What does it take to overcome Post-Op Inertia 2yrs.?
Posted 11-08-2010 at 08:37 AM by reastland
Updated 11-08-2010 at 08:39 AM by reastland (there was a return and left a big space)
Updated 11-08-2010 at 08:39 AM by reastland (there was a return and left a big space)
Inertia--it is the extra energy it takes to move something. A rock--needs a certain amount of energy to get it moving. Once moving--there is less energy to move it.
Metaphorically speaking, what is inertia to a
WLS patient? I'm two years out, and as the song goes the party is over. I am at the point where my gym membership is a contribution and not a fee, my snooze alarm gets more action than my tennis shoes, and my water intake is great if you consider I mask it on coffee with low fat milk and copious amounts of low health benefits sweeteners.
So what does it take to overcome inertia? The answer is not the same as when I was 385 pounds. Unable to get out of the chair without a groan. Needing to shower after the bathroom cause I could not reach--Showering when I got home from work--because I was sweating just moving in the day. No, now the need to change is not born of a need to do something or die very soon, but a need to do something or live a diminished life. Will I return to 385 pounds if I continue to use slider foods, not get my water, skip vitamins? Hard to day, but it will be a diminished life.
Back to the question of inertia. What does it take to overcome inertia? Think of that rock and moving it. What if the rock was a collection of pebbles? How much easier is it to move a pebble than a rock?
Today I choose to move a few pebbles. Will I prepare for a marathon and jog 5 miles? Not likely. But I can move more--I will walk around the block, the building my chair? I can add a few glasses of water to my day. I can take my vitamins with some food so my tummy isn't sore.
What does it take to overcome Post-Op inertia? It takes one pebble. Do you have one pebble? Then move it--and celebrate. Everyday is not the Biggest Loser Celebration over the scale moment for us, but it can be a deep breath internal hope moment. One pebble at a time.
XXX
Becky
Metaphorically speaking, what is inertia to a
WLS patient? I'm two years out, and as the song goes the party is over. I am at the point where my gym membership is a contribution and not a fee, my snooze alarm gets more action than my tennis shoes, and my water intake is great if you consider I mask it on coffee with low fat milk and copious amounts of low health benefits sweeteners.
So what does it take to overcome inertia? The answer is not the same as when I was 385 pounds. Unable to get out of the chair without a groan. Needing to shower after the bathroom cause I could not reach--Showering when I got home from work--because I was sweating just moving in the day. No, now the need to change is not born of a need to do something or die very soon, but a need to do something or live a diminished life. Will I return to 385 pounds if I continue to use slider foods, not get my water, skip vitamins? Hard to day, but it will be a diminished life.
Back to the question of inertia. What does it take to overcome inertia? Think of that rock and moving it. What if the rock was a collection of pebbles? How much easier is it to move a pebble than a rock?
Today I choose to move a few pebbles. Will I prepare for a marathon and jog 5 miles? Not likely. But I can move more--I will walk around the block, the building my chair? I can add a few glasses of water to my day. I can take my vitamins with some food so my tummy isn't sore.
What does it take to overcome Post-Op inertia? It takes one pebble. Do you have one pebble? Then move it--and celebrate. Everyday is not the Biggest Loser Celebration over the scale moment for us, but it can be a deep breath internal hope moment. One pebble at a time.
XXX
Becky
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