Re: How many calories to maintain weight
From: Doug Freese (dfreese_at_hvc.rr.com)
Date: 01/19/05
- Next message: BoB: "Re: Red Meat NO GOOD, Veggies no protection.... NOW WHAT?"
- Previous message: Doug Freese: "Re: Refined Grain Further Out Of Favor"
- In reply to: Hagrinas Mivali: "Re: How many calories to maintain weight"
- Next in thread: John Sankey: "Re: How many calories to maintain weight"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:01:03 GMT
"Hagrinas Mivali" <remove.to.reply@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:HZ-dnZV2gL50cHDcRVn-3w@giganews.com...
> I tried attacking my weight first with exercise. I started doing a
> substantial amount every other day, and saw no change in weight, month
> after
> month, even though I was being diligent. Then my doctor put me on a
> diet,
> not because of my weight, but because of my cholesterol. I started
> eating
> more healthful foods, and made no attempt to limit quanitites beyond
> reasonable normal portions.
I'd never say that exercise alone will cause everyone to lose weight.
If one eats more then they expend, the weight will stay or even get
fatter. It is usually the product of cutting some caloric input and the
exercise. OTOH, those that do take up exercise first have the initial
motivation and usually follow with eating controls - a positive domino.
Please note to take some physical measurements. After an initial weight
loss people tend to plateau. Positive things are still happening as the
body redistributes. You may be adding muscle weight and in effect are in
positive redistribution.
> Now I'm exercising again, or at least trying to stick with it. It's
> easy to
> plan on exercising but not get to it.
What I usually recommend is to set an exercise goal. Let's assume your
walking. Try to find a local race that allows walkers and aim to do it.
Set that as you goal and devise a weelky schedule where you build to
that distance. Many times you do one of these races and you meet other
walkers and inspire each other. If your exercise was running it would be
even easier with a bazillion races in just about every whistle stop.
Another momentum aid is to try to find one or more people with a similar
schedule to exercise with. While I'm using walking/running as an example
it could be swimming or a gym.
> That being said, I plan to exercise tomorrow morning, if I don't get
> distracted and run out of time.
Book the time each and every day. If your exercise is number 8 on the
priority list, you will get distracted. Etch some time each day for you.
It may even mean getting up a little earlier and doing it before work. I
always found if I scheduled my running after work I would be mentally
tired and skip unless I was meeting a group. Just some food for
thought.
Anyway, good luck.
-TC
- Next message: BoB: "Re: Red Meat NO GOOD, Veggies no protection.... NOW WHAT?"
- Previous message: Doug Freese: "Re: Refined Grain Further Out Of Favor"
- In reply to: Hagrinas Mivali: "Re: How many calories to maintain weight"
- Next in thread: John Sankey: "Re: How many calories to maintain weight"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
