fat-itis

Let's talk about fat.

Visceral fat. (wikipedia link)

Abdominal fat.

 

September 2009 - 6 months into my LoCarb... 

WAY, way, way after I'd lost enough to even consider 

posing for pics like this. I thought I looked great!

 

So imagine 30 + pounds on top of these first pics.

 And this very day... October 2010

About a pound a week. Every week!
I'm down to the last 10 or 15 now....(again)

  

Now-a-days, it's not my face, or limbs that give me trouble.
Does blonde hair weigh less? Just asking!

 It's not even the butt - so much! 
I am a Gravida Zero/Para Zero = no kids!
Well, none that I know of!  

The problem is the pesky mid-section.
(And the girls - but not so much)

The abdomen seems resistant to all kinds of coaxing.

And tricks. And treats. 
Could it be that visceral fat is different? 
Ya think?  

So I thought: "Perhaps less dietary fat intake would help."

Maybe with abdominal fat. Here's why.

The Lymph System   (link)

We all know the lymph system moves lymph.

But did you know that lymph also

transports fatty acids? (link)

IF the lymph system, which is notoriously slow any ways,

is already bogged down with dietary fat intake,

THEN, it might not handle the over-load of lymph from

cellular debris and etc.

Lymph normally only circulates once every 24 hours, if that.

WITH Manual Lymph Drainage, it can move every few hours.

Note that I am speaking here as a FatAss, and not as a Nurse,

or medical professional, except the kind who once ate donuts!

This is just what works for me.

So water intake, (up) +

 muscle movement/ acceleration/ compression

(which also moves lymph) +

deep breathing exercises

(and aerobics, too)

All help move lymph.

And the by-products of metabolism and 

cellular debris. With weight loss, and catabolism,

there's bound to be alot of cellular breakdown!
Isn't that the name of the game? (So to speak!)

Maybe - just maybe - by further reducing the lymph load

on the Supply Side - by reducing fat intake....

Maybe that will help make some changes up in here!

I also do Manual Lymph Drainage.

Which is just an awful, disgusting-sounding name

for a massage. But THIS massage is not muscular.

This is not a massage that is meant to relax you.

This is meant to physically - by hand - help move lymph.

Just under the skin. People get this type of massage 

 if they have edema. Or cancer surgery that involves the lymph,

because the stimulation helps move lymph when nothing else will.

There are lots of videos on YouTube on the technique.

It's a very gentle touch - Almost like the weight of a feather!

I don't have any disease, or condition,
 and I don't take any meds at all...

Just Sudafed when my heart rate is slow

or my blood pressure is low.... 

But that's another story for another day!

The only "condition" I have is FAT-itis!

And right now, I'm in remission! Yay!

But if I slack off and start up again, 

there's a 100% chance that I will gain weight again.

Like so many other "real" diseases, losing weight requires changes

all the way around - forever!

  

Once, after work, I was asked to stay late for part of 

a second shift. But I didn't have my dinner with me.

I thought "If I were diabetic, and didn't have my insulin...
or if I had a heart condition, and didn't bring along my meds -

they would not ask me to work. "   This quote-unquote diet is 

just as important in every way. Obesity is a disease and

an epidemic! How is it not as serious?


I skipped dinner that night, by the way.
Just had water. Now, I bring a protein drink
every where I go - just in case...

That's why fasting works well for me, too -

I am learning it's ok to be hungry!

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Thanks for reading - 

Hope your weekend is wonderfully awesome!