Posts Tagged ‘adipose tissue’

Sometimes I Miss My Fat…

March 9th, 2010

Okay, well not all of my fat, but strategically placed bits here and there.  As I wrote about in my post on the Top 10 Weight Loss Surprises, it’s kind of nice to be able to feel things like hip bones and quadriceps again, and to see your biceps pop when you bend your elbow.  In fact, in what came perilously close to the mirror flexing commonly engaged in by the native gym rats that have been much lampooned here at Reconstructing 30, I caught myself flexing my arms in the mirror as I brushed my teeth a couple of days ago.  The dog, who was sitting at my feet, sighed deeply, rolled her eyes, and threw up a little in her mouth.  I’m not proud of it.  I was just truly fascinated by the reconstruction of my body that is taking place.   Hey, at least it wasn’t in public, like the real gym rats!

Anyhow, losing fat and exposing the fit body underneath that’s ready to get out is liberating, exhilarating, and just all around freakin’ awesome.  But… (there’s that pesky “but” again)  I do miss one little pad of fat that my body decided to dissolve, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why.   It’s that little smaller than a pincushion portion of adipose tissue that had previously protected my tailbone.  I’m no anatomist, but I’m guessing this is analogous to the little flap of chicken fat that you snip off the @$$ of a roaster before you grease it up and pop it in the oven.  Anyhow, I didn’t realize » Read more: Sometimes I Miss My Fat…

Body and Mind – Together Again

January 24th, 2010

When we’re kids, we’re very in tune with what our bodies are telling us.  Time to eat, time to stop eating, don’t do that because it hurts, don’t put that in your mouth because it tastes bad, etc.  Over time, though, at least for those of us who struggle with weight, it’s like the lines of communication between body and mind are cut.  We eat when we’re hungry and when we’re not, we eat until we’re full and then keep going, and we forget that underneath the layer of adipose tissue that separates us from the outside world there are actual muscles chomping at the bit to do something!  We know in our minds (and our bodies told us at some point, too) that we need exercise and that food is fuel, but somehow we’ve learned to ignore those signals over time.

It’s kind of like drinking coffee or beer, or eating raw oysters or blue cheese (the latter of which I still can do only in extreme moderation) – these are acquired tastes for most people.  You have to ignore the signals your body initially sends you in order to learn to like these things.  Obesity is, in some sense at least, an acquired taste, as well. » Read more: Body and Mind – Together Again

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