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Originally posted by lorakeen View Postthat is not only impossible but outright insane.
People's metabolism changes with age. Also, if you keep yourself at a normal BMI and are active in your everyday life you should be OK.
EDIT: https://www.theguardian.com/science/...lts-says-study
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
One hour a day is a lot, particularly bearing in mind you can adjust the rate at which you walk. A family member with T2 diabetes has been told to do 30 mins and looking around much of the advice says 30 mins is a great goal. It's not enough to lose weight but just right for health managememnt. Don't need to be doing an hour. Telling people you need to do that has the opposite effect that it's too much to manage. I think people are surprised how little is actually needed to maintain a healthy balance and if that number is achievable more easily they will be more inclinded to do it.
Every person has their own way to do things and their own body's requirements.
With WFH, I found myself saving the 2 hours I was wasting on commuting, so I figured that spending one walking about is not a bad idea. It worked for me.
That being said, losing weight if that is the goal is something that always needs to be done with a diet. You can lose weight by dieting and not working out, but apparently the other way around doesn't work.
Everybody has their own needs. Whatever keeps one in shape and healthy is what's good for them.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
One hour a day is a lot, particularly bearing in mind you can adjust the rate at which you walk. A family member with T2 diabetes has been told to do 30 mins and looking around much of the advice says 30 mins is a great goal. It's not enough to lose weight but just right for health managememnt. Don't need to be doing an hour. Telling people you need to do that has the opposite effect that it's too much to manage. I think people are surprised how little is actually needed to maintain a healthy balance and if that number is achievable more easily they will be more inclinded to do it.
I read once that you need to get breathless (not gasping) for at least 10 minutes for the exercise to have benefit.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Not necessarily true. There was a fair bit reported in August (trying to find a non-paywalled link from a reputable source) from a study that discovered metabolism is pretty stable after your first couple of years until you reach around 60 when the next change happens.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
I read once that you need to get breathless (not gasping) for at least 10 minutes for the exercise to have benefit.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostApparently if you can't fit into the jeans you wore at 21 you have a problem...
People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can no longer fit into the jeans they were wearing when they were 21, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the disease.
I’m not sure that staying fat for such a long time is super healthy though!
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Much to my dear niece's amusement, I dug a leather belt from 1975 out of the wardrobe.
There's no way I could manage to do it up as tight as the wear marks indicated.
It's a loooooong time since I was 11st 2lb, though the weight seems to be dropping slowly at the moment.
The only time I've been close to that weight was back in the mid 80s.
Currently an indicated 12st 7lb ish, down from 13st something.
I do about an hours walk everday unless it's tipping down.
The road up the hill is relatively steep so I do get a bit breathless on the way up.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI think at 21 I still barely weighed much over 9st, I was incredibly skinny. I've filled out with both fat and muscle since then - currently two sizes bigger than I was back then but it should be 1 realistically. Some self-maintenance to do this winterbloggoth
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostApparently if you can't fit into the jeans you wore at 21 you have a problem...
Not sure if that means i have a problem, or not.Comment
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