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Feb. 4th, 2014 07:08 pmBecause of some reading I was doing for my Health Psychology class, I have spent the last 10 minutes researching morbid obesity, which I qualify for with my big ass BMI. Just my big ass, really, haha.
The shit I'm seeing is SO OVER THE TOP RIDICULOUS. From an eHow article: The morbidly obese live a lifestyle that is significantly impaired by their weight; most can't move without assistance. Uh, I power walked all over a university campus this afternoon, several times, and took my son on a bike ride this evening. Those are normal things for me to do multiple times per week.
My Health Psychology textbook talks about the health risks of morbid obesity, and they include things like not being able to have imaging tests penetrate your fat, or have a blood pressure cuff fit, or sit in a normal wheelchair if you have an accident (I've never had any issue with any of these things - and I get my blood pressure taken A LOT these past months. FYI, it's low normal). They also go on about how the morbidly obese often can't see a doctor since it's so hard to get in and out of cars, or the offices themselves.
Perhaps we need to change the cut off ranges or something, because I have no idea what they are on about. I live in the fucking car and at doctor's offices, unfortunately, and for non-fat related reasons :p I suppose that since "morbid obesity" includes both 235 pound people and 935 pound people (and right on up to infinity), it's easy to say "most"? I dunno, man.
ANYWAY.
On a tangential note, I have finally had enough B12 shots to feel like I can exercise! Because while basic mobility was not a logistical issue, I have just had zero energy + constant joint pain while anemic, and most of all NO AIR to exercise with (B12 is necessary for the production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout your body). Restarting C25K Sunday was soooooo different than when I started for the first time, last August. That whole debacle makes so much more sense to me now! I have normal "hard exercise" symptoms, now, like sweating a little and muscle soreness the next day. Not I-am-going-to-die breathing issues. Breathing was my main issue before, with joint pain as a second. Way better! "Just" sweating and having muscle soreness seems like a freakin' breeze.
And I almost never have any "resting pain" at all now. It's pretty awesome and still sometimes just astounds me.
I started writing a long, rambling entry one day last week, about all kinds of things, that got closed but auto-saved with the site. I got too busy teaching children and running around to ever finish it, and am not sure it's very interesting anyway, but ( here it is. )
The shit I'm seeing is SO OVER THE TOP RIDICULOUS. From an eHow article: The morbidly obese live a lifestyle that is significantly impaired by their weight; most can't move without assistance. Uh, I power walked all over a university campus this afternoon, several times, and took my son on a bike ride this evening. Those are normal things for me to do multiple times per week.
My Health Psychology textbook talks about the health risks of morbid obesity, and they include things like not being able to have imaging tests penetrate your fat, or have a blood pressure cuff fit, or sit in a normal wheelchair if you have an accident (I've never had any issue with any of these things - and I get my blood pressure taken A LOT these past months. FYI, it's low normal). They also go on about how the morbidly obese often can't see a doctor since it's so hard to get in and out of cars, or the offices themselves.
Perhaps we need to change the cut off ranges or something, because I have no idea what they are on about. I live in the fucking car and at doctor's offices, unfortunately, and for non-fat related reasons :p I suppose that since "morbid obesity" includes both 235 pound people and 935 pound people (and right on up to infinity), it's easy to say "most"? I dunno, man.
ANYWAY.
On a tangential note, I have finally had enough B12 shots to feel like I can exercise! Because while basic mobility was not a logistical issue, I have just had zero energy + constant joint pain while anemic, and most of all NO AIR to exercise with (B12 is necessary for the production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout your body). Restarting C25K Sunday was soooooo different than when I started for the first time, last August. That whole debacle makes so much more sense to me now! I have normal "hard exercise" symptoms, now, like sweating a little and muscle soreness the next day. Not I-am-going-to-die breathing issues. Breathing was my main issue before, with joint pain as a second. Way better! "Just" sweating and having muscle soreness seems like a freakin' breeze.
And I almost never have any "resting pain" at all now. It's pretty awesome and still sometimes just astounds me.
I started writing a long, rambling entry one day last week, about all kinds of things, that got closed but auto-saved with the site. I got too busy teaching children and running around to ever finish it, and am not sure it's very interesting anyway, but ( here it is. )
