Weight Loss

When you lose weight, do you find it again?

By Annette Beach

If I took a survey asking, “Are you satisfied with your current weight?” how would you answer it? When you do lose weight, do you find it again?

I do not watch a lot of daytime television, but sometimes when I’m at home, I will turn on the TV for background noise. Lately I’ve noticed the subjects on the news and talk shows have to do with weight and every segment suggests if you want to loose weight, you should eat right and exercise.

To me, this is obvious. We should eat balanced meals, control portions and avoid an excess of unhealthy foods. I also agree that exercise is extremely important to our bodies on many levels. But what I’m not hearing or seeing is how to exercise if you can’t.

Many of us have limitations and cannot exercise. It is not because we’re lazy, it’s because our bodies literally are not able to move. Have any of you been told to avoid lifting heavy objects or discouraged from repetitive motions? Do you have artificial or fused body parts? Can you exercise? If so, what exercises work for you?

Often when someone starts an exercise program, they stop because it causes additional or abnormal pain. I’ve always been told, “pain is our bodies way of telling us something is wrong.” While that is true, I’ve also been told to work through the pain. How do you know when to listen to the pain or when to press on?

Have you been able to lose weight and keep it off? How?