Wow, my how time flies when you're having
fun.. And that's probably the best way to describe the last 3 years... As I
posted on my blog back on 9/9/09, the day I got banded it was the first day of
the rest of my life, little did I know back then it would ring so true. Fair
enough I've had my ups and downs with the band (but no regrets) as well as my
personal life; but I recon if I hadn't gone down this path now I'm reaching
almost 41, I would have been starting to have a lot more health problems by
now.
Since getting banded I have now lost 43kg
and now sit at 94.4kg (and body fat of 24.8%) when I weighed in at the doctors
the other day so I've put a bit on since my best at 91.8kg in August 2010, just
12 months after the band, but hey that's life. I haven't had to have a fill (or
adjustment) now for over 12 months (which is surprising given both the doctor
and I thought before I went away I'd need to get this week) but with the weight
loss and all he was ok to leave it.
All in all considering was overseas for 9
weeks prior to my last weigh in and my there was oohing normal or regular about
my day to day or eating habits I even managed to loose 1 kg from my previous
weigh in.
Speaking of being away surprising I was
able to handle my eating habits pretty well. Most mornings I was still able to
have my cereal (even though it was while we were hosting the evening news) and
big jimmy Wilson always looked after us with a coffee or 2 on his way up. Lunch
was the usual fast food/food court fare, occasionally supplemented by a Tesco,
M&s or Waitrose take out salad, or a salad at Wimbledon; on the days when
it wasn't too cold. Afternoons were always difficult and I needed a sugar hit
or two for energy (with the 16-18 hour days). Dinner was always the challenge.
Wimbledon was always either eat out, or take away/delivery, or dinner at the
boss's place; but then once I moved into Olympic mode it proved much harder.
Evenings I was always in the production office, and eat-in/takeaway was fairly
limited and you were always going back to the same place every few days. That
said pasta, noodles and rice (carbs I know) were my staples that I know I can
generally eat without much difficulty. We had a sushi place just up the road
from ITN and a great Vietnamese around the corner so that was a good favorite.
All in all very limited troubles and only 1 major block that made me regret the
"medium" steak I had eaten. A few other little hiccups along the way
but nothing that I don't get at home occasionally when I get too ambitious with
my food.
Now I'm home (for the moment) I'd
still like to loose a little more and maybe get down to between 85-90kg - just
need to get back into regular exercise and cut out my afternoon snacks (but I’m
getting there with that and it will be easier once I’m back at work).
One thing I did discuss briefly with my
doctor this week was what I can do about the "excess skin" which is
the "hidden" downside to weight loss. From the outside I look like
I've gone so well (and I have), but when I look in the mirror the excess skin I
see is the only thing that gets me down. I didn't things need to do anything,
and generally it's snapped back pretty well compared to others, but it's still
something I will need to look at in the future.
As I write this I’ve been looking back over
my blog from the last 3 years (alright I haven’t posted anything for the last 2
years) and have just got up to my post on 9/9/09 The first day of the rest of my NEW life... I know I said 80kg was my goal back
then but as I said earlier if I can get to between 85-90 I’ll be happy.
And just above that post was “Kyle get a
life” – my how things change, some thing always stay the same.
I started reading from the time I made
the decision until just after the band and it has reminded me how much I have
changed, but also some of the habits I have fallen back into that I need to
revisit - I'll keep on reading over the next few days)
12 months ago, I went on a pilot
program with Circle of Care… It was all about mindfulness… in out day to day
lives and how being mindful, with meditation and exercises to take you mind of
food and the feeling of being hungry (and thus slipping back into old habits.
I got some things out of it; however
other things that were happening in my life at that time meant I probably
didn’t put as much into it (and therefore get as much out of it) as I would
have normally of hoped… It was great though as I was the only man in the course
(the rest were women) so they were always happy to hear discussion when we did
it form a mans point of view
Just so you can see how far I've come heres a couple of photos from before and after...
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| Before - April 2008 |
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| After - September 2012 |
