fatman blues
Sep. 29th, 2005 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litchSo you know what sucks?
To see a change in size of something (without looking for it) it usually has to change by about 15-20%.
So for there to really be a change in the way I look, I gotta lose 50-70 pounds.
And, last time I checked (earlier this week), I've lost a whopping five pounds since I began making a concerted effort at losing weight over a month ago (actually it's been longer than that because I started from when when I was having kidney issues, that's just the first time I talked publically about it).
It's depressing as hell.
I know a part of it is that I am putting on some muscle mass. When I spend the day exercising at the park I don't get nearly as tired and feel a lot more healthy. But that's very small and insignifigant, a couple pounds, tops.
My intention was to eat less than 2500 calories a day, if my calculations are correct I've been averaging about 2000 calories/day. In a wierd kind of way it's kind of comforting, I've always suspected but never been able to prove I have a fairly slow metabolism or even measure it really. It has suprised people how spend a lot of time with me how little I eat, especially since according to the stuff I have read I should have to eat close to 3k/calories/day to really maintain my weight. I've always supposed that I just don't eat as much in public (assuming I was ashamed of eating) and did most of my calorie intake in private. That really doesn't seem to be the case, apparently I just don't burn many calories. I have always had a low resting heart rate, ~60, and that is another datapoint.
I don't want to cut my food intake signifigantly, I already get these wierd events every once in a while at night where I feel deprived (and usually wind up sending my calorie count up 300 or so to assuage it). I would like to incorporate a regular daily aerobic activity into my life since that will both add another calorie burning activity in my day and increase my overall metabolic rate. But jogging is really hard on my feet and knees at this point, and I can;t think of anything else that would really be satisfying.
To see a change in size of something (without looking for it) it usually has to change by about 15-20%.
So for there to really be a change in the way I look, I gotta lose 50-70 pounds.
And, last time I checked (earlier this week), I've lost a whopping five pounds since I began making a concerted effort at losing weight over a month ago (actually it's been longer than that because I started from when when I was having kidney issues, that's just the first time I talked publically about it).
It's depressing as hell.
I know a part of it is that I am putting on some muscle mass. When I spend the day exercising at the park I don't get nearly as tired and feel a lot more healthy. But that's very small and insignifigant, a couple pounds, tops.
My intention was to eat less than 2500 calories a day, if my calculations are correct I've been averaging about 2000 calories/day. In a wierd kind of way it's kind of comforting, I've always suspected but never been able to prove I have a fairly slow metabolism or even measure it really. It has suprised people how spend a lot of time with me how little I eat, especially since according to the stuff I have read I should have to eat close to 3k/calories/day to really maintain my weight. I've always supposed that I just don't eat as much in public (assuming I was ashamed of eating) and did most of my calorie intake in private. That really doesn't seem to be the case, apparently I just don't burn many calories. I have always had a low resting heart rate, ~60, and that is another datapoint.
I don't want to cut my food intake signifigantly, I already get these wierd events every once in a while at night where I feel deprived (and usually wind up sending my calorie count up 300 or so to assuage it). I would like to incorporate a regular daily aerobic activity into my life since that will both add another calorie burning activity in my day and increase my overall metabolic rate. But jogging is really hard on my feet and knees at this point, and I can;t think of anything else that would really be satisfying.
