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Hurray! Exercise is good for you.
Dec. 4th, 2006 12:39 pmWTF? you say. Doesn't everyone know that exercise is good for you?
Consider me. I've been exercising, with occassional lapses, regularly since 2003. I can measure my progress: miles on the elliptical per 30min go up, weights or reps go up. They go back down during the occassional lapses, but I've always gone back. My duration and intensity isn't staggering - I aim for about an hour (30 cardio, 20-30 weights or calisthenics, 10 stretching) and sometimes allow just a 30min cardio workout if I'm so rushed that I'd rationalize a skip otherwise. I try to do this 3-4 times a week.
This is what "the experts" generally recommend. And it does jack-all for my weight, despite similar (or even improved) eating habits compared to my pre-workout days.
With "the experts" telling us, over and over, about the "epidemic of obesity" and all the health problems associated with having a BMI over 30, failure to lose weight with good diet and exercise is... dispiriting. I wonder why I'm bothering, but have been taking it as an article of faith that the exercise is good for me, even if I don't see the all-important weight loss.
(NB: No, not during the last four months. This isn't about pregnancy (for once!), it's about my overall weight trends since 2003. Pregnancy weight is what it is.)
A small study in the UK seems to support this idea. 62 women, tracked over a year, is perhaps not enough to make sweeping recommendations to the AMA. I do find it encouraging, though! Another reason to stick with it, even if "it" isn't offering any obvious (or dramatic? Immediate?) benefits.
Consider me. I've been exercising, with occassional lapses, regularly since 2003. I can measure my progress: miles on the elliptical per 30min go up, weights or reps go up. They go back down during the occassional lapses, but I've always gone back. My duration and intensity isn't staggering - I aim for about an hour (30 cardio, 20-30 weights or calisthenics, 10 stretching) and sometimes allow just a 30min cardio workout if I'm so rushed that I'd rationalize a skip otherwise. I try to do this 3-4 times a week.
This is what "the experts" generally recommend. And it does jack-all for my weight, despite similar (or even improved) eating habits compared to my pre-workout days.
With "the experts" telling us, over and over, about the "epidemic of obesity" and all the health problems associated with having a BMI over 30, failure to lose weight with good diet and exercise is... dispiriting. I wonder why I'm bothering, but have been taking it as an article of faith that the exercise is good for me, even if I don't see the all-important weight loss.
(NB: No, not during the last four months. This isn't about pregnancy (for once!), it's about my overall weight trends since 2003. Pregnancy weight is what it is.)
A small study in the UK seems to support this idea. 62 women, tracked over a year, is perhaps not enough to make sweeping recommendations to the AMA. I do find it encouraging, though! Another reason to stick with it, even if "it" isn't offering any obvious (or dramatic? Immediate?) benefits.
