Tommorrow I will have a day off from the gym so it will just be climbing and walking round the park.
Is this amount of exercise excessive?
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Lou
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Please take this with a grain of salt.
The difference between how men and women store fat is significant. Men tend to lose fat stored on the waistline last. For women its the thighs and butt. But those are just rules of thumb.
And the best way to lose fat is with diet. For most of us its a lot easier to cut a couple of hundred calories a day by skipping empty calories as compared with adding a couple of miles to our morning run.
The other thing that is worth considering is visceral fat. Sometimes expanding waistlines are because of visceral fat. Which is very stubborn and hard to get rid of. Visceral fat is fat stored around our organs. If you see a guy with a pot belly - it's probably from visceral fat.
And although visceral fat is hard to get rid of - its worth the effort. It is associated with any number of diseases and conditions. But visceral fat seems to respond well to exercise, low sugar diets, quitting alcohol and cigarettes, and increasing fiber intake.
Not sure if this info is even applicable to your situation. but I thought it worth pointing out. Just in case.
The difference between how men and women store fat is significant. Men tend to lose fat stored on the waistline last. For women its the thighs and butt. But those are just rules of thumb.
And the best way to lose fat is with diet. For most of us its a lot easier to cut a couple of hundred calories a day by skipping empty calories as compared with adding a couple of miles to our morning run.
The other thing that is worth considering is visceral fat. Sometimes expanding waistlines are because of visceral fat. Which is very stubborn and hard to get rid of. Visceral fat is fat stored around our organs. If you see a guy with a pot belly - it's probably from visceral fat.
And although visceral fat is hard to get rid of - its worth the effort. It is associated with any number of diseases and conditions. But visceral fat seems to respond well to exercise, low sugar diets, quitting alcohol and cigarettes, and increasing fiber intake.
Not sure if this info is even applicable to your situation. but I thought it worth pointing out. Just in case.
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Hey veganDreama,
Do try and be kind to yourself and maybe see if there's someone you can talk to, as you do seem to have lots of anxieties about weight gain and food. Coupled with your past history (of being both overweight and very underweight) this suggests you probably do need some help - maybe counselling with someone with ED experience?
Exercise is great - and, while rest days from strength training are important, there's nothing wrong with being active every day - it's good for your body and mind. But to me, the way you speak about your fear of gaining weight, and your very rigid exercise regime, suggest you probably need to find a more relaxed balance. (I try to run and work out around 4 times a week and, in the past, used to get very anxious if I missed a training session - but now I've learned to just accept it.)
A BMI of 21 is a slim, healthy weight, so you've no need to lose any more weight - and while I understand your fear of gaining, adding in a few relax/rest days to your impressive exercise schedule really won't cause that to happen.
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Do try and be kind to yourself and maybe see if there's someone you can talk to, as you do seem to have lots of anxieties about weight gain and food. Coupled with your past history (of being both overweight and very underweight) this suggests you probably do need some help - maybe counselling with someone with ED experience?
Exercise is great - and, while rest days from strength training are important, there's nothing wrong with being active every day - it's good for your body and mind. But to me, the way you speak about your fear of gaining weight, and your very rigid exercise regime, suggest you probably need to find a more relaxed balance. (I try to run and work out around 4 times a week and, in the past, used to get very anxious if I missed a training session - but now I've learned to just accept it.)
A BMI of 21 is a slim, healthy weight, so you've no need to lose any more weight - and while I understand your fear of gaining, adding in a few relax/rest days to your impressive exercise schedule really won't cause that to happen.
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Hello everyone. Sorry it's taken this long to get back to you all. I would be out exercising but it's raining quite heavily at the moment so I've decided to stay in and update you all. Even though it makes me feel a right wimp. Thanks for all the advice. I now have a BMI of 18. A few weeks ago I had a BMI of 17 but then put a few pounds back on so I'm back to 18 just about. I know it's wrong to want to be underweight and no good will come of it but that's how I feel.
I finally found out how far it is round the park. It's 0.6 miles. Yesterday I did 21 laps (12 miles) and I also did skating.
I also found out I run at a speed of 8.1 km per hour (5 miles per hour) I set myself a goal of doing 21 miles for 3 days running, walking round the park and including the journey to and from the gym which is 1.3 miles. I managed to run for 2 hours 40 minutes (13 miles). My next goal is to do 3 hours although I'd probably have to build up to that as 2 hours 40 minutes (in 12 13 and a half minute stretches) leaves me exhausted.
I like setting myself targets. I feel very accomplished when I manage to achieve them. It's a lot of exercise which devours my time (why I don't come here quite as frequently these days). My real problem is the same one as before. The fear of gaining weight even though I'm only just at a normal weight so a few more pounds wouldn't hurt and there isn't much problem with gaining weight as I get so hungry. Last night after coming in I was very hungry and ate a few slices of Tofu, some peanut butter while making myself salad and peanut butter sandwiches for today), a large mixing bowl full of salad and some raspberries and it made me feel enormous.
I finally found out how far it is round the park. It's 0.6 miles. Yesterday I did 21 laps (12 miles) and I also did skating.
I also found out I run at a speed of 8.1 km per hour (5 miles per hour) I set myself a goal of doing 21 miles for 3 days running, walking round the park and including the journey to and from the gym which is 1.3 miles. I managed to run for 2 hours 40 minutes (13 miles). My next goal is to do 3 hours although I'd probably have to build up to that as 2 hours 40 minutes (in 12 13 and a half minute stretches) leaves me exhausted.
I like setting myself targets. I feel very accomplished when I manage to achieve them. It's a lot of exercise which devours my time (why I don't come here quite as frequently these days). My real problem is the same one as before. The fear of gaining weight even though I'm only just at a normal weight so a few more pounds wouldn't hurt and there isn't much problem with gaining weight as I get so hungry. Last night after coming in I was very hungry and ate a few slices of Tofu, some peanut butter while making myself salad and peanut butter sandwiches for today), a large mixing bowl full of salad and some raspberries and it made me feel enormous.
