"JimH" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
An update on your encounters with the elliptical monster is long
overdue. ;-)

Oi!

I'm up to seven minutes on the torture device before my knees burst into
flames. The rest of me is doing okay on the machine...no pains anywhere
else, no shortness of breath, et cetera. I am up to 45 minutes on our
treadmill. My wife sez if I keep at it, I'll work up my endurance on the
ellliptical, and she's right, because when I started three to four
minutes was all I could tolerate.

One morning while she was sleeping, I went for a walk on the beach and
walked for two and a half hours in one direction before turning around. I
couldn't have done that six months ago.

I've dropped 17 pounds in the last month.

There have been other positive changes I won't discuss here.


You must be on the low carb diet with that sort of weight loss in such a
short time.

If you are.......some warnings: Unless you keep up with that diet you
will start to gain the weight back when going back to eating normal foods.
I speak from personal experience. This is not to dismiss your weight
loss.......I congratulate you on your results.......losing weight is never
easy.

Congratulations and keep it up!


I am no expert, but going back to "normal foods" is how you get overweight
to begin with. The secret is to redefine what is "normal" for you. The
other issue is exercise. All the weight loss and control programs and
experts have one common recommendation .... at least 30 minutes a day of
some form of cardiovascular exercise, ideally combined with resistance
weight lifting 3-4 times a week. This is in addition to your normal
activities, so the "walks" you take at the mall or whatever doesn't count.

As far as the low carb, high carb, no fat, diets .... it really does not
matter. Your body converts the excess intake of anything into storage fat.
3500 extra calories equals a pound gained. It doesn't matter if they came
from ice cream, peanut butter, apples or grapefruit.

Eisboch