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  • Vermouth is the all-time worst!
  • I guess I reached and surpassed my goal yesterday. Swam 3 miles continuous on Sunday and Tuesday and yesterday swam 2 miles. Looks like I set my goals too low, but I must admit I am very tired after this week and took this morning off. My next goal is to 10k in one day, very noncontinuously. Some day, probably when I get…
  • OK, do whatever you think (and your doctor says) is best for you. I don't know hardly anything at all about diabetes, but I doubt that a lack of the proper rest now will somehow magically make up for a lack of exercise in the past. I will stop preaching now. I wish you all the best, truly!
  • A little bit inefficient; sounds like maybe your arm muscles are tired. You might want to consider taking more (some?) rest days and working in some strength training if you aren't doing any. It doesn't seem like you take any rest days. They are very important for increasing fitness, especially at the beginning and even…
  • No, because this thread is not about how healthy my heart is or diagnosing me with Asberger's. It is about Claudia and her goals and progress.
  • See PM. Let's let this thread be about Claudia and her goals.
  • See PM.
  • Why do you think I have misrepresented what I actually mean??? I think it is best if you PM me or start a separate thread rather than us continuing to clutter up Claudia's thread, which should be about Claudia.
  • There are a variety of ways for people to proceed so two pieces of contradictory advice can both be good advice for different people with different goals and motivation. But I do not disagree with you at all. I believe very much in a postive love for one's body and it is not a good idea to lose weight or improve fitness…
  • One of several unknown variables required to reach this conclusion is how fit Claudia is currently. I agree it is unrealistic if she does not currently have a sufficient level of fitness or is a very unhealthy 23-year-old, and it is beginning to sound like she is in fact near her ultimate goal weight for whatever desire…
  • No I did not. My comment has not been deleted. I merely agreed about the importance of protein and specifically suggested chicken as a food that is high in protein and low in calories. I also repeated my emphasis on fitness being the best goal, the necessity of rest and nutrition for this goal, and again recommended that…
  • I would never recommend running these kinds of distances. My personal exercise of choice for increasing fitness quickly is swimming. One of the nice things about swimming is that the less experienced you are, the more calories you burn doing even short distances. You do not need to, nor can you, do long distances until you…
  • I do not promote this kind of thing.
  • This is also very good advice.
  • Better to consult a nutritionist and use his or her guesstimates based on knowledge of Claudia's weight, body composition, and overall level of fitness and activity.
  • I would not yet conclude or assume that she has only 25 lbs left to go before she reaches her ideal weight for her desired maximal level of fitness.
  • I think there's some significant unknown variables before we or Claudia can reach that conclusion. My point is not that she can do this as long as she gets the proper amount of rest and nutrition, but that she needs to focus on fitness and to do this she must get the proper amount of rest and nutrition.
  • Please note that I recommended she do cardio and incorporate strenght-training. Not if she does it properly and focuses on fitness and getting the necessary amount of rest in order to improve fitness. Doing a couple of hours of cardio a day is not focusing on improving fitness. You will only break down your health doing…
  • I believe in what I've said and have tried to correct misrepresentations of what I've said. We can have a reasonable discussion. No need for an argument.
  • Very true. We all only have one body and we must love and listen to it.
  • Anyone can ask her. By incorporating strength-training and focusing on increasing fitness, she will minimize the amount of muscle lost. No one knows how successful she will be at losing fat and minimizing muscle loss, but hopefully she will take my advice to focus on increasing fitness, incorporating strength training, and…
  • I never said or thought she was morbidly obese, and I do know that overweight or obese people can lose 20 lbs in a healthy way in a month without doing any damage to their body if they go about it the right way, focusing on increasing fitness and proper rest and nutrition. The more overweight you are, the easier it is to…
  • The only thing I am unconvinced about is that we do not know how much stored fat she has. Do you know that she is 5'7" and weighs 150 lbs?
  • My advice is to make her focus on fitness and to get the proper amount of rest and nutrition to support that focus. That advice is good for pretty much everyone's circumstances. I did look at her profile and her picture. She did not share much information, but I did not assume that she is 25 lbs above her ideal weight,…
  • I did not say that she was dedicated to anything long-term and sustainable. Rather I recommended to her that she develop a plan that is more sustainable in the long term. I am sorry to hear about your anorexia. I am not being intentionally obtuse.
  • And I refuse to resort to insults so we may not have much to discuss.
  • Looks right to me. I don't think we know that she only has 25 extra pounds on her frame. We know what her goal is for the next month, but I do not know what her healthy weight should be. She can determine that with the advice of her physician or perhaps she already has. Depending upon how much stored fat energy she has,…
  • This is why I recommend that she work with a nutritionist. I can't break it down in detail for her. In general, I will say that if her work-outs are directed toward increasing fitness and not merely burning a maximum amount of calories for weight loss, enough nutrition and enough rest are achieved when her work-outs are…
  • Why not just answer my question and we can have serious discussion about what is and what is not safe and why.
  • I never said any such thing! Please do not misrepresent what I said. She has the motivation. This is her plan. If she can sustain her motivation to do what is necessary in a healthy way, it will be a testament to her enthusiasm, dedication, and the strength of her resolve. Other people have their own plans and are…
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