My Fat Belly And Me...Hope For The Future

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  • Inesesfitnesspal
    Inesesfitnesspal Posts: 27 Member
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    You are inspiration!!!!
  • maryannelk
    maryannelk Posts: 707 Member
    You're posts are always so sweet, funny, and inspiring. I love your positive outlook. Thank you for sharing each of your milestones with us!

    This! Keep them coming!
  • 01bb05
    01bb05 Posts: 1
    WOW! Guess where i'm going today for the first time in ages, thanks for sharing! Well done! :)
  • wwest21
    wwest21 Posts: 99 Member
    Thank you for posting this. Inspiration I needed for today!
  • browneyes36340
    browneyes36340 Posts: 10 Member
    You are such and inspiration , I enjoyed reading your post , I too have a hard time with my belly , Ive had 2 C-Sections and a Hysterectomy so I dont have alot of stomach muscle but thank goodness I got the bikini cut and not up and down cut.. But I can also tell that my belly is getting smaller also , but I was also wondering if it will tighten back up and not hang , so reading your post has gave me hope , Thank you ..Keep up the good work :)
  • Hanfordrose
    Hanfordrose Posts: 688 Member
    You are such and inspiration , I enjoyed reading your post , I too have a hard time with my belly , Ive had 2 C-Sections and a Hysterectomy so I dont have alot of stomach muscle but thank goodness I got the bikini cut and not up and down cut.. But I can also tell that my belly is getting smaller also , but I was also wondering if it will tighten back up and not hang , so reading your post has gave me hope , Thank you ..Keep up the good work :)

    There are so many of us older ladies (and yes...even old men) who are trying to lose weight in bodies that have been really beat up over time. Looking in the mirror and seeing how much we must overcome can be discouraging.

    There has got to be a point in time, when we accept that some things cannot be changed. You can't undo most of the scars and a lifetime of stretch marks and wear on our flesh; but we can IMPROVE what we have...even after 68 years. I am proof of that. Our bodies can get thinner, if we are willing to MAKE A COMMITMENT to a healthy food plan. Our bodies can look better even with the scars, wrinkles and stretch marks, if we are willing to MAKE A COMMITMENT to some form of exercise.

    I said SOME FORM OF EXERCISE. I did not say...going to the gym, running for miles or doing a 10K. Some of us do have physical limitations and life limitations; but no one has to sit around all day long, watching TV, playing on the computer and eating mindlessly...like a fat frog, catching flies on a lily pad.

    At some point, each of us said, "ENOUGH!!! I don't want to be like this anymore."

    That is when we started our journey to get BETTER, but 'better' has to be defined. If your 'better' is just to lose 10 or 20 pounds, it will be just a food issue. If your 'better' is to get healthier and stronger, then it will also be an exercise issue. If you want to turn around a lifetime of abusing your body, then you must do it all...eat better and exercise. That's the category that I fall into...the old worn out body group.

    I had to redefine who I was and who I wanted to be. I could stay the 'sweet grannie in her wheelchair', letting everyone feel sorry for me and wait on me, like a cripple. I could slowly but surely keep adding pounds and keep moving closer to diabetes, heart problems and the grave...BUT...I don't feel like living that way any longer. I want my life back...the life I threw away, when I let the pounds destroy my knees.

    I woke up this morning, thinking..."I don't feel old. Yes, I am 68 years old; but I don't feel any older than I did, when I was 38. So, I am NOT OLD. I still have plenty of years to live."

    Some of the youngsters on MFP believe that they have a lifetime ahead them, while I am only a few years away from the grave. One young MFP member went so far as to tell me that very rude fact in a post. No one knows, when they will die. My kid sister was murdered at 26; my Mom died of cancer at 66; my Dad died in the Northridge quake at 72 with my stepmom who was only 42. They didn't know that they were going to die at that age. Neither the 26 year old or the 72 year old could know that their time on earth had come to an end.

    On the other hand, my maternal grandma lived to 95 and had 2 aunts that lived into the hundreds. What if I am meant to live 'til I am 102 or 103? Do I want to spend the next 30 or more years as a fat, old woman in a wheelchair? NO!!!

    I want to be that sharp, little grannie who is buzzing around on her grannie bike and still flirting with her old man. I want to keep my body and my mind active and engaged in life...not sitting around waiting for God to take me home. In the meantime, I still have a lot to do; and I don't want to do it from a wheelchair.

    So, I had to make a REAL COMMITMENT to eating better and exercises in any way that I could, whether it is swimming laps or doing Sit And Fit exercises and using my grannie hand weights. I also had to involve others in my plan. I had to be accountable to someone, when I might be tempted or discouraged. That's where MFP came in. I am still making a daily COMMITMENT to my food plan and my MFP friends. That's how it works for me.

    Oh, my goodness! This sounds like another post...or blog.
  • LinOtt
    LinOtt Posts: 82 Member
    A light bulb lit up in my head when I realized that I was in control and that I was accountable for my choices. That made the difference. What matters is what we are doing now, sitting around waiting for life to "happen" does nothing for ourselves or for anybody else. Thanks for your post - taking action and charge over that which we control is the key - just keep on going and the changes will become obvious - very often we ourselves are blinded to our own progress...
  • justaspoonfulofsugar
    justaspoonfulofsugar Posts: 587 Member
    happy to see another post from you and to hear things are going well.
    you are such an INSPIRATION!thanks for sharing!!!
  • LearnFromTheRed
    LearnFromTheRed Posts: 294 Member
    Oh goodness, I really MUST start swimming...at the back of my mind I know it would do me the world of good, and I don't quite have the confidence to do it (there's a pool about five minutes walk from my house!?).

    I've been able to get out and start running in the street, so I suppose the next step is to get a few more clothes off and get on with it...
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Absolutely an ispiring post and keep 'em coming!
  • FitToBeKim
    FitToBeKim Posts: 85 Member
    Love your posts !
    They are always uplifting !
  • LabrakaDebra
    LabrakaDebra Posts: 47 Member
    Thank you for the timely and amusing post! I have felt rather discouraged recently, but your progress in the Battle of the Bulge made me think that there is some hope. :flowerforyou:
  • TheRube
    TheRube Posts: 4 Member
    Aw, you are such a good writer! That made me smile and gave me hope.
  • jillianbeeee
    jillianbeeee Posts: 345 Member
    what an awesome story and inspirational too! I am 5 foot 2 and carry my weight in my belly as well. Sucks. However, in the past month I too, have noticed a change, and I too have added swimming to my exercise routine. Not as much as you have but still some. I have four little Chihuahuas and during the day they jump on everyone's laps. But not mine. They lie with me at night but never would jump on my lap. A few days ago, I realized that they were beginning to sit on my lap like they do with everyone else! I have come to the conclusion that it was so simple. The dogs have more room to lay down on my lap now! This is an embarrassing story but if you can spill your heart out and inspire us, I think I can share my horrible dog story. My dogs were telling me I was fat. and it gives me one more reason to keep slimming down! Thank you for your detailed story, inspiring to all us "belly weight" fighters.
  • astitchinthyme
    astitchinthyme Posts: 22 Member
    I love your posts, and read all of your blog a few nights ago. You should really consider a book. I don't have the nerve yet for a swimsuit yet, but look forward to that day. Thanks for sharing both your humor and inspiration!
  • Viola14
    Viola14 Posts: 9 Member
    ur an inspiration...coz i dont enjoy cardio too much...
  • FaerieCae
    FaerieCae Posts: 437 Member
    Fantastic! You're an amazing lady!
  • cybersheel
    cybersheel Posts: 145 Member
    Enjoying your posts. Your husband sounds like a wonderful support to you, like mine has been over the years. (Aren't we lucky?) Like you I have the 'stomach' thing going on. When first starting with exercise a dvd I was doing told me to 'now pull in your stomach muscles' I lay there thinking, 'just as soon as I find them I'll start pulling!' At 57 the 'stomach' has been through a lot - often abused by my overeating over the years. (could blame surgery, but that is plain cheating!) Now doing something about it and it is slowly but surely reducing back, not to its' former glory, but to an acceptable level. Good luck with your continuing weight loss and knee surgery when able.

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