Posts Tagged ‘Go Wear Fit’

16
Jul

Cheating? Magic? Easy? Part FOUR…

   Posted by: Nessa    in WLS

So why is having this tool so much EASIER than any other tool?

What is so MAGIC about WLS?   Ah what a nice segue  to the MAGIC part of WLS.

Apparently WLS is Magic.  I just have the surgery and I wake up thin.  Oh I wish it were so.

Why do folks think it’s magic.  DO they not think I work at this? Do they not think I struggle?  Does the  weight fall off.  UMM NO.

Not always. Not often.  NOT SUPPOSED TO.  Weight loss surgery is tool that gives a person the chance to learn to do the right things.  IT means I learn to eat the right amounts of the right foods.  Damn there we go back to that TOOL again…   naw it’s not a tool it’s magic… you aren’t hungry.  Oh so if I’m not hungry then I CHEAT at dieting huh?

Who did I cheat?  Did I cheat death?  You bet. I’m not going to die in ten years from morbid obesity and the related crap that goes with it.   Did I cheat YOU?  Nope.  It’s not a contest…  therefore there IS NO CHEATING…

Did I CHEAT MYSELF?  Umm how?  Because I found a most awesome tool that allows me to learn what a proper portion of ANY food is?  Granted I am lucky. I can eat fat. I eat avocado. I drink half and half, I  use oil and full fat cheese and full fat salad dressing.  Some RNY folks dump on those things.  I do not.  I can even manage small amounts of sugar.  I have not had major dumping issues esp if I follow a full protein/fat meal with a bit of sugar.  JUST LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.   I will eat 3 or 4 shrimp that are grilled or sautéed (not breaded and fried) or some lobster or some crab or even a small yummy steak… and then for dessert IF I have the room I will have the bite of someone’s something yummy .  And the wonderful thing is that ONE bite is often enough. I do not feel the need or compulsion to eat past full.  That may be magic to you. And maybe that is part of the RNY magic…  KNOWING that if I want it I can have it has rendered ALL foods powerless.  Knowing that eating till full is a bad thing, knowing that I can eat it at any time  in small amounts is not cheating.  It’s how “normal folks” live.  It’s how intuitive skinny people live.  I am still contemplating dinner tonight.  NO clue what I want. But I know it will be protein first as I am at only 59 g of protein so far today… oh yeah that SPARK PEOPLE website is a GREAT TOOL  as is my GoWEAR fit. While the gowear fit may not be attractive to some it’s the most beautiful accessory I have.  It gives me feedback that tells me my choices are spot on with my chosen path to health. And my plan is just that A PLAN.   I know what I will be doing for the REST OF MY LIFE in terms of my health.   I will be eating small portions of MOSTLY good for me FOOD… I will be exercising way more than I ever thought I would want to (and yes I DO Like it… but that’s because I FOUND stuff I like to do… and that my friends is the KEY… do not do things because you have to. Do not do things you hate… find things you love to do and DO THEM.

Find foods you love to eat and EAT THEM.  In small amounts.  Sparingly. AS NEEDED NOT AS WANTED…  (yes I NEED cheesecake just not every day).    Lately I NEED quesadillas.  EVERY DAY.  So I eat them.  Either I buy them and eat a small small portion of them or I make them at home and eat one of my baby quesadillas…

I wanted to separate magic, easy and cheating into three distinct areas and discuss them.  It’s not happening… as with most of the things in my life one part overlaps the other.

My life has really changed in the last year….  As have my opinions.  I admit there was a time I thought WLS the easy way out. I had that whole holier  than thou attitude about losing weight.  I could do it through sheer willpower.   Well I could.  Over and over and over but I could never maintain it enough to start back up and only have 17 pounds left to lose.  Maintaining is HARD WORK.  I am scared of it.

I do not want this to fail but I know if I follow the rules like I have been I will be fine.

Yes there ARE DAYS I graze.  Yes there are days  I eat way too many carby things… But 90-95% of the time I am spot on with the plan.  Can you say that about your life?   Has the gym or your exercise become critical like brushing your teeth?  My trainer and I were talking about that the other day and she and I both said… “if I don’t work out I feel like I have not brushed my teeth”… it’s become that important to me.   Yes there are days I wanna skip it… but I know if I skip it I will pay for it physically later… maybe not that day but the next week….

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3
May

Go Wear Fit, Wii Fit Getting Fit or Having a fit…

   Posted by: Nessa    in Exercise, Health, Product Review, RandomNESS

sensing a trend????

Ok so last week I got this Body Media Go Wear Fit armband thingy….  WE ARE BORG RESISTANCE is FUTILE… (we yeah with the darn thing on I look rather BORG LIKE…. since it rests on my arm (I’d show you but my PHONE died today and it’s the only camera I have)….

well i set it to make sure I did 7500 steps per day… simple right… NOT on lazy weekend days…  so last night at 8 pm I was not going to make target for calories OR steps without some EFFORT… so I fired up the Wii…   and unwrapped the Wii Fit Plus… OMG I did it for 45 minutes.    the dogs watched me… I liked it.  Now let me point out that I would NOT have gotten on the WII FIT without the Go Wear FIT and that because of both of them I’m getting fit… but of course I get obsessive so my husband is having a fit..

Now I’ve been wearing the GoWear Fit since Friday.   I got my regular day on friday:

I walked over 8,000 steps and burned over 2300 calories and ate under 1600 calories

it alleges 1 hour and 17 minutes of moderate activity (it was a yoga and cardio day so shouldn’t’ it be more?)

I manged just over 6 hours of sleep and had 91% efficiency… that is the coolest thing to me… that it can tell me how efficient my sleep was.

oh and I had over 700 calories deficit  (If I am reporting my calories right)

Saturday was even better as my friend NIK trekked me all over downtown Baltimore… I burned nearly 3000 calories on Saturday and ingested under 1000 I should have a HUGE deficit…  over 2000 and I do

AND i took OVER 16,000 steps and had moderate activity for over 3 hours on Saturday… WOO-HOO right?

I really am enjoying it and I forget the arm bad is on.. the display is a bit much for a watch and I’m thinking of going to a clip on for it instead…

so why is the scale up nearly 4 pounds since Friday???  Corn Chips?  Al Pacinos (a great local place for Middle Eastern Food) and Chip0lte…  oy SALT… and potty issues…

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30
Apr

   Posted by: Nessa    in Exercise, Health, Mental Health

So much to talk about… so much on my mind…

I got my GO WEAR Fit yesterday from my friend Katie..  and I charged it and synced it with my laptop at home (and i can look at the reports at work) I put it on last night but it was after dinner and working out…I did sleep with it but I haven’t synced it so I’ll see tonite.   Some folks don’t put their food in. I may or may not on a daily basis but I will for a few days at least…

I’m still figuring out the display and the armband thing with it.  Putting the armband on is no big deal… wearing it is no big deal… in fact you can’t even tell I have it on today… and it doesn’t bother me… I hope it helps.  I did take a one year subscription and it doesn’t seem too bad.. it will be interesting to see what happens.

This morning while I was on the elliptical (finishing up 20 minutes of cardio (and I worked hard at it) the darn display beeped at me to tell me that My moderate goal was met.  I have tried to look it up and I can’t find it.  oh well I’ll ask around over on OH… I then took a kick ass yoga class with tammie.  I held a tree today. I still wobble badly at tree with a kickstand because of the closed eyes.  I can do a beautiful modified half moon and my child’s pose is improving.   I can do half moon on the left much easier than on the right…

The point is yoga class rocked today and I worked up a nice sweat…

I’ve noticed in the last few days especially I’ve hit a new point.   Yesterday I felt THIN… this morning I feel NORMAL… and it seems that  all the women at the gym that used to find me invisible no longer do…. Now this may be a function of the fact that they see me 5 times a week consistently or it may be a function of the fact that I no longer have that FAT chick appearance…   I don’t know.  I’m not sure I want to know.

What I do know is that I am loving the gym.   I love going, I love how I feel when I’m done. I actually liked sweating today.   Who’d have thunk it ya know…

Why is it that when I think about things they sound so profound and then when I go to write them they seem so trivial.

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