Howdy Folks!
It's been a while ah?
The reality is that I have never really left. I was always here. I am, you know, the "Fantasma" (or phantom for most of ya'll). I was invisible and in reality, I also felt invisible.
So now, to my story....
I went thru a rough patch this past year and a half, where I really wasn't feeling too good about myself. I am not going to bore ya'll with details of how things happen. Maybe ya'll wont' get bored, but then again, I rather keep those things private for now.
Anyway, I ballooned up to 295 pounds and got sick and tired of it. I wasn't lifting or doing any sort of exercise, so I thought that enough was enough and decided to do something about it. I had a procedure where a gastric band is placed around your esophagus. I am not going to get into details here either; ya'll can google it. All I am going to say is that this is something that will help me eat less. At first, I saw this as a quitter's way out, even though I sell this device myself (Thank god I am not the sales person). Truth is, I couldn't fathom people being so weak minded that they would resort to something like this. Well, your children can change your mind quickly, so can your family and even your doctor. No, I didn't do this for me, to look good, to fit into my size 31 jeans, etc. Nope, my one and only thought was with my family and how it would be for them if I p. My heart is fine, blood pressure is fine, I am not a diabetic, so I am in great shape. However, this could all change in a flash and I wansn't ready to go that way yet.
Finally, on May 10th I was re-born (had the procedure done). A month has gone by and I have dropped 39 pounds (nope, this was not the procedure itself) since for the first three weeks I had to eat nothing but liquids or near liquids. The last couple of weeks have been better, with the semi-solids. I am not allowed to eat any solid foods for a month due to possible displacement of the band, since it needs to adhere to the esophagus. Anyway, finally it adhered, the band was inflated and I am now eating solid foods again, in small amounts.
I am happy, my family is happy and anyone out there who disagrees with what I did, can kiss my...well you know.... I do what's best for me and my family, nobody else. I say this because I want to make sure that if anybody decides to give me a lecture about why I shouldn't have done this, they know that I am going to end up cleaning myself with that lecture/opinion. Ya'll know I am not a negative person but I wanted to write that just in case I need to get mean.
What's next for me? Well, I am itching to begin working on my HIT again. I am all cured. I no longer have any pains or aches and no longer accept excuses as to why I stop my workout. Hurricanes and all that crap won't deter me this time.
I am going to start monday after re-researching thru Brother Arch's workout and all others who pointed me in the path of enlightenment....
Also, I haven't been to the gym in a while and need to reacquaint myself with where everything is. One of my biggest mistakes when I started lifting again was that I didn't know where everything was, so I took longer than I wanted to for my first workouts.
Anyway, let's see what happens this time....
I'll come back with my workouts later.....
It's been a while ah?
The reality is that I have never really left. I was always here. I am, you know, the "Fantasma" (or phantom for most of ya'll). I was invisible and in reality, I also felt invisible.
So now, to my story....
I went thru a rough patch this past year and a half, where I really wasn't feeling too good about myself. I am not going to bore ya'll with details of how things happen. Maybe ya'll wont' get bored, but then again, I rather keep those things private for now.
Anyway, I ballooned up to 295 pounds and got sick and tired of it. I wasn't lifting or doing any sort of exercise, so I thought that enough was enough and decided to do something about it. I had a procedure where a gastric band is placed around your esophagus. I am not going to get into details here either; ya'll can google it. All I am going to say is that this is something that will help me eat less. At first, I saw this as a quitter's way out, even though I sell this device myself (Thank god I am not the sales person). Truth is, I couldn't fathom people being so weak minded that they would resort to something like this. Well, your children can change your mind quickly, so can your family and even your doctor. No, I didn't do this for me, to look good, to fit into my size 31 jeans, etc. Nope, my one and only thought was with my family and how it would be for them if I p. My heart is fine, blood pressure is fine, I am not a diabetic, so I am in great shape. However, this could all change in a flash and I wansn't ready to go that way yet.
Finally, on May 10th I was re-born (had the procedure done). A month has gone by and I have dropped 39 pounds (nope, this was not the procedure itself) since for the first three weeks I had to eat nothing but liquids or near liquids. The last couple of weeks have been better, with the semi-solids. I am not allowed to eat any solid foods for a month due to possible displacement of the band, since it needs to adhere to the esophagus. Anyway, finally it adhered, the band was inflated and I am now eating solid foods again, in small amounts.
I am happy, my family is happy and anyone out there who disagrees with what I did, can kiss my...well you know.... I do what's best for me and my family, nobody else. I say this because I want to make sure that if anybody decides to give me a lecture about why I shouldn't have done this, they know that I am going to end up cleaning myself with that lecture/opinion. Ya'll know I am not a negative person but I wanted to write that just in case I need to get mean.
What's next for me? Well, I am itching to begin working on my HIT again. I am all cured. I no longer have any pains or aches and no longer accept excuses as to why I stop my workout. Hurricanes and all that crap won't deter me this time.
I am going to start monday after re-researching thru Brother Arch's workout and all others who pointed me in the path of enlightenment....
Also, I haven't been to the gym in a while and need to reacquaint myself with where everything is. One of my biggest mistakes when I started lifting again was that I didn't know where everything was, so I took longer than I wanted to for my first workouts.
Anyway, let's see what happens this time....
I'll come back with my workouts later.....
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