Exercise... FIND THE TIME!

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

Since my WLS last January I'm down 125 pounds now. Over the past 2-3

weeks I've experienced somewhat of a plateau. I did not worry about

it as I have learned from many of you, that we will plateau from time

to time. I would bounce between 298 and 300. Darn scale watching did

nothing for me but give me stress.

I had been walking, but not regularly. Last Saturday I finally

committed inside my head to get on the exercise bandwagon and test

the jump start the weight loss again. I was 298 on Saturday, I've

exercised at the gym three times since and weighed in today at 293.

That's five pounds in about five days. Yes, I feel muscles that I've

used, but feel so good about myself and confident that this is one

part of the plan that is sooo necessary. My tired old excuse of " I

don't have the time... " was and is crap. I have to make this happen

and I'm convinced that this is just as important as the surgery

itself.

I have not weighed below 300 in over 25 years and now I have just 58

more pounds (when was the last time you said that to yourself, before

surgery that is) to reach my prescribed " ideal weight " .

-Ray

[Guest guest]

Keep up the great work and be proud of yourself... You've come a long way baby!

Ray wrote:Hello all,

Since my WLS last January I'm down 125 pounds now. Over the past 2-3

weeks I've experienced somewhat of a plateau. I did not worry about

it as I have learned from many of you, that we will plateau from time

to time. I would bounce between 298 and 300. Darn scale watching did

nothing for me but give me stress.

I had been walking, but not regularly. Last Saturday I finally

committed inside my head to get on the exercise bandwagon and test

the jump start the weight loss again. I was 298 on Saturday, I've

exercised at the gym three times since and weighed in today at 293.

That's five pounds in about five days. Yes, I feel muscles that I've

used, but feel so good about myself and confident that this is one

part of the plan that is sooo necessary. My tired old excuse of " I

don't have the time... " was and is crap. I have to make this happen

and I'm convinced that this is just as important as the surgery

itself.

I have not weighed below 300 in over 25 years and now I have just 58

more pounds (when was the last time you said that to yourself, before

surgery that is) to reach my prescribed " ideal weight " .

-Ray

[Guest guest]

Ray,

Way to go, you continue to be an inspiration to me and others. Keep up the

good work and congratulations on getting under the 300 mark.

Laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/244/150

[Guest guest]

Haven't measured at six months, will do that though. I am aware of

muscle vs fat, but the point is not to let the lean muscle tissue

waste away, merely to get toned up, not necessarily to look like

Arnold Schwartzeneger in the 70s ;-)

When someone refers to lean muscle tissue, they mean everything in

the body that is not fat - bones, water, muscles, skin etc. The goal

in fitness, is to increase the amount of lean muscle tissue, and

decrease the amount of fat tissue. The only way to increase the

amount of lean muscle tissue is through the building of more actual

muscle mass via strength training. However, the most important aspect

of this is the percentage of fat mass in relation to the percentage

of lean muscle mass. This can be accomplished by either building more

muscle, or by burning off fat.

Lean body mass, is where most of our energy is consumed and that

energy is measured in units called calories. Calories are not used up

in fat tissue. So, the less lean body tissue you have, the less

calories you can consume. As you lose weight by calorie restriction

alone, as much as 30% or more of the weight you lose is lean body

mass. We get weaker as this happens and our ability to burn calories

decreases. As more muscle tissue is lost because of fad dieting and

lack of exercise, lean body mass decreases and body fat percentage

increases. You could become thin, but unhealthily fat at the same

time.

Have a great day, the weekend's almost here!

-Ray

> Ray, are you measuring yourself? Weight loss is recorded in

diffrent ways. Remember muscle weighs more then fat....MIMI

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