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Still not ready to weigh myself, but I was right back on track with eating yesterday. I feel better today.
I think that most of us realize that calories in do not equal calories out. However, there is something to exercising that helps us maintain weight loss and sometimes helps us lose. I was trying to figure it out, and after talking to a friend who researches this stuff even more than I do, it seems to be about how exercise helps regulate blood sugar. Over the holidays, I watched my brother, who is an avid cyclist, riding 50-100 miles this past weekend. He's hungry every 2 hours, thin as a rail, and was making himself very high calorie, high carb, high fat snacks to take with him when he is riding. When he eats a meal, he puts a big pile of lettuce or fresh spinach on his plate and then whatever main dish is available, he piles that on top of the lettuce. Every meal he does this. I watched him eating a zucchini for a snack like an apple. He seems to be constantly eating, but very healthy nutritious food, and his body is a burning machine from all of that exercise he gets.
I guess what I'm saying is that since my eating was good (prior to the holidays) and my exercise was so-so and I wasn't losing, the thing I need to change is more consistent strenuous exercise, both aerobic and weight-lifting heavy weights. I know you are probably thinking, "Duh, Debbie, of course you need to exercise." So here is what I'm going to try...hiking and weight lifting on opposite days 6 days a week. Wow, that is going to take some discipline, isn't it?
Diet Calendar Entry for 03 January 2013:
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1041 kcal
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Fat: 78.16g | Prot: 69.03g | Carb: 15.77g.
Breakfast: coffee, heavy cream, Finely Shredded Mexican Style Cheese, eggs. Lunch: butter lettuce, trader joe's goddess dressing, salami, butter, Boneless Skinless Chicken Tenderloins. Dinner: shrimp, zucchini, parmesan, butter. Snacks/Other: heavy cream, coffee. more...
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lifting made me feel great when I was all gun-ho about it. It's tough to get back into it though like I was before. hiking & weights (plus burpees) is what one of our buddies CTJ does on here. works for him.
03 Jan 13 by member: JessWhatINeeded
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Exercising has a feel good effect too! I find that it increases appetite for me, though, so I have to be careful as I increase activity. Hiking and lifting sounds like a great plan to get you in fantastic shape!!
03 Jan 13 by member: Bkeller1023
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There are so many mixed messages out there about what we should or shouldn't do, what works and doesn't work when it comes to weight loss. There are definitely some commonalities that apply to us all but I think there is no one-size-fits-all solution. We have to dabble and tweak our lifestyles to suit our own bodies and preferences. Your plan to work out more sounds good - even if my exercise doesn't contribute greatly to my overall weight loss efforts, I wouldn't give it up because it makes me feel so much better and has done so much to reshape my body in ways that weight loss alone never could.
03 Jan 13 by member: evelyn64
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I think you're right about the exercising, and it's got to be more than just aerobics. I was reading somewhere just the other day that, if your weight loss seems to have plateaued out, and you haven't been doing any strength training, that would be a great place to start. Even though you can't convert fat to muscle, you can replace fat with muscle, and muscle causes your metabolism to burn a lot more calories to sustain itself than fat does. Aerobics will certainly give you a healthier heart, but you've got to build muscle for sustained weight loss and maintenance. I found that when I do a lot of running, I get in the habit of eating more, and then when I slack off on the running, and sustain the same eating habits, my case is worse than when I started.
03 Jan 13 by member: DairyKing
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