Thursday, February 09, 2012
Wow, it's been almost two years since I posted anything here. I guess Facebook eats most of my online time. But this is a nice time capsule to see where my brain's been at. Perhaps I'll pick this up again. Or not.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Chandra's video log update
Many thanks to Chandra for her shout-out in her video update. We're looking for the perfect name for the 200's... in Weight Loss Surgery circles, folks talk about getting down into "Onederland" once the number on the scale starts with 1. What do we call getting down into the two's? Chandra asked on Facebook... I contributed "Two-der-ville" and "Two-Town," but she ended up going with "Two-light Zone." I kinda like that one... having just arrived here myself, it does feel pretty surreal. However, I'm going to be here for many months... perhaps even a year... maybe longer. Any ideas?
Many thanks to Chandra for her shout-out in her video update. We're looking for the perfect name for the 200's... in Weight Loss Surgery circles, folks talk about getting down into "Onederland" once the number on the scale starts with 1. What do we call getting down into the two's? Chandra asked on Facebook... I contributed "Two-der-ville" and "Two-Town," but she ended up going with "Two-light Zone." I kinda like that one... having just arrived here myself, it does feel pretty surreal. However, I'm going to be here for many months... perhaps even a year... maybe longer. Any ideas?
Friday, March 26, 2010
Attitude of Gratitude!
Attitude of Gratitude!: "Wanted to share a Daily Inspiration by Katie Jay that I read this week that can hit home some times!
Contribute: Being obese made your life smaller. You were less able to do even simple activities. You may have spent more time worrying about your woes, rather than figuring out what you could contribute to your community. Following WLS, your energy increases as well as your ability to focus on positive efforts.
Now, you're able to contribute time, energy and attention outside yourself. Maybe you want to be a foster parent. Or volunteer to help with a cause you've always wished you had the energy and stamina to support. You might just want to bring a meal to a sick friend or help your spouse with the yard work.
Whatever you do, approach it with gratitude for your new ability to help others!
Attitude of gratitude~
What is something you always wanted to do for someone else?"
Contribute: Being obese made your life smaller. You were less able to do even simple activities. You may have spent more time worrying about your woes, rather than figuring out what you could contribute to your community. Following WLS, your energy increases as well as your ability to focus on positive efforts.
Now, you're able to contribute time, energy and attention outside yourself. Maybe you want to be a foster parent. Or volunteer to help with a cause you've always wished you had the energy and stamina to support. You might just want to bring a meal to a sick friend or help your spouse with the yard work.
Whatever you do, approach it with gratitude for your new ability to help others!
Attitude of gratitude~
What is something you always wanted to do for someone else?"
I weigh 304 pounds today... 80 pounds down from my all-time high 15 months ago. And now that I've had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, I'm on a roller-coaster ride down down down.
For the curious, it's 24 pounds lost since surgery. The scale has only really begun moving in earnest over the last week or so. I guess my bod was recovering from the shock of surgery... and I had lost 56 pounds the year before surgery, with about 15 lost during the two-week liquid diet before surgery.
There! My first Weight Loss Surgery post outside of ObesityHelp.com. I'm thinking there may be more here as well as there.
Still evaluating my "blog strategy." It makes me smile when I type that. I don't feel like I have a purpose... nothing in particular to market. Don't have any plans to be a real "player" in the WLS blogger market... though I admire those who do. More about that another time.
Let me hear from you if you are a guy considering Weight Loss Surgery, or a post-op guy. There's no shortage of women on the net talking about WLS... not that there's anything wrong with that!!! Gosh, I married a woman and have stayed married for 20 years. It's just that we guys have a few different issues (we seem to need more protein in our diet, according to several sources I've seen, for example).
Maybe I'll add my $.02 to the WLS wisdom out there. We'll see, time will tell.
For the curious, it's 24 pounds lost since surgery. The scale has only really begun moving in earnest over the last week or so. I guess my bod was recovering from the shock of surgery... and I had lost 56 pounds the year before surgery, with about 15 lost during the two-week liquid diet before surgery.
There! My first Weight Loss Surgery post outside of ObesityHelp.com. I'm thinking there may be more here as well as there.
Still evaluating my "blog strategy." It makes me smile when I type that. I don't feel like I have a purpose... nothing in particular to market. Don't have any plans to be a real "player" in the WLS blogger market... though I admire those who do. More about that another time.
Let me hear from you if you are a guy considering Weight Loss Surgery, or a post-op guy. There's no shortage of women on the net talking about WLS... not that there's anything wrong with that!!! Gosh, I married a woman and have stayed married for 20 years. It's just that we guys have a few different issues (we seem to need more protein in our diet, according to several sources I've seen, for example).
Maybe I'll add my $.02 to the WLS wisdom out there. We'll see, time will tell.
'To acquire love... fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet.'
~ Charles Haanel
~ Charles Haanel
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wow, I went a year without a post. Now Blogger is discontinuing FTP support and I've moved to a new URL: http://gkeeler.blogspot.com.
This blog is apparently more for me than anyone else, and I've had fun reading old posts. If you have too, please comment.
Still sorting out my "blog strategy," ha ha ha. Obviously, it's not so important to me to write a lot. Oh, well. Perhaps that will change. Or, not.
This blog is apparently more for me than anyone else, and I've had fun reading old posts. If you have too, please comment.
Still sorting out my "blog strategy," ha ha ha. Obviously, it's not so important to me to write a lot. Oh, well. Perhaps that will change. Or, not.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Vulnerability Scanning - Secunia.com
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Weight Loss Surgery Support, Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Resource Center
Thursday, February 05, 2009
MindfulEating.org
Another very useful site. This is where the rubber hits the road for me and eating.
Another very useful site. This is where the rubber hits the road for me and eating.
Labels: eating
National Association for Weight Loss Surgery
This is an interesting site, with a public portion and a paid portion. I find the public portion useful.
This is an interesting site, with a public portion and a paid portion. I find the public portion useful.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Just happened to think of this song, and how I learned it singing harmony with best buddy Ted Roper as we drove around town in our parents' cars in high school around this time of year. Brings a tear to me eye, it does.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Funniest damn thing I've seen in a while. I did indeed laugh until I cried. And I'm pretty sure I'm going to vote for the guy!
Postcard from Pinafore.
We Summer Savoyards wanna get into disseminatin' that thar video stuff upon the interwebs, and this is expirmint #1. Hope ya like. Share with yer friends.
Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore with the Summer Savoyards of Binghamton, NY. Docking again at the Anderson Center on the Binghamton University campus July 2009.
We Summer Savoyards wanna get into disseminatin' that thar video stuff upon the interwebs, and this is expirmint #1. Hope ya like. Share with yer friends.
Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore with the Summer Savoyards of Binghamton, NY. Docking again at the Anderson Center on the Binghamton University campus July 2009.
Labels: Savoyards
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Woke up feeling stronger today, which is good, as yesterday was freakin' stressful at work. A lot of fundraising in a short period, between our auctions and radio membership on the way. And more loca programming, all at the same time! It's a little crazy.
It was a dare last night... I'll be damned if I was going to let my stressful day make me binge around dinner & aftermath. So... last night's dinner was a Protein bar and some tamari almonds from Wegman's. I think yesterday was a less-than-1500-calorie day. I can't pull that off every day (and I don't think I want to) but it was gratifying to not have emotions rule the day. I might lick the emotions & binge eating connection yet.
Today's goal is to be as damn normal as possible. Lunch at 10:15am, protein bar at 3:15... normal dinner with reasonable portions with honey-Pam at 5ish.
Looking forward to podiatrist appointment next week to get foot owies dealt with. Need to get good walking shoes and walk, walk, walk. Moving along with the modified eating plan is important.
Pam says owies are calluses & podiatrist can remove them easily. Hope Pam's right.
Ok, not feeling philosophical this morning, but want to update more regularly.
It was a dare last night... I'll be damned if I was going to let my stressful day make me binge around dinner & aftermath. So... last night's dinner was a Protein bar and some tamari almonds from Wegman's. I think yesterday was a less-than-1500-calorie day. I can't pull that off every day (and I don't think I want to) but it was gratifying to not have emotions rule the day. I might lick the emotions & binge eating connection yet.
Today's goal is to be as damn normal as possible. Lunch at 10:15am, protein bar at 3:15... normal dinner with reasonable portions with honey-Pam at 5ish.
Looking forward to podiatrist appointment next week to get foot owies dealt with. Need to get good walking shoes and walk, walk, walk. Moving along with the modified eating plan is important.
Pam says owies are calluses & podiatrist can remove them easily. Hope Pam's right.
Ok, not feeling philosophical this morning, but want to update more regularly.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
I think I know what this blog is for.
I've been struggling (again) to modify my eating habits to lose weight. I began in earnest in mid-January, after a tearful appointment with my kind diabetes educator, Deb, where I weighed in at the all-too-close-to-400 number of 381 pounds. Deb makes a point of being motivational, and sometimes, honestly, she's a little over the top for me... but I needed her enthusiasm as I had reached the point where all my meds were maxed out. My oral Diabetes meds were at the max... and my long-acting insulin was pretty much at the max as well. The next step was pre-meal insulin and even more blood testing. I don't know why I find this one step so repugnant... but I do. for whatever reason, it's a motivator. So... down goes the foot. Up goes the "steely determination" as Lynn Redgrave said so memorably in the Lean Cuisine commercials a few years back. And I began what wife Pamela and I refer to as the "Greg stops going to drive-throughs diet."
I really really liked my drive-through ritual. Every day, I'd look forward to getting out of work in time to catch the last of McDonald's breakfast moments. Gotta get there by 10:25am or I miss out. Get my food, park and listen to talk radio. Take an hour if I want. Time all to myself... a ritual to feel in control. What exactly I feel not in control of? My whole life? Gee... this blog entry could get long. I don't have "long" available right now.
So the short story is, I don't do that any more. Three months later, I'm down to 364. It's been a hard 17 pounds. And now I want to give up.
Whoa, what?
The legs hurt. The breath is short. The very present possibility of myocardial infarction scares the shit out of me. The more distant but super-creepy diabetes complications of extremity amputation, kidney failure, blindness, etc make for a "declining years" scenario that is just too freaky bad to imagine.
A guy whose joy comes from singing with Madrigal Choir and speaking on the radio needs his breath. And, at 48 later this month, barring suicide or accidental death, It's quite possible I'll live into my 80's, whether I like that idea or not.
I like the idea better when the scenario includes less pain and more brain-space to enjoy life. And wouldn't it be nice to actually get back into acting one day? To be healthy enough to slip around my schedule to accomodate evening rehearsals? To be able to actually exercise without pain?
So, the specter of gastric bypass hangs over my head. Dad has lobbied pretty strongly for it. The reality of feeling really really cheated by only losing 17 pounds in 12 weeks of really really hard work is scaring me. Yes, I haven't begun exercising yet. While the legs, back & hips feel better than they did, I'm still feeling like an older man than 48. I've let my foot calluses go on untreated for too long. Hope my podiatrist appointment next week lives up to my wife's billing of it.
OK, this is rambly. Don't have time for my life story. I guess blogs aren't really for dumping it all at once... but for doing it regularly over time.
So, here I am. I have begun what I want to be a life change. Lose an average of 1.4 pounds every week for the foreseeable future. Try to think of it less as a diet and more as a way of living to get used to. "living" being the operative term.
And no, I'm not suicidal. I've been suicidal in the past, I know what it feels like, and I'm not there. Just frustrated. I've been clinically depressed in the past, I know what it feels like, and I'm not there, either. Just frustrated. Work pressure doesn't help.
OK, speaking of work, time to do some.
I've been struggling (again) to modify my eating habits to lose weight. I began in earnest in mid-January, after a tearful appointment with my kind diabetes educator, Deb, where I weighed in at the all-too-close-to-400 number of 381 pounds. Deb makes a point of being motivational, and sometimes, honestly, she's a little over the top for me... but I needed her enthusiasm as I had reached the point where all my meds were maxed out. My oral Diabetes meds were at the max... and my long-acting insulin was pretty much at the max as well. The next step was pre-meal insulin and even more blood testing. I don't know why I find this one step so repugnant... but I do. for whatever reason, it's a motivator. So... down goes the foot. Up goes the "steely determination" as Lynn Redgrave said so memorably in the Lean Cuisine commercials a few years back. And I began what wife Pamela and I refer to as the "Greg stops going to drive-throughs diet."
I really really liked my drive-through ritual. Every day, I'd look forward to getting out of work in time to catch the last of McDonald's breakfast moments. Gotta get there by 10:25am or I miss out. Get my food, park and listen to talk radio. Take an hour if I want. Time all to myself... a ritual to feel in control. What exactly I feel not in control of? My whole life? Gee... this blog entry could get long. I don't have "long" available right now.
So the short story is, I don't do that any more. Three months later, I'm down to 364. It's been a hard 17 pounds. And now I want to give up.
Whoa, what?
The legs hurt. The breath is short. The very present possibility of myocardial infarction scares the shit out of me. The more distant but super-creepy diabetes complications of extremity amputation, kidney failure, blindness, etc make for a "declining years" scenario that is just too freaky bad to imagine.
A guy whose joy comes from singing with Madrigal Choir and speaking on the radio needs his breath. And, at 48 later this month, barring suicide or accidental death, It's quite possible I'll live into my 80's, whether I like that idea or not.
I like the idea better when the scenario includes less pain and more brain-space to enjoy life. And wouldn't it be nice to actually get back into acting one day? To be healthy enough to slip around my schedule to accomodate evening rehearsals? To be able to actually exercise without pain?
So, the specter of gastric bypass hangs over my head. Dad has lobbied pretty strongly for it. The reality of feeling really really cheated by only losing 17 pounds in 12 weeks of really really hard work is scaring me. Yes, I haven't begun exercising yet. While the legs, back & hips feel better than they did, I'm still feeling like an older man than 48. I've let my foot calluses go on untreated for too long. Hope my podiatrist appointment next week lives up to my wife's billing of it.
OK, this is rambly. Don't have time for my life story. I guess blogs aren't really for dumping it all at once... but for doing it regularly over time.
So, here I am. I have begun what I want to be a life change. Lose an average of 1.4 pounds every week for the foreseeable future. Try to think of it less as a diet and more as a way of living to get used to. "living" being the operative term.
And no, I'm not suicidal. I've been suicidal in the past, I know what it feels like, and I'm not there. Just frustrated. I've been clinically depressed in the past, I know what it feels like, and I'm not there, either. Just frustrated. Work pressure doesn't help.
OK, speaking of work, time to do some.
Friday, February 08, 2008
What I failed to make...
What I failed to make clear is that jott transcribes messages from my voice. That is very cool. I don't have to type. listen
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I'm trying a new service called Jott. I posted this blog entry from my cell phone, how cool is that? listen
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