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My friend lost a ton of weight and I'm jealous!
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 636893" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>It is quite possible that the two lbs was water weight. I've been seriously working losing weight that I gained while on atypical antipsychotics. I'm now diabetic and on metforming.</p><p></p><p>I am mostly eating according to the diabetic diet plan. With diet and help of the metformin, I am losing about 3lbs a month. So far, I've lost 21lbs since June. I gained a couple of lbs back and I know exactly where they came from: a combination of my elderly bachelor neighbour baking cookies for me (he's an awfully good baker, too), and my having fractured my fibula in July which had me riding the scooters while shopping as opposed to walking the store.</p><p></p><p>Even that little bit of exercise and over-eating made a difference for me. My leg is mostly healed and I've gone back to walking as much as I can before it starts to swell up and hurt.</p><p></p><p>Do little things for more exercise. Take the next closest space to the door when you park instead of the closest space. Check the Arthritis Foundation website for "chair exercises". These are exercises you can do while sitting. I've been doing 'sittercize" for many years. I started doing it when my job modernized and became very sedentary.</p><p></p><p>If you have access to a pool, say at your apartment complex, try to get chest-deep in the water and walk back and forth. This is good exercise. It's aerobic, doesn't strain the weight bearing joints. Very good for you.</p><p></p><p>I can't afford to join the Y up here to use their pool. But ever year during the warm season, I do water walking and stretches in the nearby lake. I missed most of this year due to the beach being closed due to pollution and really felt the lack.</p><p></p><p>How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I know when I hit periomenopause, it was as if my metabolism slowed way down. I didn't gain weight, but the weight I'd put on from medications seemed bound and determined to stick around.</p><p></p><p>Being jealous of someone elses' weight loss isn't at all productive. Obviously, she's found a plan that works for her. Why not ask her for pointers with the caveat that fad diets or overly restrictive diets don't work for long term weight loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 636893, member: 1963"] It is quite possible that the two lbs was water weight. I've been seriously working losing weight that I gained while on atypical antipsychotics. I'm now diabetic and on metforming. I am mostly eating according to the diabetic diet plan. With diet and help of the metformin, I am losing about 3lbs a month. So far, I've lost 21lbs since June. I gained a couple of lbs back and I know exactly where they came from: a combination of my elderly bachelor neighbour baking cookies for me (he's an awfully good baker, too), and my having fractured my fibula in July which had me riding the scooters while shopping as opposed to walking the store. Even that little bit of exercise and over-eating made a difference for me. My leg is mostly healed and I've gone back to walking as much as I can before it starts to swell up and hurt. Do little things for more exercise. Take the next closest space to the door when you park instead of the closest space. Check the Arthritis Foundation website for "chair exercises". These are exercises you can do while sitting. I've been doing 'sittercize" for many years. I started doing it when my job modernized and became very sedentary. If you have access to a pool, say at your apartment complex, try to get chest-deep in the water and walk back and forth. This is good exercise. It's aerobic, doesn't strain the weight bearing joints. Very good for you. I can't afford to join the Y up here to use their pool. But ever year during the warm season, I do water walking and stretches in the nearby lake. I missed most of this year due to the beach being closed due to pollution and really felt the lack. How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I know when I hit periomenopause, it was as if my metabolism slowed way down. I didn't gain weight, but the weight I'd put on from medications seemed bound and determined to stick around. Being jealous of someone elses' weight loss isn't at all productive. Obviously, she's found a plan that works for her. Why not ask her for pointers with the caveat that fad diets or overly restrictive diets don't work for long term weight loss. [/QUOTE]
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