I'm doing the very opposite. Though its still using Survival matters to move in a Forward Direction.
I've long been to some extent overweight. Certainly more than I'd like!!
(This came on all of a sudden round age 26. Prior to that I was always as thin as a rail, -*and* could always eat as much as I wanted. Not that that was always so available, but thats another story. I'd long heard people saying things about metabolism changeing, and putting on weight with age. But I just simply couldn't ever picture it, as happening to me! But surely it eventually did! And preoccupied with other matters at the time, -*I did not nip it there in the bud!!!!!* Regret! Regret! Regret! Alas! Alas! Alas! *It* pretty well took the ball and ran with it! Though at least not to the extent where I was a super fatso or something! Still though!).
Well I've been making an Effort at rectifying it over the last number of years, plus more years at substantially cooling it on the food. I'd been making some gradual progress at it. But still it seemed to be going as a Slow Train to China. But like Scotty said in an original episode of Star Trek, -"A Phaser will only drain so fast!". Weight Loss and its maintainence, -is unfortunately enuff like that! So easy to put on!, -it can be so hard to take back off!
Well now that I'm out here in a personal Wilderness Survival situation, (nearly seven months now, but a job / room to live in, -is eventually coming up, -and I'm also doing some odd jobs now. Even if it being a case of being without these latters, -which its not, -I'm Surviving out here quite fine! Both in the Finding or otherwise aquireing, -((but NO stealing!)), -of decent Food, -and in the Warmth and other departments.), -Now that I'm out here in this personal Survival situation, -it dovetails Nicely and Neatly!, -into my overall weight loss efforts! As I said, -I *Do* routinely get enuff good food to eat!, -No pangs of hunger days yet!, -but do eat less than I used to typically do, -and *Find I am at Last Losing about all those extra pounds!, -that I've long now wanted to!!!!! I'm close to my previous long ago Appearance! For Health / Fitness, and General Appearance and all of reasons, -these of course are the Prime reasons I've long sought to, -and am now *doing* this, over.
I am of course Aware of, and Appreciate, -the Value of some fat and poundage, in a Survival situation. But while you run to the Turkey! (I'm a Turkey Lover too!), -I'll run *Away* from such Pound Adders!!!!! (Though I Gladly make an exception for Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkeys! And you don't pass up this or other food, -in a general Survival situation anyway!).
We move in 180 degree opposite directions here, -yet still move Directly Forward, -on our same overall Survival Road. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]norad45[/email]
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