How Much is too Much

How much is too much?

Never in my life did I imagine I would not be happy when I’m not exercising although I have not reached the stage where I am happy to exercise, but I do enjoy it when finishing a cardio class.

I always had this dream to swim in our annual Redhouse River Mile event. Last year I did it and it gave me a sense of accomplishment. This year I thought I would actually prepare for the Mile on 28 February.

Just before December I started training and set myself a target that this Sunday I would swim 30 minutes in the ocean none stop as my finale preparation before the official Mile. Getting down to the beach nice and early there was a dead seal that washed up on the beach. I once watched a program on National Geographic that sharks knew there was something to eat on the beach and they were waited just behind the waves – with this picture in my head I did not swim

While sitting there feeling let down it dawn on me if I am not busy with obsessive behavior.  How much is too much? It is only when something bad happens that you realize that you have gone too far.

That something positive and pleasurable becomes a compulsive necessity – filled with pressure

Going swimming in the ocean when it raining or feeling cheated when there is a storm raging. I use to enjoy just a dip and maybe riding a couple waves, not any more I must now battle the current till it feels like my arms are on fire.

It might be time to redefine my goals between healthy and unhealthy once..

It is my time to enjoy.

Pine

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Weight loss – Little help from my friends!

Losing weight is Hard! Friends that share their trails and tips with you does make the situation more manageable. Having healthy, living, eating friends around has changed the “weightless situation” to a “way of life” and it is great getting up and improving your whole life balance small parts at a time! Following are gems that was shared by my Friends over at DiabetesDaily.

trinitarian3n1

• Insulin is the primary fat storage hormone in the body.
• It also turns off lipase–the enzyme that burns fat.
• If you are injecting insulin or taking any of the “oral hypoglycemic” medications (sulfonylureas), you should work with your doctor to reduce doses as you cut back on your carbs or you’ll risk going low.
• I have found that once I eliminated breads, pasta, chips, potatoes, and fruits that my cravings for these have disappeared
• You may find that weight drops quickly initially as the glycogen stores with a significant amount of water weight attached to them are depleted
• Fat-burning, however, takes time
• but a pound per week is considered a good level of weight loss generally.
• a higher protein, fat diet does wonders to keep one satisfied
• hunger is not there like it was when eating higher carbs
• sometimes appetite will kick in after reading food posts
• a diet drink will usually do the trick

jeanne wagner

• changing up the kinds of exercise will help spark weight loss
• use a low carb diet and it has been very effective
• One thing that you have to be careful with when you do intense exercise is that when you are finished, sometime you are starving and eat more calories than you burned off.
• Even 30 minutes of exercise may only burn off 300 calories. If you eat 2 slices of bread or a bagel you’ve eaten that much.
• To lose 1 pound you need to burn 3500 calories
• That is a lot of exercise or you can try cutting 500 calories a day
• add more protein and fat. I started eating things like bacon,eggs, low carb toast for breakfast. I stayed full for 4 hours
• keep food journals with the food we eat, carb and calorie count and what our bg’s are 1 or 2 hours after.
• BG’s should be below 140.
• I make sure I have enough to eat to make it through the class. Sometimes I’ll make a strawberry whey smoothie.
• I finish exercising I usually eat something small that has protein
• By eliminating pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, etc I’ve been able to eat a lot of other foods instead
• Things like oatmeal, toast, rice, potatoes, fruit and yogurt are all carbs
• changed breakfast to bacon and eggs, had vegetables or boiled eggs for snacks and meat and vegetables for lunch and dinner you would see a big drop in weight
• eat 50-75 carbs a day I probably eat 1600 calories a day and lose about 1/2 pound-1 pound a week
• people think breakfast has to be cereal based. That is the worst thing for diabetics
• As we age, we do need to be more careful with exercise
• menopause has played havoc with my body
• important to warm up correctly
• drink lots of water
• know the limits of your own body
• Sometimes it’s better to do gentler types of exercise like walking or pilates or yoga
• limit it to 1 or 2 times a week and don’t try to overload bar with heavy weights
• cut back on heavy exercise and did milder things like walking
• I have to listen to my body
• warm up ahead of time
• stretching after a workout
• was in trouble when the 7 month pregnant woman lapped me twice
• lost a lot of weight but it has taken 7 years to do it
• The closer you get to your goal the harder it is
• Sometimes just making small changes like swapping bread and using lettuce for sandwiches or swapping pasta out and adding another salad for dinner
• I’m determined to be a fit and trim woman in her 60’s.
• lose weight in 10-15 pounds segments and then plateau

EmmJay

• I also prescribed to a low carb diet with moderate exercise
• Also I eat pasta, but I eat it maybe once in a week in a very small portion to satisfy my desire
• small changes sometimes have very big results
• reducing my carbs to 75 grams or less per day I have managed to lose 59 pounds in 7 months
• my BG levels are almost consistent
• I look and feel 10000% better, my skin is much better
• I really don’t have cravings for the carbs any longer
• It takes time, but slow, small changes make the world of difference over the long haul

cjo20

• Diet is much more important than exercise when it comes to losing weight
• small snack can negate the effects of an hour of exercise
• you should look at your total calorie consumption
• Keeping a detailed food log may help
• To lose weight, you will need to eat fewer calories in a day than the body burns.
• the body doesn’t like using up it’s carefully stored reserves of fat, so it will try it’s best to get you to eat something to make up the energy deficit
• most people seem to snack whenever they feel even slightly hungry – which is what causes weight to stay where it is ( or go up ).
• It doesn’t have to be a huge drop in calories a day, even a small deficit will cause weight loss in the long run
• dropping 200 calories a day is equivalent to losing about 0.5lb of fat a week
• giving up just 1 chocolate bar a day, you can lose about 14kg/28lb/2 stone in a year

DWine

• eat a snack of veggies when your tempted to go for the starchs
• I love bread and pasta too, but it does not love me so the relationship has ended between us
• shredded cabbage and saute it with onion and then scramble an egg into it.
• if you need things to crunch, and who doesn’t, buy some raw nuts like almonds, pecans and cashews
• 10 – 15 pecan halves, cashews, or almonds are low in carb but not in calories
• I use a 1/8c container to measure a serving out.
  These really help stem the cravings too

bsc

• you have to approach this in a measured manner
• If your body believes that you are starving, it will hold onto ever little bit of weigh
• follow a “low carb” diet and drop your calories to “just below” what you need
• Just below” does not mean a 2000 calorie deficit, it means perhaps 500 calories
• start tracking exactly what you eat
• lunch cannot be “whatever is served.”
• healthier and better eating 4-6 small meals throughout the day
• You food is your medicine and you must control
• you need to log and track what you eat.
• purchase 100% whey, avoid soy
• select a mix that is low carb and contains something like 5g in a serving
• Avoid the Grow formulas that have 100g of carbs
• mix my protein mix with milk, it adds 12g of carbs
• have a shake first thing in the morning, it helps disrupt my strong dawn phenomenon
• usually work out in the gym after eating, so I don’t take a shake before working out
• have a shake after the gym, it really helps recovery
• Protein shakes are a great way to supplement protein and are fine for diabetics
• If you follow diets like “protein power” these are really helpful. I don’t think age is a fact
• as a diabetic protein at high levels can and will affect your blood sugar
• protein over 25g in a meal is converted to blood sugar with a 1/3 efficiency
• meal with 55g of protein would have the same effect on my blood sugar as eating 10g of carbs.
• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). This can hit you particularly hard if you are weight training
• DOMS is muscle soreness, pain and stiffness that sets in 24-48 hours after exercise
• It affects everyone, diabetic and not, but there is a lot of variation
• accustomed to movements, the DOMS goes away
• if I lay off training for a week or two, I would suffer badly when I returned
• It is mostly associated with new movements and what I term “overreaching
• Post workout nutrition is thought to aid recovery
• Make sure you have a good meal right after workout
• find that DOMS can be helped with active recovery, such as taking a long walk on your off days
• differentiate DOMS, “burn” which in my case is a lactic acid buildup
• if you don’t train at the edge of injuring yourself, you won’t maximize your improvements
• hard to find a place where you are comfortable in the gym
• There will always be people younger, fitter and stronger than you
• there will always be someone older than you who is fitter and stronger
• competing with is yourself
• You are successful if you achieve your goals,

1.      becoming fitter

2.       losing weight o

3.       having better blood sugar control.

• you metabolize fat when your body calls on energy and needs to reach down into your fat reserves
• our bodies are accustomed to getting energy from blood sugar first then to draw on other sources like fat
• if you have blood sugar available, you won’t tap into your fat reserves
• metabolizing of fat is triggered by lowered insulin levels and increased glucagon levels
• to drive fat loss, keep your blood sugar levels low and keep your insulin levels low
• perform low level exercises like walking, you will achieve the best fat loss
• walking around all day with high blood sugar and insulin on board is not going to help you with fat loss
• If your blood sugar is high after exercising and does not come down, fasting is not going to be of any help in fat loss

lostdiver7

• iPhone and found a free application on there called Sparkpeople
• from a solid 227 1/2 on June 15 to 198 on Aug 29^th
• Just follow the plan

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