The Speculist: It's a New Phil, Weeks 79 and 80

Something Weird with Your Arm

Well, my week off from reporting did not yield the benefit I was looking for -- my weight remains at its stubborn, long plateau level of 230. I'm telling you, when this thing breaks, it's going to break. But not this week.

Getting up from the breakfast table last Saturday, my wife commented that there was something "weird" with my arm. I looked at my arm but couldn't see what she meant.

"Your muscle looks like it's...sticking out or something..."

So it turns out that "something weird" with my arm was muscular definition. This is a good discovery for her to make, one that will help to brace her for changes to come. Eventually there's going to be something weird with my whole body!

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LOL! We can always count on our wives to keep us humble, can't we?

Posted by: Stephen Gordon | July 28, 2007 01:30 PM

Howdy Phil,

I always notice people who have never struggled with weight saying something like, "Hey fatty, just exercise more and eat less. It isn't rocket science, you just have to have self discipline!"

Now that you have lost a good deal of weight but are stuck for a looooooong time at a plateau what do you think about this? You seem to be eating right and are certainly exercising a lot yet still aren't losing more weight! How can that be?! Is it possible that things are a little more complex?

This was driven home to me when I saw a documentary that follow people who received gastric bypass. One young girl lost a lot of weight but stuck with a plateau where she was still very overweight. Meanwhile she couldn't eat more than about 800 calories a day.

Posted by: Gerald Hibbs | July 28, 2007 11:40 PM

Gerald --

Great question. I will address it in next weeks' New Phil entry.

Posted by: Phil Bowermaster | July 29, 2007 08:52 PM

Live to see it.

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