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May. 22nd, 2003 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
substituteAccording to my physician, I am at risk for, or may already be in, insulin resistance syndrome. It's now called "metabolic syndrome" which seems insufficiently precise to me. But he makes a convincing case.
Therefore, the best thing I can do for myself is to get to my target weight of 200 lbs in one year. This will be ~50 lbs, or 1 lb per week.
I repeat, I have to lose 50 pounds in one year.
Aiiigh.
I'm already eating a much better diet than I was a year ago. This is why I weigh ~250 rather than 275, which is where I started on this journey. However I suck at the exercise. There is an exercise machine in the house that my mom used before that I can make use of, so I shall. I sweat like a freaking PIG when I exercise and hate to do this in front of strangers so the health club is a big washout. Paxil is great for making the depression go away but it makes me into a kind of perspiratory fountain apparatus.
And walking is to smile. It burns like 1 calorie per 1000 miles. Anyone else tells me to try walking, I'm splattering lipids all over them from my bulging midriff.
It surprises me that I am overweight. I was always a skinny kid. Stupid depression, stupid depression meds. Blurg.
Therefore, the best thing I can do for myself is to get to my target weight of 200 lbs in one year. This will be ~50 lbs, or 1 lb per week.
I repeat, I have to lose 50 pounds in one year.
Aiiigh.
I'm already eating a much better diet than I was a year ago. This is why I weigh ~250 rather than 275, which is where I started on this journey. However I suck at the exercise. There is an exercise machine in the house that my mom used before that I can make use of, so I shall. I sweat like a freaking PIG when I exercise and hate to do this in front of strangers so the health club is a big washout. Paxil is great for making the depression go away but it makes me into a kind of perspiratory fountain apparatus.
And walking is to smile. It burns like 1 calorie per 1000 miles. Anyone else tells me to try walking, I'm splattering lipids all over them from my bulging midriff.
It surprises me that I am overweight. I was always a skinny kid. Stupid depression, stupid depression meds. Blurg.
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thank you!
Date: 2003-05-22 08:17 pm (UTC)My diet is pretty good. I need to cut out a few things but mostly it's the exercise that needs to change. I plan to carry around an anvil or something.
Also hack off both legs 364 days from now to meet deadline.
whelp
Date: 2003-05-22 08:38 pm (UTC)Things that helped me lose ~70 lbs in 2001:
- vegetables
- fruit
- more vegetables
- diet shakes, a la slim-fast, in lieu of snacks
- a 2000-calorie-a-week exercise goal, periodically met
- period of unemployment DURING WHICH I LOST MOST OF THE WEIGHT (see: lack of job stress, sufficient time in which to exercise)
- more fruit
- even more vegetables
- *complete* avoidance of resturants for 5 months
- *complete* avoidance of people eating things I couldn't
- having nothing in my kitchen that wasn't a fruit, a vegetable, or a dietarily-sanctioned food
Things that helped me put most of it back on in 2002:
- abhorrence of exercise
- boredom with vegetables, fruits
- job stress
- overextended schedule
- vending machine
- utterly sedentary desk job & hobbies
Last week, I started adding diet shakes, fruits & veggies back in, and got back to the gym for 1300 calories. I hated it. It sucked. I lost five pounds.
If you need a cheerleader, I'm happy to be of service.
Re: whelp
Date: 2003-05-22 11:25 pm (UTC)Or do you do aerobics, treadmill, etc.?
It's just math.
Date: 2003-05-23 08:24 am (UTC)At my weight and age, moderate aerobic activity burns about 15-16 calories per minute. At that rate, burning 2000 calories per week means spending about 30 minutes four times a week, 45 minutes three times a week, or 1 hour twice a week. It's not that difficult to contemplate.
Obviously, as Ig points out, if you're only walking, it's going to take a longer period of time to arrive at that kind of calorie-expenditure goal. I choose to use an elliptical trainer because that gives me a decent calorie-burning bang in a relatively short investment of time.
Though it doesn't give you that kind of calorie bang, weight training does burn some calories, and moreover, it increases the amount of metabolically active tissue in your body, so it's important. I try to work in a few sets at the end of each aerobic session.
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Date: 2003-05-23 02:36 pm (UTC)But now that I think about it, your choice of the elliptical trainer is probably the easiest way to get to that burn rate. No impact, constant activity. Some of the people using that machine seem almost superhuman (to me), they move at a high speed for a very long time.
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Date: 2003-05-22 08:45 pm (UTC)Because, two things: as it turns out, corn and potatoes are better than Hershey's. And: you really can only eat so much corn.
YMMV, especially if your thang is insulin-related, but really if you think about it, it all boils down to crowding out fattening food with less-fattening food.
Oh yeah, one other thing: keep yourself full. I ate a lot, and often. I eat far less now... and I weigh far more. Life is strange.
Good luck!
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