Archive for March, 2008
The Moment Of Truth: Precious Weighs In
Monday, March 31st, 2008
As you can see in these photos, Precious isn’t your average “fat beagle.” Some people wouldn’t even consider her to be fat at all. But behind those sweet beagle eyes and silky ears is an obese dog in the making.
You see, Precious is just under 2 years old (her birthday is April 18th), and she currently weighs in at an impressive 26.4 pounds…. well, that’s an average of two weights (26.2 and 26.6). She’s a bit of a wiggle worm on the scale, so it was tough to get an exact reading. You might say, “so what, she looks healthy!” But when you look at her from the backside and feel down her back and sides, there’s nothing but mushy chunkiness there. (more…)
Weekend Eats
Monday, March 31st, 2008Friday was kind of a screwed up day for eating. It was one of those, “oh my, look at the time, I really should eat something!” kind of days. It’s no wonder I have the metabolism of a corpse.
1 100 calorie granola bar
1 McD’s double cheeseburger
1 small coke
1/2 large stuffed pepper
1 tall glass 7up
3 bite sized cream puffs and 2 small scoops ice cream
Saturday I decided to try out what I call a “cleansing fast.” Rather than a full starvation thing, you actually eat something every hour to keep your metabolism going. Basically, I took 2 Balance bars, cut them up into 12 even pieces, and ate one piece every hour on the hour. Plus I ate lettuce salad and sugar free Jello each twice. I started my day with a cup of low sodium V8 juice. But the biggy was the water intake. I’d say I had at least had 10 cups of water. I did pretty good on it. I wasn’t overly hungry at all, and surprisingly, I didn’t even start to feel hungry until after 7pm. I was a little concerned as I did feel a little hungry when I went to bed, but I wasn’t starving. I’m estimating that my total caloric intake for the day was about 600. I’ll probably do this occasionally to shrink my stomach and for the discipline.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. I was out for most of the day, but I felt I behaved myself considering. I decided to stay away from the pop this time unlike Friday. I also met up with friends and went bowling. I guess you can call it “activity”, though I don’t consider it exercise… but any thing’s better than sitting on my ass all day.
1-1/4 cup Kashi cereal w/skim milk
1 McD’s double cheeseburger
2 Texas hots
1 Balance bar
1/2 bag microwave popcorn
(too many) lightly salted peanuts
1 grapefruit
How Did I Get So F*cking Fat?!!!
Saturday, March 29th, 2008MY HISTORY
I was skinny for all of 7.3 seconds of my life. No, not really, but close enough. I was a normal size child up through 1st grade. And as much as I hate the victim mentality of finding someone to blame, as children, we really are at the mercy of our caretakers. My grandparents were not skinny people. Actually, they were quite chunky and robust. But being from their generation, they seemed to view their overweightness as a sign of good living so-to-speak. As young people, they lived at a time where poor people were skinny and sickly looking, but those who had food to eat were regarded as being “healthy.” So they looked at their only grandchild, me, and saw a sickly kid (even though I wasn’t), and they made it a point to fatten me up. Of course, I didn’t mind all the attention and wonderful food I was fed. I seem to remember Kentucky Fried Chicken, Red Barn, Arthur Treacher’s, and Howard Johnson’s being the main staples of my diet. Then back home at Grandma’s house was grilled cheese, mac and cheese, cube steaks, and lots of potatoes.Add to all that the praise I received for fattening up. I remember how big of a deal my Grandma made about the fact that they were buying my clothes in the “husky boys” section at Sears. Instead of embarrassment and shame, I was treated with praise for being a fat kid. This only confounded the problem as I faced ridicule in school. I was taught to believe that being fat was a good thing, so when kids made fun of me, I was blindsided and confused.
But just to get things straight here… I was not the same size of fat kid you see today. I mean, what in God’s name are people doing to their kids today?!!! Kids today are obese… grossly obese. I am floored that there are 200# 4th graders. So even though my grandparents succeeded at “fattening” me up, they didn’t try to kill me in the process like so many parents are doing today. (more…)
I Am A Sugarholic
Saturday, March 29th, 2008I love sugar, but it doesn’t love me.
I’m aware now of the sugar I eat. And I’ll come right out and say it, I do consume a lot a sugar. Even so, I don’t allow myself to get to those dangerous levels I once did. I’ve learned to recognize sugars and other carbohydrates for what they are, and to make a conscious effort to balance things with proteins and fats whenever possible.
Before I got really really fat, I started showing symptoms of hypoglycemia when I was in my mid-20’s. Well, let’s put it this way… after I screwed up my body and metabolism on that mutherf*cking Richard Simmon’s diet, strange things started happening to me.
I would roll out of bed and drive to hockey on a Sunday morning, no breakfast as I’d always done, play hockey, then go to my friend’s mom’s house for lunch. I’d eat, and within 15 minutes I’d practically slip into a coma. No, seriously! It was like I had this uncontrollable urge to close my eyes and sleep. I would turn into a zombie and sneak off into the other room to lay down on the couch. (more…)
Diet Horror Stories
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Soooo… How many of those off the shelf, as seen on tv, or weekly meeting diets have you tried?
There are a few in the closet of my diet house of horrors I can tell you about. Let’s see… in no particular order I’ve tried: Diet Workshop, Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, Hydroxycut, Richard Simmon’s Deal-A-Meal, and LA Weightloss. (more…)
