In my last blog post two weeks ago, I wrote about reaching my goal weight of 142 pounds. As of this morning, I'm at 138—88 pounds lighter than when I started!
To put that in perspective: see this woman's big jugs? Full of water, they would weigh about 40 pounds. Each. Think she could stand there holding them like that if they were full? Imagine anyone (even a body builder) trying to carry them both around, all day, every day. For years.
If full, those two jugs—all 80+ pounds—represent slightly less than the weight I no longer carry around all day.
Is it any wonder that being over weight can lead to health problems like swollen feet and ankles? Back aches? Fatigue? Shortness of breath? Inability to climb stairs? A general condition of only feeling so-so (and not great) a lot of the time? Some obese people even have problems getting out of a chair. Remember watching—or being—a woman about eight months pregnant? And most woman don't gain 80-90 pounds during their pregnancy...
Is it any wonder that once they've lost some weight, most people report having much more energy and generally feeling much better? We're not expending all that energy lugging around all that extra weight.
