Fending off flab -- middle aged ladies need an hour or more exercise


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chemgal is offline chemgal Post #11  April 10,2010, 9:48pm
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[quote=neardc;932264]And, having to exercise an hour a day in order to hold the line if you are already at a good weight (much less if you wish to lose) is a big chunk of time for most busy women,[quote]

If you watch the video with one of the authors of the study, she elaborates that the 60 minutes of exercise means 60 minutes of brisk walking (or equivalent) or 30 minutes of jogging (or equivalent). That's not at all unreasonable. That's half an hour of running around playing sports with your kids in the evenings. Or walking to work and back. Or going for a jog on your lunch break.
 
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I read that article and I felt it was grim.

I am 43, love to exercise. I have exercised all my life but I rarely do an hour a day. Well, if you count slow dog walking yes....but otherwise no.

How do you explain the over 60 women who are still thin? My mother was one of them. She did a quick jog around the block each night and was discliplined in her eating but she enjoyed life.

And another woman I know is slim but elderly.

Not everyone gets heavy as they get older.
 
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waltercl is offline waltercl Post #13  April 12,2010, 7:21pm
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HappyandLight wrote :
My mother was one of them. She did a quick jog around the block each night and was discliplined in her eating but she enjoyed life.
I bolded what I believe is the real key. I've quoted some statistics before about how much the average dress size bought in America has gone up since the early 1980's. The same statistics showed just how many more calories are being consumed as compared to that same time. It is true that lifestyles are more sedentary, but that alone can't account for just how much bigger Americans are getting. The major problem is that we are eating too much of the wrong things.

I talked about my own journey over the last year or so in a previous post, and during that same time I gradually decreased portion sizes, and substituted some more healthier options to what I had been eating. One of the first things I noticed was how good it felt a few hours after eating when I had ate just the right amount as opposed to how I felt previously. The first 30 minutes after eating I would still feel hungry to some degree, but when I learned to not keep putting food down but let what I had ate settle then the hunger went away and instead of feeling bloated I felt satisfied. This is a discipline that you just have to learn as you experience it.

Another major problem is our attitude as Americans toward food. I saw some representatives of the various groups who defend the right to be overweight. Their attitude was that eating light and healthy was a punishment and kept them from the pleasures they desired in food. They felt "liberated" to be able to eat the kinds of things they wanted to. What is difficult to get through to them and many Americans as well is that eating healthy is not a punishment. It is a trade-off. Yes you do give up a certain amount of pleasure of eating all those fatty foods, but what you get is a healthier body, better body image, better self-image, and overall better quality of life. You couldn't pay me any amount of money to go back and eat all those supposed "pleasure foods." What I get now produces a lot more pleasure than the foods I gave up.

I honestly don't know what it is going to take to turn things around. Every statistic is trending in the wrong direction. There is so much denial, excuses, and rationalization out there that it is almost exhausting to try and combat it all.
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nightling wrote :
Here is more discouraging information about women and weight.

Why Overweight Women Struggle to Slim Down | LiveScience

I am a 65 year old obese woman who only began to exercise 5 months ago. After 2 months of increasing my endurance and flexibility, I added a healthy diet to my program. I am down 20 lbs, have loads of energy, stamina, and a very positive attitude. Exercise may not have gotten the weight off, but it gave me a younger moving body, energy, and the ability to do some things I had thought I could not do due to age. All this with bad knees and an injured back. Exercise, for me is worth my effort and rewards me greatly.
 
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