The Saga of a 378LB Clyde, Knee Surgery, and More!
07-23-10, 09:59 PM
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Seriously Peter this is classic denial.
You don't see losing 60 pounds as life altering. It is in fact just that. It is now easier for you to move about because you lost that weight. If you had not lost that weight you might feel just like you did 60 pounds ago or even worse. Your life has been altered in a good way.
You (I'm assuming here) don't feel as bad about being out in public doing what the rest of us do. Losing that 60 pounds has enabled you to feel just the tiny-est bit less anxious about going out. Your life has been altered in a good way.
Every pound that you lose is life altering. Every pound you lose makes it just a little easier on your body to do the things it needs to do. Every pound you lose makes you feel just a little better about yourself even if you don't immediately feel that way.
I have to call "BULLSHIRT" on this one. More classic denial speak. You may have had failure in the past but that does not mean that everything that you attempt is going to fail. You can learn to use the failures as a stepping stone to success at whatever you want to do. The statement about you being 48 and not going to change is pure horsepucky. You can learn to change or to think outside your box. It takes some work on your part and from reading this thread I think that you arn't afraid of work. Hell I've been afraid of the water all my life and at 50 years old I learned to scuba dive. I now have over 150 dives and several certifications. At 52 after almost 35 years of smoking I quit for the final time. I probably quit at least 10 times before that and failed.
I am both amazed and impressed at the things that you have accomplished. Losing 60 pounds wasn't easy. Neither will losing the rest of what you want to lose be either. Set yourself some small short term obtainable goals and go for it. You will win some and lose some. Celebrate the victories and learn from the defeats. Celebrate the good days and let the bad ones go. I applaud you sir.
You are swimming in the river denial. Time to come ashore.
You don't see losing 60 pounds as life altering. It is in fact just that. It is now easier for you to move about because you lost that weight. If you had not lost that weight you might feel just like you did 60 pounds ago or even worse. Your life has been altered in a good way.
You (I'm assuming here) don't feel as bad about being out in public doing what the rest of us do. Losing that 60 pounds has enabled you to feel just the tiny-est bit less anxious about going out. Your life has been altered in a good way.
Every pound that you lose is life altering. Every pound you lose makes it just a little easier on your body to do the things it needs to do. Every pound you lose makes you feel just a little better about yourself even if you don't immediately feel that way.
I have to call "BULLSHIRT" on this one. More classic denial speak. You may have had failure in the past but that does not mean that everything that you attempt is going to fail. You can learn to use the failures as a stepping stone to success at whatever you want to do. The statement about you being 48 and not going to change is pure horsepucky. You can learn to change or to think outside your box. It takes some work on your part and from reading this thread I think that you arn't afraid of work. Hell I've been afraid of the water all my life and at 50 years old I learned to scuba dive. I now have over 150 dives and several certifications. At 52 after almost 35 years of smoking I quit for the final time. I probably quit at least 10 times before that and failed.
I am both amazed and impressed at the things that you have accomplished. Losing 60 pounds wasn't easy. Neither will losing the rest of what you want to lose be either. Set yourself some small short term obtainable goals and go for it. You will win some and lose some. Celebrate the victories and learn from the defeats. Celebrate the good days and let the bad ones go. I applaud you sir.
You are swimming in the river denial. Time to come ashore.
Also, I know a 48 year old truck driver who changed his life. He lost weight, took up riding, went back to school... he posts under the name "Tom Stormcrowe." Look him up, Peter.
BTW, JBman100, impressive work on the SCUBA diving. Maybe I'll try that next year.
07-23-10, 10:18 PM
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I've lost 12 pounds in the last 4 weeks and my wife is so proud of me that she gave me the okay to buy a new bike! 
Unfortunately, I still have another 75 to go before I'm allowed to buy the next one. 
As hard as some posters here have been on you, Peter, I'm pretty sure it pales in comparison with how hard you've been on yourself. I'm a big believer in progress, not perfection, but I can't allow myself to use that as a cop-out. If you're anything like me, denial is a shortcoming that I'm often not even aware I'm acting out on until others (like the aforementioned ass-kickers) point it out to me. The result is awareness, and thence begins the progress.
Unfortunately, I still have another 75 to go before I'm allowed to buy the next one. As hard as some posters here have been on you, Peter, I'm pretty sure it pales in comparison with how hard you've been on yourself. I'm a big believer in progress, not perfection, but I can't allow myself to use that as a cop-out. If you're anything like me, denial is a shortcoming that I'm often not even aware I'm acting out on until others (like the aforementioned ass-kickers) point it out to me. The result is awareness, and thence begins the progress.
07-24-10, 04:52 AM
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This adds nothing to the conversation, but I just had to say that it amazes me the number of people that have significant monetary awards tied to weight loss. My only reward is the what I see when I look in the mirror / on the scale. Granted, I'm a cheap SOB so even if my wife told me to buy a new bike after I lost the weight I'd probably never get around to it. My current bike was purchased with gift money.
07-24-10, 05:03 AM
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THe one common thing among all of these posts, is that I think everyone here wants to see Peter succeed.
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This adds nothing to the conversation, but I just had to say that it amazes me the number of people that have significant monetary awards tied to weight loss. My only reward is the what I see when I look in the mirror / on the scale. Granted, I'm a cheap SOB so even if my wife told me to buy a new bike after I lost the weight I'd probably never get around to it. My current bike was purchased with gift money.
07-24-10, 07:46 AM
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And the winner for hitting the nail on the head is.......
Really Peter thats all I want to see you do. Succeed. And if I can be a part in helping someone do something good for themselves, or to better themselves in some way then I have done something good for myself as well. I spent a long time swimming upstream in that river
07-24-10, 08:26 AM
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This adds nothing to the conversation, but I just had to say that it amazes me the number of people that have significant monetary awards tied to weight loss. My only reward is the what I see when I look in the mirror / on the scale. Granted, I'm a cheap SOB so even if my wife told me to buy a new bike after I lost the weight I'd probably never get around to it. My current bike was purchased with gift money.
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07-24-10, 11:26 AM
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Peter, I have actually enjoyed a few of your recent posts. While your not exactly a ball full of happiness, you are far LESS negative than you were in the past. Your Pepsi habit has truly reached an addiction level. It sounds silly to most people, but it really has. The way you talk about pepsi, how you got into it, why you continued to drink it, etc is all consistent with the way addicts of other things think. Addicts never think quitting the drug is going to help them, they think their life sucks whether or not they have the habit. As I mentioned in one of my previous posts to you, I think you need to get off the pepsi for a full 21 days and then you will look back on it and really look and say "jesus christ, what the hell was i doing to myself?" Perhaps Pepsi won't be replaced by some other joyous thing but do you realize your equating drinking a soda to one of the happiest moments in your day??? that is a problem. the fact is that if you quit the soda and you start getting more weight off and become even more mobile and more active, you will find yourself able to do more and more things that you couldn't do before and that will provide you a sense of enjoyment.
Typically i get lazy with my exercise habits and gain weight in the winter months. Typically I do more strength training during those months and very little cardio. This year, I blew out my ACL and was virtually unable to do any cardio. My weight topped out at 254 which is still about 10lbs higher than I'd ever get in an "offseason" Today I'm back down to my "playing weight" of 230 and it's a noticeable difference in how I feel physically, how fast I can go on my bike, and how people see me. The last few weeks I've gotten several, "Dave, you training for something, your really looking slimmer than usual" I'm not going to lie, it's a nice feeling and it helps keep me motivated.
Good luck and as others have already said, I just want to see you succeed because there is no other feeling like it.
Typically i get lazy with my exercise habits and gain weight in the winter months. Typically I do more strength training during those months and very little cardio. This year, I blew out my ACL and was virtually unable to do any cardio. My weight topped out at 254 which is still about 10lbs higher than I'd ever get in an "offseason" Today I'm back down to my "playing weight" of 230 and it's a noticeable difference in how I feel physically, how fast I can go on my bike, and how people see me. The last few weeks I've gotten several, "Dave, you training for something, your really looking slimmer than usual" I'm not going to lie, it's a nice feeling and it helps keep me motivated.
Good luck and as others have already said, I just want to see you succeed because there is no other feeling like it.
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07-24-10, 02:05 PM
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07-28-10, 03:25 PM
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Posting an APB out for Peter! Has anybody seen Peter! You know, the guy that used to ride the bike and post on here.
07-28-10, 05:16 PM
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Hey Peter, it's been some time since I've been on bike forums. Actually, it's been some time since I've been on my bike, as well, but I'm working on that. In the past few months that I wasn't on here posting, you've lost 60 lbs. I've gained back everything I had lost so I'm back at ground zero. Now, tell me, which one of us had made progress towards improving their life? Keep fighting the good fight!
07-29-10, 09:55 AM
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Peter_C, you out there?
08-02-10, 05:54 AM
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Peter hope you are ok . . . .. .I am betting you are working on getting over the shoulder work.
08-08-10, 01:59 PM
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bump, hows the shoulder and the soda pete?
08-09-10, 05:19 PM
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Some one that has Petes ###s call him and report back. Please.
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08-10-10, 09:13 AM
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I was always taught that if you had nothing good to say, say nothing. Combined with the *replies* from my last post - it seemed best not to say much until there was something worth saying.
This coming Thursday my shoulder is to be re-evaluated, at which point (hopefully) I will learn when I will be able to get back on my bike, or do any of the other stuff I need or want to do.
Basically am simply marking time, trying to do as am told, and not use the arm at all.
I have had two set-backs, one when I stumbled and caught my balance using my right arm - that increased the pain level for many days, and the second when pulling a basket off a shelf with my left hand only to find it too heavy so I without thinking tried to catch it with my right hand - that too created many painful days.
I can fully say that shoulder surgery is much worse than knee surgery - whether a scope, or a TKR.
I have yet to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time (I refuse to sleep in a chair).
For those that worry so, there is no Pepsi in my home, nor has there been any for some time. It *is* as I expected, a loss of something I enjoy. I suspect the loss of the caffeine is the cause of the sudden headaches I have been having most days - but that will pass with time.
I've found that my knee is not doing well with the lack of activity, I hope to be riding soon! No, after 30 years of dreading every step that I take, I find that walking, just for the sake of walking is not my thing - I imagine many of you will not understand,but all memories of cycling are good ones, whereas I cannot say the same of walking.
I will update this after PT on Thursday with the results.
This coming Thursday my shoulder is to be re-evaluated, at which point (hopefully) I will learn when I will be able to get back on my bike, or do any of the other stuff I need or want to do.
Basically am simply marking time, trying to do as am told, and not use the arm at all.
I have had two set-backs, one when I stumbled and caught my balance using my right arm - that increased the pain level for many days, and the second when pulling a basket off a shelf with my left hand only to find it too heavy so I without thinking tried to catch it with my right hand - that too created many painful days.
I can fully say that shoulder surgery is much worse than knee surgery - whether a scope, or a TKR.
I have yet to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time (I refuse to sleep in a chair).
For those that worry so, there is no Pepsi in my home, nor has there been any for some time. It *is* as I expected, a loss of something I enjoy. I suspect the loss of the caffeine is the cause of the sudden headaches I have been having most days - but that will pass with time.
I've found that my knee is not doing well with the lack of activity, I hope to be riding soon! No, after 30 years of dreading every step that I take, I find that walking, just for the sake of walking is not my thing - I imagine many of you will not understand,but all memories of cycling are good ones, whereas I cannot say the same of walking.
I will update this after PT on Thursday with the results.
08-10-10, 09:20 AM
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i'm not sure if your a coffee drinker or not but yeah, the loss of caffeine is probably a big cause of your headaches. If you are inclined to drink coffee, you should look to sweeten it with Agave syrup, it's a low glycemic sweetener that can be found at health food stores and often times farmers markets. If you can get it as Raw agave syrup, that is even better. Just don't go overboard, it's still calories, this just won't spike your blood sugar.
08-10-10, 09:22 AM
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Never picked up the coffee (or tea) habit...the soda was my primary source of caffeine.
08-10-10, 09:40 AM
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Sorry, but I'm not the BF spy...unless you can provide a Bond girl.
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