Week 4 April 8 - April 15

This entry is going to be short, as I am getting ready for surgery tomorrow. Down another pound this week, so that makes 6lbs in about a month. I started March 18. Slow and steady goes the race as they say.

Last night was my last night at the gym for what will seem to me like an eternity. As I walked to my car after class, all these feelings come over me first I was sad, sad that my routine was going to interrupted for couple of weeks. Second feeling: Disappointed yes, disappointed which even took me by surprise. I compared it to that of an athlete. Have you even been looking at game i.e. football, baseball, and observe the athletes facial expression when they get hurt. Many have a look of annoyance and disappointment a kind of “awe man I can’t believe this is happening; now I can’t play. How long is it going take for me to recover”? When am I going to be able to play again?” That’s how I felt. I am also worried; will all my work be in vain am I going to gain back the 6lbs.

To be honest no matter how hard I try to focus on recovery, the above will still be in the back of my mind. While recovering I am going try to come up with a new workout schedule. My body seems to be taking longer to burn calories now.

One, thing I wanted to touch this week was food. Yes, food and our attitude towards it. I am not a psychologist by any means. But, I felt the need to share this: Food is a means to fuel our bodies it gives us energy, nutrients to vital body organs and over all helps our bodies do its job. Below is definition of food according to Webster’s dictionary:
Food- “material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy; also: such food together with supplementary substances (as minerals, vitamins, and condiments) something that nourishes, sustains, or supplies.”

One thing I had to learn was food is not going nowhere, therefore I don’t keep a lot of food in my house, there is not going to be a massive explosion, the supermarkets shelves are not going to bare the next time you go in, and you’re not going to go hungry .

Look I enjoy a good meal just like the next person, and I am not perfect am not trying to judge anyone. I am just a person trying to lose weight. All, I can say is when I see stuff like people storing food, having it everywhere, having enough food to eat for two months it makes me wonder. Is it a fear of really going hungry? or, are they doing it for control, comfort , gratification.