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| Diet, exercise, or both? |
| 11.20.06 (3:14 pm) [edit] |
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Let me continue to build on my ongoing weight loss adventure. While I continue to eat healthy and exercise at least 5 times a week, I have plateaued - which is not too bad. I am just about 140 lbs. But there is some interesting research from Saint Louis University's Doisy College of Health Sciences. According to Edward Weiss, while the way to lose weight is to eat less calories and burn more, the right way to do is through exercise. Indeed, you can go on a diet and eat less calories but you will lose muscle mass (not good) . Those who exercise tend to be stronger, have more muscle mass, and an increased aerobic capacity. So how do you lose weight? Diet or exercise or both? |
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 11.20.06 (1:03 pm)
I'm always disappointed to rediscover (over and over) that only a combination of diet and exercise will drop weight. I once met a physical trainer, who talked about becoming a 'better butter burner" by increasing muscle mass. The only way to go.
Sounds though, as if you've got your system down! I wouldn't worry about the plateau if I were you (I *wish* I were you in this regard!) Ultimately the lifestyle change is the key, otherwise weight just returns and accompanied by discouragement ...
Good luck with it!
posted by: drforbush (reply)
post date: 11.20.06 (1:24 pm)
My story goes in stages, like I expect most stories go. I didn't really admit to myself that I had a weight problem until I had already lost quite a bit of weight. This is because I put on about 50 pounds over about twenty years.
I started to feel slightly unhealthy, so I thought that I might try to reduce my weight. So, I stopped eating any lunch at all. I wasn't really hungry, so it didn't matter much. I did this for some time, and I would guess that my weight stayed the same.
Some time after that our family decided to go visit a National Park were we did some hiking. I realized that I was really out of shape, and I decided that I should try to excercise some. I started to walk about two miles every morning, except on days when the weather was nasty. And, I didn't notice any significant change.
My wife entered a few jogging races, and I went with her and I walked the shorter course with the kids. I was still out of shape, but I tried to get the kids to walk faster or even run a bit. After a few of these races I actually tried to run more and walk less.
In the mean time my wife started cooking healthier food. And, I joined a health club with a pool and started to swim laps. After a few months I realized that my clothes were actually falling off of me. I needed to buy new clothes and a new belt.
From the time I joined the health club until I lost the 50 pounds about 18 months passed. I entered more races and actually ran 10 miles without stopping to walk. I am continuing to exercise and now I am maintaining my weight, or maybe even building muscle. I don't really care to much about my weight, but I am excited that I can wear 29/32 Levi 501s comfortably, which is about what I wore in High School.
So, I am eating better and exercising with positive results. I used to swim about an hour a day, but I now swimming 40 minutes every day and I haven't put any weight back on.
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