bluehats diary

more about the cycling (cause i like it so much).

i used to go on an outdoor bike for an hour
as often as i could (on a bike trail)
but due to disorientation and falling off
and getting in the way of traffic i switched to indoor bikes.
the most i could do on those was 30 minutes (busy in life)
but loved it and was able to consistently keep with it
for many years.

so when i recently tried again i built up to the 15
minutes over about a month and tried for probably 10
months before stopping.

one tip i got from family was that maybe the style
of bike wasnt right for me (i kept getting free/cheap)
ones that didnt do a thing but barely pedal)
so im wondering is it worth getting back into with
a bit of a better bike?
what would people do?
 
Depends on how soon you get in pain with the biking and where/why it hurts. I agree that for people with chronic pain sometimes accepting the pain resulting from exercise is a sensible investment in future health. For people who aren't normally in pain exercise shouldn't be painful, especially in the beginning.
If you're used to exercise and can reliably distinguish between DOMS and real damage it's not terrible to overdo it sometimes but no beginner can so don't risk it. Can you do 5 minutes on the bike without being in pain afterwards? If no don't do it. If yes you can let that be your 5 minutes of exercise until you're used to the routine of it. Then maybe in a week or two you can go to 5 minutes twice daily instead of 10 minutes in one go.
 
LaMaria said:
Depends on how soon you get in pain with the biking and where/why it hurts. I agree that for people with chronic pain sometimes accepting the pain resulting from exercise is a sensible investment in future health. For people who aren't normally in pain exercise shouldn't be painful, especially in the beginning.
If you're used to exercise and can reliably distinguish between DOMS and real damage it's not terrible to overdo it sometimes but no beginner can so don't risk it. Can you do 5 minutes on the bike without being in pain afterwards? If no don't do it. If yes you can let that be your 5 minutes of exercise until you're used to the routine of it. Then maybe in a week or two you can go to 5 minutes twice daily instead of 10 minutes in one go.
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i believe i could do 5 minutes with no pain
and then like u said do 5 another time of the day

it doesnt hurt while doing it
its about an hour later
all the way to need tylenol to sleep

but i did give away my bike
and since i do like cycling best
we are looking for another one
only a better one
 
If you like Leslie why not just pull up her warm up walk . It's 5 mins and gentle movements . Had to easier than stepping and you can watch on you tube .
 
bluehat said:
sausages (the last of them)
corn chips
potato chips
13 pounds weight gain

:mad::(
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13 pounds weight gain would upset me as well but I'm afraid that given what you've posted it's impossible to say where they come from. Do you always weigh at the same time of day, with a similar amount of food in your GI tract? Why did you weigh today, as opposed to another time? Sausages and chips aren't just high-calorie foods, they also tend to have massive amounts of sodium, which causes water retention in most people. Being sore from exercise can also make your body heavier short-term.
That's why I advised you to write down the calories of everything you eat and drink. If I know what I weigh on day X (on an empty stomach, after 8 hours of sleep and a successful bathroom visit), I know how many calories I ate and drank every day, and I know how many calories my body uses every day (which depends on height, weight, gender, and % muscle mass, plus activity level; the internet offers many calculators for this where you can enter your data and get an estimate), I can then see if any loss/gain is likely to be due to water weight of fat loss/gain. But for that you need to know what's going in and what's getting burned.

With all that: I'm sorry things are hard :grouphug: I hope it gets easier.
 
LaMaria said:
13 pounds weight gain would upset me as well but I'm afraid that given what you've posted it's impossible to say where they come from. Do you always weigh at the same time of day, with a similar amount of food in your GI tract? Why did you weigh today, as opposed to another time? Sausages and chips aren't just high-calorie foods, they also tend to have massive amounts of sodium, which causes water retention in most people. Being sore from exercise can also make your body heavier short-term.
That's why I advised you to write down the calories of everything you eat and drink. If I know what I weigh on day X (on an empty stomach, after 8 hours of sleep and a successful bathroom visit), I know how many calories I ate and drank every day, and I know how many calories my body uses every day (which depends on height, weight, gender, and % muscle mass, plus activity level; the internet offers many calculators for this where you can enter your data and get an estimate), I can then see if any loss/gain is likely to be due to water weight of fat loss/gain. But for that you need to know what's going in and what's getting burned.

With all that: I'm sorry things are hard :grouphug: I hope it gets easier.
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thanks for the encouragement.

wow its neat that you know all that!

i wasnt doing all the calories because sometimes
i dont know how to if its not on the label.
im not good with online searches-
i will keep trying.
i have a few calorie apps but what
i want doesnt always come up.
maybe i can make my own food lists-
some apps allow that.

something i havent been able to figure out
is how many calories my body does use on
a normal day without any new variables so i get
a more accurate idea.
but not sure how.
i guess eat and do the same things for a week
logging it all and i would get an idea.


i believe some of that weight gains actually going
to be my fault in terms of knowlingly eating "bad"
foods.
 
I don´t have a best calculator to recommend for your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), but if you google TDEE calculator, plug your data into the first five you can find and take the average of the five results your should get a reasonable idea.
I agree that it´s sometimes hard to get a perfect calorie count for what you ate, but trying your best is always better than nothing. It gets easier with practice, too.
 
So what did the cans say? For things that don´t come in packages and you can´t weigh (because you´re eating out or are having dinner with family and friends) this might be helpful to learn how to estimate what you´re eating. Portion Estimator | WW USA (This is not an endorsement of their general method, just of this specific graphic.)
Another thing I´ve personally found helpful is to always estimate things before I weighed them so my estimates would improve over time
 
I don’t want to say much because really I know nothing about binging of the one meal a day plan but to me you eat very little , would a slimming class help you more , I know I personally hate them but have had huge success in the past with them, they do offer a very balanced plan I know .
 
Petal001 said:
I don’t want to say much because really I know nothing about binging of the one meal a day plan but to me you eat very little , would a slimming class help you more , I know I personally hate them but have had huge success in the past with them, they do offer a very balanced plan I know .
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what is a slimming class?
 
LaMaria said:
So what did the cans say? For things that don´t come in packages and you can´t weigh (because you´re eating out or are having dinner with family and friends) this might be helpful to learn how to estimate what you´re eating. Portion Estimator | WW USA (This is not an endorsement of their general method, just of this specific graphic.)
Another thing I´ve personally found helpful is to always estimate things before I weighed them so my estimates would improve over time
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the total of the 3 cans was 1260
and i got my food scale out
to see if it helps too
 
i learned 2 more things in the past few days.

one --is im not ready to keep food here yet.
(eating the 3 cans at one time after supper
was already eaten)

and two-- i can still say i cant lose weight
because 10 of that 13 pound weight gain
was 10 back from a recent loss before
i started this diary
with 3 extra.

but good news
i found a reasonable good
indoor bike and am excited
to get started when it arrives
and since it hurts im starting slowly
and staying that way for a longer time
 
bluehat said:
i learned 2 more things in the past few days.

one --is im not ready to keep food here yet.
(eating the 3 cans at one time after supper
was already eaten)

and two-- i can still say i cant lose weight
because 10 of that 13 pound weight gain
was 10 back from a recent loss before
i started this diary
with 3 extra.

but good news
i found a reasonable good
indoor bike and am excited
to get started when it arrives
and since it hurts im starting slowly
and staying that way for a longer time
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and
i just found out that
the bike i found will be an early
bday gift
yay
 
Petal001 said:
Good news on the bike .
A slimming class is like weight watchers or slimming world . It’s a group support class .
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o ok
im familar with ww
i found all the info. free
online a few months ago
but i wouldnt have group
support
i went to OA but am so incredibly
shy in person that i stopped
i think i will look up slimming
world see if i can see what their plan
is anyway
there has to be something out there
 
Yay for kitchen scales and a new bike! I think something like WW (I don´t know Slimming world but I assume it´s similar) can be very helpful for people who are still sorting out the whole healthy eating thing. They can be quite expensive if you need them for longer but the support makes a big difference for some folks. I actually met one of my best friends through WW but if you feel intimidated by the idea of group sessions I know they offer individual online sessions as well.
 
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