28 Jan 2010, 2:36 am
DemonAbyss10
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28 Jan 2010, 9:54 am
28 Jan 2010, 6:37 pm
Greshym_Shorkan wrote:
gypsyRN wrote:
In response to the OP:
I'm assuming you're a woman, since you've looked to doctors to find out why you can't lose weight.
To summarize, try to focus on your HEALTH, not your waist/weight. You will be happier.
I'm assuming you're a woman, since you've looked to doctors to find out why you can't lose weight.
To summarize, try to focus on your HEALTH, not your waist/weight. You will be happier.
Nope. I'm a guy!
Thanks all the same!Sorry dude! Out of curiosity, what's your BMI? Have you tried a personal trainer? They can be very helpful.
29 Jan 2010, 8:12 am
gypsyRN wrote:
Greshym_Shorkan wrote:
gypsyRN wrote:
In response to the OP:
I'm assuming you're a woman, since you've looked to doctors to find out why you can't lose weight.
To summarize, try to focus on your HEALTH, not your waist/weight. You will be happier.
I'm assuming you're a woman, since you've looked to doctors to find out why you can't lose weight.
To summarize, try to focus on your HEALTH, not your waist/weight. You will be happier.
Nope. I'm a guy!
Thanks all the same!Sorry dude! Out of curiosity, what's your BMI? Have you tried a personal trainer? They can be very helpful.
24%... ouch, I know. Hey, I saw a doctor today for my shoulder, but asked him about my weight. He suggested doing the counting calories thing, and I'm already keeping a log of EVERYTHING I eat. I'm surprised some of things I do forget. Doctor, he said in his experience, most everyone was surprised at how little they actually NEED to eat. Also, he said that you have to exercise for 40 minutes before the body starts breaking down fat. I got in two hours of swimming last night, and I felt damn good- no depressing dreams or anything.
As for a personal trainer, I had one when I was 21, but he was this twenty year old Korean kid who was used to the "I can't stop eating, woah is me" crowd, and didn't really understand my situation. I could try again, but I don't feel I need a trainer.
29 Jan 2010, 2:31 pm
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29 Jan 2010, 4:47 pm
gypsyRN wrote:
Some of the best trainers I've found have been at community centers, like the YMCA and the Jewish Community Center here. Often places like that will focus on trainers with a broader knowledge base (i.e. BS in Nutrition and a personal trainer cert. on the side, some of them are even nurses), because they will be working with moms, the elderly, and even kids...and have a different mentality than the typical personal trainer. You know...the 20 year old PTs you find at most gyms.
There's a gym here that's actually affiliated with a hospital, and their trainers work together with physical therapists and physicians and even can help with rehab. So...you might look in that direction if you want to give training another go.
I applaud you for swimming for 2 hours. I would drown. Somehow, my uncoordinated body just never figured out how to swim efficiently, even after 6 years of lessons! I can swim, but it definitely is not my preferred exercise. You must be a healthy, fit person if you are able to do prolonged aerobic activity like that...even if you don't look how you want to.
There's a gym here that's actually affiliated with a hospital, and their trainers work together with physical therapists and physicians and even can help with rehab. So...you might look in that direction if you want to give training another go.
I applaud you for swimming for 2 hours. I would drown. Somehow, my uncoordinated body just never figured out how to swim efficiently, even after 6 years of lessons! I can swim, but it definitely is not my preferred exercise. You must be a healthy, fit person if you are able to do prolonged aerobic activity like that...even if you don't look how you want to.
2 hours of swimming is nothing, ive done full day sessions already. Of course, thats not counting trips to the restroom, meal time. I dont bother with the wait after eating, its never hurt me. You should always 'fuel up' when working out. Too bad Its not summer and I dont have a job yet, else id be at the pool all the time. Well, if i still dont have a job by summer, at least the river is basically in my back yard. Diving off of the railroad trestle into it is a nice adrenaline rush too. That about a 50 foot dive if i remember. Or I could bick 5 miles to the falls. The way the water pools at the bottom is like a lagoon, and is pretty damn deep, but no risk of rocks. theres some nice diving areas there too.
if your curious, look up glen onoko falls, and lehigh river. Thats pretty much my backyard
, well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.
30 Jan 2010, 5:09 pm
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30 Jan 2010, 10:43 pm
Shiznown wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
Greshym_Shorkan wrote:
Yeah. In sports or fighting, speed does a lot of good. Bulk muscle can actually slow you down. Chicks dig em though, so they're good for that.
most women I know find the huge bodybuilder-esqe muscles as a turnoff. Yeah there are still plenty that like them, just as there are many that dont. Those women I do know have gravitated towards those with the thin wiry build, kinda like some of the smaller boxers/wrestlers.
Who ever said I wanted muscles to please women? I could care less about attracting shallow women. This is about me being strong and looking in the mirror and liking the way I look. The way I see it you can spend your whole life trying to look like how women want you to look, or you can just look how you want to look. BTW if I wanted to look like how girls, because there are no women around here wanted me to look, I'd look like some skinny pansy, but screw that.
hey, wasnt saying thats why you are going that way. As long as it is how you yourself want to be, not how other people want ya to be. Plus I kinda do enjoy looking weak and then having people underestimate me
30 Jan 2010, 11:06 pm
ouinon wrote:
Have you tried cutting out gluten? ( in wheat, rye, and barley, and present in a lot of packet and fast foods ) .
As many as 10-25% of the population are gluten intolerant, and one of the most common "side effects", ( along with depression, skin complaints, various neuropathies ), is obesity/overweight.
The old idea that you would inevitably have gastro-intestinal symptoms if you are gluten-intolerant is just that, old.
Whenever I cut it out, ( and I have been gf for 26 months this time; full positive effects hit at around six months when gluten leaves liver ) , I have lost a lot of weight, very fast.
PS. 1% of the pop have classic celiac disease but they tend to be thin, whereas gluten intolerance, which affects far far more people, ( from 10% of the pop ), tends to cause weight gain.
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As many as 10-25% of the population are gluten intolerant, and one of the most common "side effects", ( along with depression, skin complaints, various neuropathies ), is obesity/overweight.
The old idea that you would inevitably have gastro-intestinal symptoms if you are gluten-intolerant is just that, old.
Whenever I cut it out, ( and I have been gf for 26 months this time; full positive effects hit at around six months when gluten leaves liver ) , I have lost a lot of weight, very fast.
PS. 1% of the pop have classic celiac disease but they tend to be thin, whereas gluten intolerance, which affects far far more people, ( from 10% of the pop ), tends to cause weight gain.
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While I've never been even close to fat, I agree that when i cut out gluten--or at least some of the more obvious culprits such as grains, that I lose weight as well (I do tend to get a small, but noticeable gut). In fact, at 5' 3" I have maxed out at about 145 and right now am running at about 126 or so. I don't skip meals (with rare exceptions) and I actually eat full meals as well.
As far as losing weight, I've found the Okinawan Diet Plan to be pretty useful. It's based on a 25-year study of the Okinawan people and touts that Okinawans actually eat more food per day (in pounds) than Americans, yet are much thinner--and healthier.
Anyway, my $.02
31 Jan 2010, 3:50 pm
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
if your curious, look up glen onoko falls, and lehigh river. Thats pretty much my backyard , well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.
, well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.I've actually been in that area a couple times. My aunt lives in Pennsylvania (Seven Valleys) and her family vacations in the Poconos. I drove through that area on my way to and from Maine, and even stopped to eat lunch at a deli in Lehigh Valley, PA. It's a pretty area.
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31 Jan 2010, 4:17 pm
gypsyRN wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
if your curious, look up glen onoko falls, and lehigh river. Thats pretty much my backyard , well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.
, well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.I've actually been in that area a couple times. My aunt lives in Pennsylvania (Seven Valleys) and her family vacations in the Poconos. I drove through that area on my way to and from Maine, and even stopped to eat lunch at a deli in Lehigh Valley, PA. It's a pretty area.
alot of outdoor activities to do in the poconos in general. Too bad i want to leave though because of the lack of job opportunities. Maybe if I was an artsy person id open a shop in one of the towns, but im not really that artsy.
02 Feb 2010, 2:16 pm
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
gypsyRN wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
if your curious, look up glen onoko falls, and lehigh river. Thats pretty much my backyard , well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.
, well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.I've actually been in that area a couple times. My aunt lives in Pennsylvania (Seven Valleys) and her family vacations in the Poconos. I drove through that area on my way to and from Maine, and even stopped to eat lunch at a deli in Lehigh Valley, PA. It's a pretty area.
alot of outdoor activities to do in the poconos in general. Too bad i want to leave though because of the lack of job opportunities. Maybe if I was an artsy person id open a shop in one of the towns, but im not really that artsy.
Maybe you can get a job at one of the state parks, or with an outfitter. Sounds like you're a good enough swimmer to be a whitewater rafting guide! That always seems like such an awesome job (but not for a crappy swimmer like myself). Have you ever worked as a lifeguard?
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02 Feb 2010, 3:10 pm
gypsyRN wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
gypsyRN wrote:
DemonAbyss10 wrote:
if your curious, look up glen onoko falls, and lehigh river. Thats pretty much my backyard , well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.
, well if you count everything within 5 miles of your house as it.I've actually been in that area a couple times. My aunt lives in Pennsylvania (Seven Valleys) and her family vacations in the Poconos. I drove through that area on my way to and from Maine, and even stopped to eat lunch at a deli in Lehigh Valley, PA. It's a pretty area.
alot of outdoor activities to do in the poconos in general. Too bad i want to leave though because of the lack of job opportunities. Maybe if I was an artsy person id open a shop in one of the towns, but im not really that artsy.
Maybe you can get a job at one of the state parks, or with an outfitter. Sounds like you're a good enough swimmer to be a whitewater rafting guide! That always seems like such an awesome job (but not for a crappy swimmer like myself). Have you ever worked as a lifeguard?
havent really thought about that, although I did help out at the one kayaking school for a little while.
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