Sigh.....suggestions please
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| Sat, 04-21-2007 - 7:03pm |
Well, I haven't posted in a while. My dad's doing better now, but his brother, my Godfather, has brain cancer. The doctor's are giving him less than a year to live. He's already had surgery and they removed 90% of the tumors and now he's on chemo and radiation.
My weight loss is now weight gain. I don't understand it. I'm biking (recumbent bike) an average of 20 miles per week (535-6.0 mph), plus volunteering to walk some very hyper dogs two days a week (1-2 hours per day). I'm eating much healthier than I was. I'm taking my sodium tablets and drinking water like a fish. Yet somehow, instead of losing weight, I'm back up to 289. What on earth is going on? Granted I have seen SOME increase in muscle, but shouldn't I be shedding pounds by now instead of GAINING?
I'm debating seeing my doctor about some weight loss pills. I really don't want to, but I'm so frustrated. The walking is what really kills my joints (bad ankles and all). My thought is that if I could get a boost to lose some weight faster (at least to get me below 250) then the exercise wouldn't hurt my joints so much because they wouldn't be supporting so much weight. Then I could do more exercise to keep losing the weight. Does anyone have any suggestions?
PS I got into the university I applied to and will be starting school part time this fall. Nursing will be my main focus, but I'll be taking some animal behavior classes too. YAY!

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Hi, Dee---
First, congratulations on getting into university!
Hey Dee,
Welcome back!
Annie
"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living. We live ourselves into new ways of thinking."  
Welcome back. Glad to hear about your dad but sorry to hear about your godfather!!
I have no advcie on the weight issue but wish you the best of luck!!
Angela
Misha,
Most people, like you, have the opposite problem when it comes to salt. I have a neural-cardio (brain-heart) disorder which causes my blood pressure to drop suddenly for absolutely no reason causing me to pass out or nearly pass out. Apparently they have a communication problem. This condition is aggrivated by the fact that I have practically no salt in my system. When they ran the tests to see if I had this particular condition or not, the doctor said my urine and blood samples showed sodium levels so low that even on a cellular level, there's no way my body could be functioning properly. Because of the extremely low sodium levels, my body wasn't retaining any water. I was in a constant state of dehydration. I really don't like salty foods, so my doctor said I would have to take sodium tablets every day.
To make matters worse, the doctor said that exercise can bring on these passing-out episodes which is why I limit most of my physical activities to inside or in a location where there are lots of people around that I know and are aware of my condition. I guess I'm letting my fear of what might happen get the better of me.
The bike is on the lowest setting already, but even when I do 5 miles at once, I'm usually done in 25-30 min. I'll try biking longer distances at a time and see if the added time equals better calorie burning.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Dee
Hi, Dee==
Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me! Believe me, I don't think you're anything but smart for staying close to home when you exercise... why take unneccessary chances? But unfortunately it shoots my only theory about your stubborn weight in the foot. Hopefully, you doctor will have more answers...
Hi Dee, you know that's really puzzling. The only thing I could of is that you're eating more than you realise. Are you keeping track? When I start to exercise I feel good about myself and allow a little bit here and a little bit there and I offset what I am doing.
Other than that, like pp's said, you should consult your doctor. Maybe he'll have some good input.
One more thing.. if you FEEL the muscle, then it's probably weighing more than you estimate. Have you measured yourself? Can you see a significant difference in inches?
Well, my normal day for food is like this:
Breakfast: Special K cereal w/ fat free soy milk & 1 cup of coffee
Snack: Fresh fruit or vegetable
Lunch: Lean Cuisine (premade meal)
Snack: Fresh fruit or veg. (or 1 string cheese occasionally)
Dinner: Grilled meat (usually chicken or pork) with vegetables and sometimes a little
rice or pasta
Snack: If any - chocolate pudding cup or 2-3 oatmeal rasin cookies
Lots of water throughout the day and some tonic water - which I drink on doctor's suggestion for the quinine (I get really bad cramps in my legs).
As for the loss of inches. I'm really not sure. I didn't measure to begin with so I don't know if I've lost inches or not. I'll measure now so that I can monitor that in future.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Dee
Your menu is almost identical to what I eat when I'm really losing. Except
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