal.  Not only did I have a feeling of self-confidence I had never felt before but opportunities continue to open up for me as I maintain my over 140 pound weight loss.

The weight loss experience taught me that losing weight fast and healthy is not as important as keeping the weight off and staying healthy.

Take care,

Georgene

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been offline for a while.  I got caught up in life’s challenges!  I’m glad to be back blogging again.  During my absence I experienced a terrible setback.  While my weight remained stable, it was one of the hardest challenges I’ve experienced so far during weight management. 

I tore my hamstring and this set me back something awful.  For some strange reason, I twisted on my treadmill and my foot snagged the belt and I heard a pop!  Of course, did I stop?  No way. I kept running with the pain and that was a huge mistake.

Long story short, I did everything wrong to heal it.  I applied heat when I should have applied ice.  I kept exercising when I should have rested it.  And I used a compression dressing which is controversial.  I eventually saw my doctor and he prescribed an anti-inflammatory cream which worked really well.

I thought about how lucky I was over the 13 months I lost my weight in that I did not suffer a weight loss injury.  I do think differently about exercise safety now.  At agae 47, I have to be aware of the damage I can do to my body.  I now take precautions such as warming up, starting slow and stretching.  I also listen to my body.  If I feel pain, I stop. 

It’s good to be back.  Stay tuned, I am working on something really cool…

Georgene