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Post Treatment Weight Gain
If anyone told me during treatment that I'd have a problem losing weight a year later, I'd think they were crazy.
During treatment I lost over 30 lbs, a lot of it lean muscle mass, and most of it within the first three months of treating. Within three months of ending treatment, all the weight came back but not surprisngly a greater proportion came back as fat as opposed to muscle.
The remedy -- weight work to build muscle mass, diet sensibly with enough protein and calories to retain muscle mass and aerobic exercise to lose the fat. In the past, this has always worked and quite easily. But for some reason the body doesn't want to cooperate the same way after treatment. No doubt my metabolism has changed and not for the better.
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During treatment I lost over 30 lbs, a lot of it lean muscle mass, and most of it within the first three months of treating. Within three months of ending treatment, all the weight came back but not surprisngly a greater proportion came back as fat as opposed to muscle.
The remedy -- weight work to build muscle mass, diet sensibly with enough protein and calories to retain muscle mass and aerobic exercise to lose the fat. In the past, this has always worked and quite easily. But for some reason the body doesn't want to cooperate the same way after treatment. No doubt my metabolism has changed and not for the better.
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Curious, what's a typical day's menu look like for you? I mentioned I can't think clearly on a very low carb diet, wondering if you've noticed a difference as well. Thanks.
-- Jim
-- Jim
Now we are getting somewhere.
Would you kindly elaborate on your companien....do you use a foot pump, does she have belly fat, what is her BMI status....definately more details are needed to get the full picture.
But I do understand if you wish to remain silent about such personal matters.
Whatever happend to the girl at the derms office...I thought something was cooking?
Ina
Would you kindly elaborate on your companien....do you use a foot pump, does she have belly fat, what is her BMI status....definately more details are needed to get the full picture.
But I do understand if you wish to remain silent about such personal matters.
Whatever happend to the girl at the derms office...I thought something was cooking?
Ina
I am 5"3' and weight 135 pounds at start of tx, and now weigh130-132.
The ultra low carb diet , between 20-40 carbs a day is keeping me there.
In addition the gluten free diet is forcing me to stay the course. I don't like gluten free procucts, so it's protein, veggies and fruit.
Plus I am so freaking scared of diabetes and metabolic syndrome, I was able to overcome my huge appetite.
I stopped execising last Oct, don't have the energy. I also have a 24 hour fast about every 3 weeks to give my liver a total rest, no vitamins, nothing, just water.
My glucose was 108, and my triglycerides 220 before going low carb.
If I ever start exercising again, I raise the carb load, but only a little.
Ina
The ultra low carb diet , between 20-40 carbs a day is keeping me there.
In addition the gluten free diet is forcing me to stay the course. I don't like gluten free procucts, so it's protein, veggies and fruit.
Plus I am so freaking scared of diabetes and metabolic syndrome, I was able to overcome my huge appetite.
I stopped execising last Oct, don't have the energy. I also have a 24 hour fast about every 3 weeks to give my liver a total rest, no vitamins, nothing, just water.
My glucose was 108, and my triglycerides 220 before going low carb.
If I ever start exercising again, I raise the carb load, but only a little.
Ina
If you haven't gotten an IPOD yet, consider one. I just upgraded to the 80 Gig Video and loaded it with all sorts of stuff. You can customize 'playlists' to your workouts with your favorite music; also download whole seasons of TV series you missed, as well as movies. An episode of "24" for example -- without commercials -- is around 45 minutes. That's could be most of your 60 minute aerobic workout right there. Then there're audio books and lots of free stuff like podcasts and NPR broadcasts, etc.
As a post note to those soon coming off the drugs. What happened with me was that I started eating very healthy as soon as my taste buds came back which was within a couple of weeks of stopping the drugs. What happened was that I actually lost a few pounds and started to panic that I'd never regain the weight I lost during treatment. So then I started to up the calories. Big mistake. Looking back, what I think happened during my initial post tx weight loss was that my metabolism hadn't changed yet from treatment metabolism to post treatment metatbolism. Had I known it was going to change, and what would follow, I probably would have stuck to that better diet. Now, I'm just trying to play catch up with all those pounds which is always more difficult. So, just remember, when you come off the treatment drugs those lost pounds WILL come back, no need to help the process along by eating too much.
-- Jim
-- Jim
Hopefully you can catch it early since you just came off the drugs.
In my case, I just let it go for a number of months rejoicing in getting my taste buds back, etc.
From what I've learned, the best cardio program for burning flat ironically isn't higher intensity aerobics like running but rather longer duration lower intensity aerobics like walking, ellipse machine, etc. You can 'google' "fat burning, aerobics" and such, but basically the idea is to stay in the fat burning zone between 60-120 minutes a day. To get an approximation of your fat burning zone, subtract your age from 220 and then multiple by .7
And yes, weight training is very important so when you lose the weight, you lose less muscle. Along with that, you don't want to lose the weight too fast because again, you'll lose muscle, so the trick is to eat enough food to keep your lean body mass and let the low level aerobics eat away the fat. Losing any more than 1-2 pounds per week is not a good idea.
At least that's the theory, and hopefully it will work for us!
-- Jim
In my case, I just let it go for a number of months rejoicing in getting my taste buds back, etc.
From what I've learned, the best cardio program for burning flat ironically isn't higher intensity aerobics like running but rather longer duration lower intensity aerobics like walking, ellipse machine, etc. You can 'google' "fat burning, aerobics" and such, but basically the idea is to stay in the fat burning zone between 60-120 minutes a day. To get an approximation of your fat burning zone, subtract your age from 220 and then multiple by .7
And yes, weight training is very important so when you lose the weight, you lose less muscle. Along with that, you don't want to lose the weight too fast because again, you'll lose muscle, so the trick is to eat enough food to keep your lean body mass and let the low level aerobics eat away the fat. Losing any more than 1-2 pounds per week is not a good idea.
At least that's the theory, and hopefully it will work for us!
-- Jim
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