The Best Ways To Lose Fat

Hi all:

I wanted to talk about something different today. Instead of talking about the process and how you will get to where you want to be, I want to talk about what happens when you get there…and notice I said when, not if. Positive thoughts and belief are truly the key to losing weight and staying fit.

So, let’s say that like me you’ve reached your target weight, whatever it might be. For myself, it was around 180-185. I’m at 182 today which isn’t bad when you consider I weighed 230 pounds in October. Now comes the interesting part…the changes that have taken place.

For me, there are several changes that I had not expected. First was the fact that none of my clothes fit. At all. You see, when I was overweight, because I carried my fat fairly evenly on my body, I bought extra large shirts, sweaters, etc, to fool others (and myself) into thinking I wasn’t as heavy as I really was. It actually worked pretty well! I had more than a few people ask me why I was trying to lose weight, since I wasn’t overweight to begin with. Who knew I’d be that successful in tricking others! But I couldn’t trick myself. At least not forever.

The problem for me now is that I’m not a real shopping lover. Plus, I don’t even know what fits anymore, what size I am or how tight my clothes should be! A coworker wants me to wear skin-tight clothes, but I think she has issues! Anyway, that’s the first change that I had to contend with when I got to where I am now. By the way, I’m not actually complaining! It’s a cool problem to have, don’t you think? Just wait till you have to deal with it, especially if you do really like to shop!

The next change that I had to deal with, that I hadn’t anticipated was the temperature. Yeah I know, it sounds weird. But for a long time, especially when I was working, I always found the average room temperature too hot. Any exertion on my part, and I mean any, and the sweat would be running down my face. Not the nicest thing to see, particularly when you are a barber and cutting people’s hair! Now, I often find the temperature too cold! I never realized just how much your body fat insulated your core and made you sweat! What a surprise! Now instead of turning the AC higher to cool down the room, and listening to my co-workers complain that it was too cold, I’m turning it down and they are saying it’s too hot! Sheesh, you can’t win!

Finally, and there are a lot of other changes I’ll talk about later but here’s just one more that I’m dealing with at the moment, sounds a bit fussy but it’s bugging me a bit. You see, I’m not one to wear jewelry. It gets in the way, it snags on stuff, etc. But for years I’ve been wearing my late Father’s wedding band in memory of him as well as a small silver ring that has some sentimental value. At one time, my Dad’s ring was so tight on me by the end of the day (apparently your hands swell as the day goes on, at least mine did) I had to soap my finger just to get it off. Well, guess what? Now I have to watch that it doesn’t shoot off across the room when I’m working! And I can’t wear my silver ring at all. It just won’t stay on. I know, a small problem, but it’s another of the changes I’m learning to deal with. And you will have to as well.

So now you’ve seen a few of the changes that are in store for you when you get to where you are going. Some cool, some irritating. But guess what? I wouldn’t dream of gaining the weight back and NOT having to deal with the changes! And that’s a fact.

Take care all and stay the course!

Dave.