Are You Exercising Now for Health/Fitness/Weight Loss?

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I walked for around 4 miles 2 to 3 times per week. I need to loose about 20 lbs but obviously this is not a good time to be working on loosing weight. I have an appetite problem, I am always hungry. When I was a child I was a very picky eater, now I enjoy eating most anything.

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Hi Josh5v, welcome to the forum! I\'m the same way. When I was a child I was a VERY picky eater, and always in trouble from my mother for it. I was thin as a child and teenager. However, as an adult, I really enjoy good food, and can easily overeat if I don\'t watch it. Portion control, and not eating after you feel full helps.
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\nDrinking filtered water throughout the day helps not only cleansing the body, but gives a certain feeling of fullness. Products like Chitosan can be taken to absorb some of the excess fats now and then during a big meal or dessert, but shouldn\'t be taken too often. It can\'t be taken if you\'re allergic to shellfish!
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\nA supplement you may want to try to curb your craving for carbs and sweets is Glutamine.
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\nIt\'s ALWAYS a good time to work on losing weight if it\'s a problem! Being overweight will make you a more likely candidate for diabetes, high blood pressure, etc., etc.
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\nGood to hear that you\'re walking, it\'s an easy and very beneficial exercise! \r\n

EarlyBird

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I\'ve been taking brisk walks at least five days a week, approximately 2 miles. Since I need to lose around 10-15 pounds, I dusted off my old exercise tapes/dvds yesterday. So far I\'ve done 2 Turbo Jam workouts, one for cardio and one with weights.
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\nAnyone else here actively exercising for their physical and mental health? If so, let\'s share right here!

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\nExercise/physical activity has become part of my lifestyle because it really makes a difference in feeling better physically and mentally for me.
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\nI had a stroke 8 years ago and a heart attack 5 years ago and finding exercise/physical activity that I could realistically do on a regular basis was challenging. Then I discovered mini trampoline exercise, called rebounding and my prayers were answered

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\nHere\'s an introductory article if you\'re interested: https://www.improving-health-and-ener...-exercise.html
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\nAlso, there are 4 main types of exercise and each type helps the body in a different way. https://www.improving-health-and-ener...-exercise.html
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\nFor weight loss, strength training is the most effective. https://www.improving-health-and-ener...ight-loss.html
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\nI lost 15 pounds when I engaged in strength training a few years ago. I\'m at 30 pounds lost so far with primarily a low-carbohydrate diet and moderate physical activity. Actually, rebounding combines all 4 types of exercise into one fun workout

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Hello!
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\nExercise/physical activity has become part of my lifestyle because it really makes a difference in feeling better physically and mentally for me.
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\nI had a stroke 8 years ago and a heart attack 5 years ago and finding exercise/physical activity that I could realistically do on a regular basis was challenging. Then I discovered mini trampoline exercise, called rebounding and my prayers were answered

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\nHere\'s an introductory article if you\'re interested: https://www.improving-health-and-ener...-exercise.html
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\nAlso, there are 4 main types of exercise and each type helps the body in a different way. https://www.improving-health-and-ener...-exercise.html
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\nFor weight loss, strength training is the most effective. https://www.improving-health-and-ener...ight-loss.html
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\nI lost 15 pounds when I engaged in strength training a few years ago. I\'m at 30 pounds lost so far with primarily a low-carbohydrate diet and moderate physical activity. Actually, rebounding combines all 4 types of exercise into one fun workout

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Thanks for your reply BB! It\'s good to hear from you, I\'ve been missing you, you\'re an inspiration to all! \r\n

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(I hope it\'s okay if I abbreviate your handle that way...) One of the things I\'ve learned about that I\'d like to also share is on motivation.
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\nI\'ve learned by falling down and eventually picking myself up again time after time that it\'s crucial to set realistic goals, breaking down a big goal (for example, I gained 60 pounds after the stroke and heart attack

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\nAttaining those smaller steps/targets give you the success that is the essence of motivation. Every New Year\'s until recently I\'d set grandiose goals - and inevitably fall on my butt and give up. I never broke the goals down into do-able steps...
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\nAnd another thing when it comes to improving our health or anything else... enjoy the process, make everything enjoyable right now instead of the idea that "Well, after I lose that weight, I\'ll be healthy and happy" or "I have to follow this regimen to the letter or I will have failed..." NOT! Wrong answer!
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\nLive today because caring for your health is a lifelong matter.
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\nThank you again K2C (I bet my cat would adore you

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Thank you K2C

(I hope it\'s okay if I abbreviate your handle that way...) One of the things I\'ve learned about that I\'d like to also share is on motivation.
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\r\nI\'ve learned by falling down and eventually picking myself up again time after time that it\'s crucial to set realistic goals, breaking down a big goal (for example, I gained 60 pounds after the stroke and heart attack

) into smaller targets that you feel are possible to attain...
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\r\nAttaining those smaller steps/targets give you the success that is the essence of motivation. Every New Year\'s until recently I\'d set grandiose goals - and inevitably fall on my butt and give up. I never broke the goals down into do-able steps...
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\r\nAnd another thing when it comes to improving our health or anything else... enjoy the process, make everything enjoyable right now instead of the idea that "Well, after I lose that weight, I\'ll be healthy and happy" or "I have to follow this regimen to the letter or I will have failed..." NOT! Wrong answer!
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\r\nLive today because caring for your health is a lifelong matter.
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saved1986

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Fri I did 40 minutes on a stair climber, sat and sunday 5 miles on a tread mill. Yesterday I hitthe stair machine and lasted a whopping 5 minutes, my body just said no.

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\nVery good saved 1986! It\'s nice that you have access to machines, that must help for sure! I\'m still doing daily walking, but have slacked off with any other exercise, like the videos. \r\n

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Very good saved 1986! It\'s nice that you have access to machines, that must help for sure! I\'m still doing daily walking, but have slacked off with any other exercise, like the videos.

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kind2creatures

\r\n \r\n Just finished doing an old video workout, the Step Reebok Circuit Challenge with Gin Miller. I feel great now, and was happy I could finish it with no problem!
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\nToday I calculated my BMI (body mass index) online, and at 156 lbs., it is 26.8, which IS overweight. In order to be at the top of the "normal" BMI range of 24.9. I\'ll have to weigh 145 lbs.
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\nI plan to keep walking everyday and doing workouts when I can, to lose those 11 lbs. I don\'t care about losing fast, I just want to lose it for health reasons, and once it\'s off, I\'d like to keep it off. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n Way to go K2C. Regular exercise has soooo many benefits - I had a workout at physical therapy today and broke a sweat - and felt wonderful afterwards, like I was cleaned out and things were running better.
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\nWhat sort of eating routine do you use? I\'ve lost 30 lbs so far in a year with low carb eating. I\'ve found it simple and effective.
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\nCongratulations on your progress

That good feeling is great motivation in itself I\'ve found.
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Way to go K2C. Regular exercise has soooo many benefits - I had a workout at physical therapy today and broke a sweat - and felt wonderful afterwards, like I was cleaned out and things were running better.
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\nCongratulations on your progress

That good feeling is great motivation in itself I\'ve found.
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Thanks BB! It really does feel good to break a sweat, I have to do it more often for sure! I hope you\'re getting better and better, reaping all the benefits of your physical therapy treatments. I\'m not disciplined enough to have a particular eating routine or diet. Both my husband and I love to eat good food, but of course HE\'S not overweight, LOL!
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\nI\'m just cutting back on carbs a bit, controlling my portion size, and increasing my fiber and water intake. Hopefully that, along with the exercise will do the trick!
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\nWhen you lost your 30 lbs. with low carb eating, did you completely cut out breads, potatoes, pasta and foods like that, or did you just lower your intake?
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Thanks BB! It really does feel good to break a sweat, I have to do it more often for sure! I hope you\'re getting better and better, reaping all the benefits of your physical therapy treatments. I\'m not disciplined enough to have a particular eating routine or diet. Both my husband and I love to eat good food, but of course HE\'S not overweight, LOL!
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\nI\'m just cutting back on carbs a bit, controlling my portion size, and increasing my fiber and water intake. Hopefully that, along with the exercise will do the trick!
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\nI\'ve found all of those things effective for not only weight management, but general health improvement too.
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\nEspecially drinking enough water - I could write a few pages about how vital water is to health and weight loss. The most information on "how much" is half your body weight in ounces. For me, that translates to a little over 2 liters a day, which I\'m still working on!
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\nOn the carbs, because I have diabetes, for the most part I eat very very low carb, virtually no breads, potatoes, pasta, primarily protein, fats and carbs in the form of veggies.
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\nCarbohydrate is the nutrient that affects blood sugar and requires the hormone insulin to metabolize. I\'ve learned that approx. 36% of the protein consumed converts to carbohydrate during metabolism too, so the body gets what it needs.
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\nI personally have not experienced a lack of energy from low carb eating. I cut down gradually and still eat a doughnut or bread or potatoes occasionally. (Hey, let\'s be realistic!) I\'ve found that my desire for carbs has decreased significantly.
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\nThe hormone insulin signals several things in the body, including hunger (after I eat more carbs than usual and take more insulin, I DO crave more carbs!) and also signals fat storage.
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\nWhen we eat a high amount of carbs, those are used for energy production (one aspect of metabolism) instead of fat being used for energy production.
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\nI learned this from reading Dr. Richard Bernstein\'s books "The Diabetes Solution" and "The Diabetes Diet." The enlightenment on just how the human body processes nutrients is awesome, not just applicable to people with diabetes.
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\nAnyway, sounds like you\'re most definitely going in the right direction! What results (not just weight loss) have you experienced so far?
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Today I calculated my BMI (body mass index) online, and at 156 lbs., it is 26.8, which IS overweight. In order to be at the top of the "normal" BMI range of 24.9. I\'ll have to weigh 145 lbs.
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Thought I would post an update here. I\'m down to 145 lbs, so I\'ve reached goal. It took awhile, but I wasn\'t as serious as I planned to be, and didn\'t deny myself much in the food dept. The only exercise I did was walking, and controlled my portions on fatty foods and sweets.\r\n

kind2creatures

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Matrix

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. What you did is very good for your health, weight loss is a by-product, it\'s much better than big life style change for a weight loss program.\r\n

EarlyBird

\r\n \r\n Good for you, Kind2C!

No exercising for me these days in this horrible
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I\'m lucky to get my garbage out to the cans at dawn
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Even our hallways are stifling when getting my mail.

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No exercising for me these days in this horrible
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Thanks EarlyBird! I know what you mean! I\'ve been taking my longer walks in the evening, when it\'s a bit cooler. We were happy to get some much needed rain two days ago, which made things a bit cooler. I\'ve been working with my husband replacing fence posts, digging up old cement, etc. Drinking lots of water, and wiping down with wet washcloths.\r\n

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I know what you mean, it\'s much easier for me to fall out of the groove than it is to get motivated. The one nice thing is it always feels good when you\'re into it, just have to have a good memory, for the times we stray.
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Last night\'s Zumba turned into a cardio/step aerobics, which was really fine with me. Tonight a cycling/kickbox turned out to be a kickbox/step, great workout...not disappointed. I\'m easy...just go with the flow.

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NICE!!! You\'re making me miss the energy and fun I had when I worked out. I truly don\'t know if I could handle the loud music anymore. lol

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Marilyn27

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I joined a gym for the classes also - I usually go to spinning and body pump, I go almost every day and 3 times a week I combine a cardio class with a weights class on the same day...
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Sounds like a great workout! I still haven\'t experienced a good Zumba class, just went to one so far, the regular instructor had injured her ankle, and the substitute I had seemed confused with her routine. But just keeping moving burns the calories for sure!
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\nI have an Omron pedometer, I don\'t use it everyday like I used to, but I get in around 3-5 miles per day. The weight always comes off VERY slowly for me, but if my jeans fit more comfortable, I\'m happy. \r\n

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Sounds like a great workout! I still haven\'t experienced a good Zumba class, just went to one so far, the regular instructor had injured her ankle, and the substitute I had seemed confused with her routine. But just keeping moving burns the calories for sure!
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\nI have an Omron pedometer, I don\'t use it everyday like I used to, but I get in around 3-5 miles per day. The weight always comes off VERY slowly for me, but if my jeans fit more comfortable, I\'m happy.

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Thanks for the tip saved! I imagine that\'s very true with everyone and their new year\'s resolutions. Hopefully I won\'t every get squeezed out of a class, and there\'ll always be a spare treadmill there.\r\n

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mommysunshine

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I really liked using my pedometer. It was a fun tool to work towards walking 10,000 steps - 5 miles. I\'m starting...just starting....to crave working out again....
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I took one of our furkids for a 2 mile walk in the park, that\'s about it for today. I agree, using a pedometer is being able to see efforts in black and white, and can be fun and encouraging.

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Any workouts tonight? Anyone????

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Last night was my first cycling (spinning) class, didn\'t think I\'d make it for the whole hour. I stuck it out, but didn\'t follow all the instructions, and used lower tension a lot, good reminder of how out of shape I am. Nice part was after the class, worked up a good sweat and felt great! They said over 600 calories can be burned in that hour if you do it the way they say.
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I don\'t have the heartrate or meal comparison feature, but that sounds like you\'ve got everything covered. Honestly, I never take my heartrate, just started noticing it on the treadmills at the gym. What is your highest number value when you\'re working out hard?

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I\'m not sure what the highs or resting are, the little device I wear on my arm records it but doesn\'t tell me...! when I download the information to my computer it shows me, within a range on a bar graph, if I did moderate (brown) or vigorous (yellow) excercise and for how long...
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kind2creatures · � #1 � 11-14-2009, 04:45 PM

I've been taking brisk walks at least five days a week, approximately 2 miles. Since I need to lose around 10-15 pounds, I dusted off my old exercise tapes/dvds yesterday. So far I've done 2 Turbo Jam workouts, one for cardio and one with weights.

Anyone else here actively exercising for their physical and mental health? If so, let's share right here!

Here's a nice site with some good stretches:

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https://www.abc-of-fitness.com/leg-st...on-stretch.asp

JUST DO IT!

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