Wednesday, July 20, 2011

No Pain No Gain?

I do not know if it is good or bad that  my mind is consumed with my mission to lose.  Either way it is.  At this point I have little doubt it will come down to my ability to become active.  The thing is I can't figure out how exactly.  The 3 ruptured discs in my back are a part of my life whether I like it or not.  I feel their needs to be something more strenuous than walking I can and need to do.  One of my fears is if I try to push through the pain I could do more damage to my back.  I am starting to think that is a risk I just have to take.  On the other hand when I was seeing the countless doctors during treatment they never told me to limit my activities in any way.  I suppose that is a sign that their is really not much risk.

One of the issues for the ignorant of exercise is the mixed messages that are out there.  I had always been told you do not want to do to much weight lifting until you get a good deal of the weight off.  The theory as it has been told to me is that you do not want to put muscle over fat.  I guess that made sense to me at the time.  I have been catching up on this weight loss TV show on A&E and that seems to not be an issue.  From day 1 they are lifting at a very aggressive pace.  Dudes on there were losing 180 pounds in 6 months.   For now I can't wait to check my progress tomorrow.  Decisions to come soon.

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