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Monday, March 24, 2014
Damn I've gained weight
My image of myself as a fit person has taken huge hits over the last month. In Italy I found my neck size was no longer 16.5 - I actually knew that a long time ago from an inability to button my neck collar button, I chalked it up to trying to do it one-handed. It was measured by a tailor at 17.5. I've started buying clothes at thrifts to save money, good thing since my waist pre-stroke was 35, post-stroke I had to jump to 36 to accommodate the one-handed buttoning needs. Just recently bought some 36x34s and one 38x34 at a thrift. Damn I'm only able to get the 38 inch buttoned with one hand. I chalk it up to joining a bunch of meetup groups and getting together for dinner and then a couple of beers afterwards. It was worth it to get socially connected. Pre-stroke I would have just increased my physical activity to solve that problem. Now its more about reducing calories since increasing activity levels is pretty much at my max already. I will not lower myself to start drinking low-calorie beer, that swill will not touch my lips.
This aftermath of stroke is a bear for me: being active enough to maintain my weight wasn't easy before, but doable. Since then, though, I can only despise myself as buttoning my jeans gets harder. It helps to hang them on a line, not put them in the dryer. Just as you won't drink lo-cal beer, I will not buy larger jeans.
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