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When you're cleared for exercise, start slowly and build up. Surgery is hard on the body. Jumping into exercise after a layoff is hard on the body. Combine the two and you might well do more harm than good. Your doctor should be able to advise you, or direct you to someone who can, on how to ramp up your exercise safely. I…
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Nope! If I'm feeling ambitious or changing the sheets, I'll straighten everything, but I hardly ever tuck the top sheet in.
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Yes!
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I ate an entire 100g chocolate bar for breakfast, using the excuse that I can make it fit my calories. This is terrible news for the rest of my day because my TOM cravings aren't a problem until the afternoon and I totally just set myself up for a blood sugar crash.
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I agree with the others about eating at maintenance when you need to. I'm trying that this month and so far it seems to be working. As for workouts, use the old trick of telling yourself you'll just exercise for 5 minutes and can quit after that. The hardest part is getting started and usually you'll end up doing a decent…
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I'll add that windproof gloves are helpful when it gets close to or below freezing. And pogies for those really cold days. A light balaclava protects the skin on my face, but this won't work well with glasses.
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Yes, you can definitely use your running gear. If you're using running pants/tights, you'll want liner cycling shorts underneath. Your regular cycling shorts should also work. Just make sure you're more windproof than you would be for running at the same temperature. For me, the colder it is, the less cycling-specific…
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Just getting back on the bike after major illness and I'm going to bike for utilitarian purposes for a few weeks before I start pushing myself. I've been for two rides this week. If you haven't already, adjust your pedals so they're holding your cleats loosely. So when you find yourself having to stop very suddenly, then…
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I'd like to join, please.
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He's almost 400 lbs, so he could burn 1400 calories in an hour with fairly intense exercise. OP, you should ask your doctor for an explanation as to why you shouldn't eat back exercise calories. The more you weigh, the higher your deficit can be. I would expect that as your weight drops, your doctor will revise your…
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Amazing and inspiring!
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I usually don't eat dairy, I have no problem with bloating, but have several non-lactose-related issues. I generally don't substitute anything for it, I changed the way I eat instead. For example, I stopped eating breakfast cereal altogether. For recipes that call for dairy, I use coconut milk. But as most people are…
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I don't have an activity tracker or anything. I carefully recorded all my calories for four weeks, from the end of TOM to the end of TOM (to try to eliminate water weight issues, also watched sodium, exercise, etc, for a few day prior to weigh-ins to try to get the most accurate weight for comparison). I calculated my…
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Chiming in with another recommendation for Body By You by Mark Lauren. I started doing You Are Your Own Gym, but that turned out to be too difficult at this stage. Body By You is working much better for me, weak beginner that I am. The program has clear progressions--moving up a level when you can complete all the reps, so…
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Thanks for the suggestions!
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Rediscovered my bike after 5 months, did ~25km on Friday and 45km today. I'm happy that despite the lack of exercise over the summer/fall, these rides felt fine (except for my butt).
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The North. Trying to lose instead of gain heading into this winter.
