Monday, January 24, 2011

The weighting game

My weight has always maintained itself around 165 pounds.
With the onset of Grave's Disease (hyper thyroid) my weight went down to 145ish. Then after treatment I went back to the original 165 pounds again.
After the stroke in the hospital and not eating for six weeks my weight went down to 145ish again.
A little word of caution, gaining weight is easier than losing it.
After not eating food for six weeks and only half of my throat working I ate slow but I kept eating! Nothing ever tasted so good now after not being able to eat for so long. I had been told I may never eat again so again, I was thankful to taste food now that I could.
Two weeks out of the hospital with my newly acquired ability to eat I went from 145 pounds to 195 pounds!
Now my thyroid started acting up again and I started medication to suppress it again so maybe that had something to do with the weight gain too?
After the stroke and loss of so many abilities my exercise regime was removed as well. Jogging and bike riding had disappeared and a walker had appeared, this too likely had something to do with weight gain. It was now a workout just to drag myself up and down stairs on my ass!
I'm still working on my weight and with the removal of my thyroid and the acquisition of being able to walk and ride my bike again I hope to get back to my fighting weight!!! Right now I'm in the wrong weight division, 200 pounds is not to my advantage, I have to lose some if I want to beat my opponent...stroke ailments.

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