Comments | kite_head: so am I erasing myself? I hope I'm not erasing myself

kite_head

so am I erasing myself? I hope I'm not erasing myself

Jul 31, 2012 01:44

Lately I've been dealing with, well, the aging process. Though I'm at my lowest adult weight, I'm not necessarily at my healthiest. In fact, the only time I may have been physically health post-puberty was that brief moment in 2002-03, when I could do hundreds of jumping jacks and over 100 push-ups per work out ( Read more... )

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inspiredmess July 31 2012, 17:26:52 UTC

My mother had gastric bypass surgery, so while I don't know personally, I have seen her struggle. It's hard as fuck, from what I can tell, and I really respect the hard work it takes.

Have you ever tried a vegetarian diet? I lost a good bit of weight and it cleared up a lot of digestive issues I was having, too. It pretty tough though if you don't like enough fruits & veggies. I hate fruit, that was my problem.

Animals are damn tasty, though, agreed. :(

kite_head July 31 2012, 19:11:21 UTC

Yes, gastric bypass is quite the struggle. My mom had hers in 2002 (or '03?) and I have seen her weight continue to creep back up again --because she doesn't follow the diet, and because of other health ailments, she doesn't really/can't exercise too much. Most of it is psychological, though ( ... )

inspiredmess July 31 2012, 21:09:45 UTC

My mom has done fabulously, she's a tiny little thing. She's very short, around 5'4" I think, and is weighing right now I think MAYBE 110 lbs. She was always very tiny growing up and could never put on weight, but then her mother died and she packed it on and couldn't get it off. She's lost so much she's smaller than what her normal adult weight used to be before the gain. It might actually be a problem now, her being so small, but there isn't much talk about it. She's got some other health issues, though, that might be contributing ( ... )