Slimdude

This post is for everyone, all  U BuddySlimmers out there! If U scan my archives, U know I had a terrible time losing that last little bit of weight. BUT guess what I did it, and I’m a little bit below that, in fact! I would like to do resistance exercise and tone up a bit… right now I sort of have a thin biker type frame and with my shaggy beard I am quite the site!

 I wish I did not have the health and pain issues I am having right now but I don’t want to dwell on that for this entry! Basically, U can view my archives to get an idea, or U can Google Up Cushings Syndrome and pretty much every single thing on there affects me, in addition to the fact that my back and ribs and all that is fractured in a mild way and I am on my couch 98 percent of every day for the foreseeable future.

BUT I do get up at 5am every day. I roll off my couch and do a few gentle cobra streches lyingface down on the cushion. Then I do afew “bird dogs”… you know, one leg straight back at a time??? It issupposed to stretch and strengthen your lower back and hamstrings. Then I crawl over to my walker and pull myself into astanding position while my quads and calves protest and wobble. I get my bearings and I begin to walk in slow circles for half an hour and if I am feeling froggymay attempt a few lrg adductions, maybe some easy strtches, some very very slight reverse lunges and squats nothing 2 write home about!!

et cetera.

 during the day I eat 1700 cal average, plenty of lean proteins, good carbs, fruits ad veggies.

And do U know who motivates me? YOU DO!!! I read about your work stresses and life stresses and spousal worries and kid problems and yet YOU MAKE THE EFFORT to eat right and exercise. You don’t think I get bored lying here on this couch al day, evewith the Net and Cable TV? What else is there to comfort me and fill that void but food, rght??? and yet I resist. I tell myself I know lunch wll be soon, I am not really hungry and I have a diet soda and some water and I surf your blogs.

Thank U BuddySlimmers. Because you are willing to take the time to Blog, it gives me one more thing I can do for fun while I lay here bored and in pain. Thank U again!! and when U write of how you triumphed… how you were pressed for time but still got in  Tae Bo workout or a quick walk or a set or two of bicep curls… howU resisted cake or McDonalds even though you were stressed out and telling yourself “Oh I deserve this”. Every NO EXCUSES victory that U blog about an I get to read motivates and inspires me and then I have the strength to make it thru another Physical therapy session, or walk, or make coffee, or whatever.

We can do this together. YOU CAN LOSE WEIGHT / RUN that MARATHON / EAT BETTER

and I can maintain my weight, a positive outlook and heal from this whole crazy illness.

NO EXCUSES!

i wish i could say things were better. they are not terrible… but things are just… my body is falling apart and day after the day the pain increases and new things hurt and in new ways. i still force myself to walk, slowly slowly, around in circles with my walker at 5am evert morning for half an hour. i try to stretch andlift little weights and get off the couch and stuff. but everything hurts so much, all the time. i live on vicoden and diet soda.

 i am eating between 1500-1800 cal per day, usuly about 1700 and my weight is staying steady t 132. It is smaller than I intended to be, you should see my arms and legs. they are stick thin. but this week they are supposed to tell me when i am going to get my surgery.

after my gland is out, we can get my hormones back to normal. once that happens, the healing can begin. bones and muscles and joints strengthen again. andno morepain. yesh.

 thanks gals for stoppin by. please please continue to walk.

positives:

*BuddySlimmers, Project Runway, “Cool Whip” sundaes, DIet DrPepper Choc Cherry (seriously that stuff is deliciouis , my wife, my son, my fam and friends… et…. cetera,,,

i know i have not been on much lately. It just seems like I cant really exercise. All my exercise consists of is Physical Theraoy, both on my own and with the people at the base. its just walker walking, some stretching, and then some harder leg exercises. everything always hurts. they said they would finally schedule me 4 surgery. im waiting to hear back…

 this is to remove my pituitary gland so my hormones will be normal. once my hormones are fixed, some of the joint and muscle pain will go away. then i’ll stop breaking, stop hurting. i hope i’m okay by summer.

 have fun everyone.

 officily started physcial therapy. learning to walk an move ariund without usin the walker so much. my plan is to be back in the gamn in a few monehs! and wshy is this keyboard so bad? sucks. mhowdy all! styay positive. nom dat e fr suregry yet.

matt

god puts people in situations 4 a reasn. i have cushings. hypertension. osteoporosis. multiple rib and spine fractures. woe is me right? stuck on the couch… hahahahaha not on your life buddyslimmers.

 i have vso many blessing. modern medicine. i am on just enough pain killers to be okay. i have my wife, my son, my mom and my 10 year old sis to tke care of me. i have a supportive flight and squadron. cable tv, the internet, and air conditioning. life is too short.

 besides, i can leave comments 4 all of you 4 motivation.

i think im just gonna surf some BS blogs, then stretch and stuff while the sun comes up. i cant really get off the couch too much. but ill try. a little bit.

i just use my walker and stand up. little circles. then im exhausted. my mom moved here to help take care of me.

have a great sunday, BSers!

we can either remain as ash or rise up as the phoenix.

condition has deteriorated. i am so broken… ribs, vertebrae ate…    i just lay on the couch most days. i am awaiting surgery 2 remove piuitary gland and fix my cushings. then i can heal up. and i will! i will never give up. i fight thru the pain and the hard times. my wife and i have fun.

just smile. b positive.

—=matt