Personal Narrative Losing Weight
I know I should lose weight. It requires a lot of perseverance that I one time had and need to find again. Many of the reasons I should lose weight are very clear to me. I have read many articles and have heard what my doctor has told me. I lost over forty pounds about three years ago, unfortunately, I gained it back two fold when I was pregnant with my daughter. I still have not been able to get rid of this weight since she was born. Sometimes it causes me to get tired just from going to the grocery store. I also found out in September of last year that I have hypertension (high blood pressure) which effected my vision drastically by the following November. Other problems are social such as the way some people look at me in public and the way I view myself. Three the possible effects of losing weight would be gaining energy, better health, and having a better physical appearance.
One of the immediate effects of losing weight for anyone is usually gaining energy. When I get that extra boost of energy that I have not felt in a while, it is a most wonderful experience. I am able to get things done at home that I have been procrastinating about for weeks and sometimes months. It would be marvelous to have that driving force almost everyday just because I lost some weight. Without a doubt, I would use the extra energy to exercise so I could lose more weight and gain more energy. There are so many things that I would love to do with my family, but I only have so much stamina to do them now. I do not spend enough time with my friends either because I am too tired to go anywhere and do anything with them. Right now, it is only a dream of mine to feel energetic most of the day. I wis...
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...hat I will live a longer life would greatly increase as well. Being thinner would enable me to shop at any clothing store I wanted and look good in almost anything I wear. I would be able to look at myself in the mirror and be proud of myself for having the willpower to lose the weight. If I do not lose this weight, I may someday lose the ability to enjoy the things that I still have the energy to do now. What if I get diabetes or lose the ability to walk because my joints have given out on me? With all the positive effects of losing weight and all the negative effects of being fat staring me in the face, I need to put my best effort forward and lose this weight. It is not the time to act and stick to it. I not only want to gain better health, energy, and look better by losing weight; I want to gain the freedom from the heaviness it has created in my heart.
Every morning as I start my day, I am obligated to step on the scale and weigh myself whether I want to or not. Reason being, I must ensure that I am not accumulating fluid from congestive heart failure. There are days where I can gain anywhere from five to ten pounds, if I am uncareful, in turn that takes a toll on my self-image regarding my weight even though it is fluid weight. Growing up, I never had major issues regarding my weight. I was active in sports, clubs and always outdoors. It was not until after I had a child, that I began having major issues and had to do a life style change to save my life.
Growing up my parents ran a little lake on the outskirts of my hometown of Shelbina here in northeast Missouri. I was the "tough" one out of my family by the time I was in the ninth grade I could use two weed eaters at the same time and pick up the back end of a golf cart. At 5'3 and wearing size 16 I was big girl and was often made fun of by my peers. I wanted to be something other than the "fat girl" at school. So I became stronger than an ox and used that to my advantage. My high school coach seen me one day bench pressing a picnic table and begged me to join the weightlifting program. I excelled at the class and became known as "Pipes" I went from being the chunky girl to being the girl that was respected for my bench pressing and squats. My coach believed in me and that was all I needed to continue to do my best. That year I made a C average except for weightlifting where I got an A and earned the respect from my peers and my coach.
rest of the family eats. Most families of wrestlers won’t torture the wrestler by eating something that the wrestler wants, but can’t have. When a wrestler reduces calorie intake, it can affect what the rest of the family eats as well. Weight loss in wrestlers can also affect their families because wrestlers usually like to isolate themselves when cutting weight. As previously stated, when a wrestler severely reduces calorie intake, they tend to get irritable and have a poor attitude about certain things. According to Clarke Brown, a wrestler usually does not want to socialize, so they might just go up in their room and not want to talk to anyone. When cutting weight, a wrestler is in his own world at home and likes to isolate himself from the rest of his family. Weight management in wrestling can affect the family as well as the wrestler.
Do I look fat? That’s the question we all ask ourselves when we are trying on a new pair of jeans. Media, such as, movies, newspapers, TV shows, and also ads being posted on billboards all talking about weight problems and how to lose weight by joining a fitness club or take their weight pill to lose weight. As a society we have become so obsessed with our weight problems that we become depressed, we worry more about losing the weight instead of being healthy, and we also become very uncomfortable with ourselves. My dear friend Annie, who is an English teacher at Taft High School, struggles with her weight. Annie is a person who loves to set goals and is very good at in achieving her personal goals. Annie is one of my close friend and she is always worries about her weight she buys clothes that’s do not fit to encourage herself to lose weight. I truly believe that all the goals she has set are wonderful of losing weight, but I think that she should put her focus on health instead of looking at other women trying to have their body. Annie is so focused on losing weight that sometimes she becomes very depressed and does not want to go out and have fun. The purpose of this life is to enjoy every moment that you have, but instead Annie and many other Americans we focus more about our weight instead of living a life of enjoyment. Depression is one of the many effects of the Americans obsession with weight. When a person is on a diet, they believe that losing weight to be thin is something that is easy and that can be accomplish within one month. When that month is gone they feel as if they have not tried hard enough to lose the weight to be thin like all the models on the front cover of fashion magazines. When a person is on a diet and...
Losing weight takes more than just desire it also takes commitment and a well-thought-out plan. Deciding to lose weight, changing your lifestyle, and becoming healthier are the first big steps. You must be cleared as to what you want to get out of this lifestyle. Do you want to live a longer healthier life? If your family has a history of diseases, is your goal to lower the risk of developing the diseases? Will losing weight make you feel better about yourself and have a more positive outlook on life? These are things that a person wanting to lose weight should ask themselves. In this case, weight needs to be lost at a healthy pace without losing any muscle mass after pregnancy and an injury.
Even though exercising for 120 minutes and eating a little healthier may not seem like it would help improve your health, a little bit of exercising and a little change in eating habits can go a long way. Doing these things can help control your weight, reduce the risk of some diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer, and improve your mood. The proof that this physical activity and healthy eating has been improving my health is that my weight is pretty stable, I don’t have any of the previous mentioned diseases, and I feel happy after I
Christmas eve ended with me crying on our living room floor because my mom wanted me to eat just one of her famous sugar cookies. Her cookies had always been one of my favorite Christmas traditions, but this year when I looked at the cookies, all I could see were calories and guilt. They smelled and looked delicious, but just the thought of taking one bite filled me with anxiety and fear. I consider this the moment I realized my eating disorder had completely taken over my life. I had become obsessed with calories and weight as a way to feel in control of my life and gain confidence. In reality, my eating disorder had slowly stripped me of my independence, health, and happiness. After that Christmas, I finally decided to seek help after months of struggling, and at the age of 17, I began an intensive outpatient treatment program.
Abraham and Mira warnes in 1988 that health educators and health professionals should weigh up carefully the benefits of weight loss against the risks of inducing psychological disturbances such as eating disorders and adverse physiological side effects such as dieting and severe weight loss…(37)(ajn).
work, exercise, and so on. Obviously, someone that is physically active will burn more energy than a sedentary person will.
Some of the mental model around healthy body weight that author of “Fat! So?” magazine described are that being a skinny doesn’t mean being healthy or longevity cant be measure in terms of the number that is shown on the scale but its something more than that. She believes that one is healthy if her/his blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars (wh...
week to keep myself healthy. I think working out actually causes plenty of positive effects in
How does losing weight work? It’s when your body burns more calories than its taking in, and using the excess fat to fuel the body (howstuffworks.com). Losing weight should not be something that happens over night, instead it should be a process taken one day at a time. To effectively keep the weight off it takes hard work and dedication, no short cuts. A lot of times people try to take the easy way out by taking supplements or doing meal plans for a few weeks, or months. These options might work temporarily, but your body needs something permanent. If one simply eats healthy and exercises daily they will lose weight and keep it off.
Adding exercises into one’s daily routines can change their whole lifestyle. Many people look at exercise as being something just for people who want to lose weight or to become muscle bound, but there are a great deal of benefits that can be received from exercising regularly. Of course gaining muscle and losing fat are the two most popular reasons that usually attract people to the gym, but they make up a small part of the potential benefits that can be achieved with exercise. There are several ways in which I have benefited in my life from exercising regularly, besides just making me bigger and stronger. It has made me become more organized, helped me make better decisions, and motivated me to take on new challenges in life.
Weight loss and health: Is loosing weight closely tied to health benefits to know this we have to review the evidence of the long-term effects of weight-loss diets on health outcomes. Physicians recommend a diet to their patients with the only assumptions that losing weight will lead to improved health. The original standard weight recommended by a physician was based on Metropolitan Life insurance tables. The tables designated for an average height women 5 '5" the expected weight would be 134 lbs. Reviews of diet studies showed that over next 30years individuals tended to lose an average of 8% of their starting weight. To be a successful dieter the standard would be an average height women weighing 200 lbs would need to lose 10lbs even
As soon as you have convinced yourself that you are committed to becoming healthier, losing some weight will be an added bonus. Clean out the fridge and cupboards to get rid of all the stuff that taste yummy but is bad for your health. This includes chips, ho ho’s, cookies and soda’s. I know it is hard to get rid of but you need to have fruit and vegetables instead. Also quit eating foods that contain sodium. The sodium will cause water retention, which means you will be bloated.