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erindubitably September 2 2012, 20:18:22 UTC
I'm still working on the 'exercise to be fit, not to be thin' mantra - it's easy enough to remember while exercising, less so when I'm lamenting how my trousers don't fit as well as they used to. Mainly I miss having hobbies/jobs that would allow me to exercise during, as opposed to having to make time for it outside of everything else I want to do.

But yeah, I agree, in this day and age it seems impossible not to have some sort of body-related issues no matter how you look. And that sucks. Bring on the future when we're all brains in jars!

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alitheapipkin September 3 2012, 08:42:00 UTC
I was serious about the running BTW :)

Oooh no, I'm not a brain in jars fan, I *love* having a body, I just wish it wasn't so temperamental at times!

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erindubitably September 3 2012, 08:46:38 UTC
I've never run with anybody before (well, since high school at least) mainly because I'm really, really crap at it and highly embarrassed by that fact, so you'll have to be okay with lots of walking breaks if you want to run with me. Not trying to put you off, just warning you in case you were hoping for someone competent!

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alitheapipkin September 3 2012, 08:56:44 UTC
I'm awful at the moment too believe me, however, my experience of running with Mandy in Aberdeen is that you are much better doing it *with* someone than on your own, provided you don't have totally different strides (I can't run with Kev because even though he is awful, his stride is sooo much longer than mine that we can't stay together). I'd never have got up to doing 5K running on my own! And it took us about a year to get up to that if that makes you feel better :)

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anthrokeight September 3 2012, 03:46:44 UTC
Word. I, hear you. Scales are not a reliable indicator of what is going on with my body at all.

I've lost [some small amount of weight] since going to the endocrinologist in July.

I've leveled up the weight I am leg pressing, benching, squatting, chest flye, weighted lunge, and bicep curling. I have bigger muscles.

So... muscle mass is heavier than fat. I've lost a small amount of weight. I've got more muscle and lift more...

If I'd not been lifting, I might have lost fat and not gained muscle. And I would certainly NOT be stronger or fitter than I am now.

Numbers on a scale are not a fact of fitness. Strength is a fact of fitness.

I hope you're getting back to a less stressed, more gentle routine.

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alitheapipkin September 3 2012, 08:51:17 UTC
Yep, ideally I should probably be about 1/2 a stone heavier but with muscle rather than flab, which is what I've lost. I need to do some weights but I need to get my elbow sorted first (Dr thinks this is problem rather than carpal tunnel syndrome, which is annoying because I went about it some *years* ago and got palmed off by a newly qualified Dr who basically told me to take painkillers and stop moaning).

I'm less stressed, although that may not last given I have a job interview to prep for now, and you know, work to catch up on! Went swimming yesterday and have t'ai chi classes back on from Wed so hopefully things will settle into a routine. I'm sleeping again which is the biggest relief, and my appetite is back, although I'm having to be careful because my stomach seemed to prefer the eating less thing - I think I need to become a snacker!

Glad things are moving in the right direction for you anyway, I'm very impressed with your lifting, I've always been such a weakling arms-wise, even when I was much fitter.

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alitheapipkin September 3 2012, 09:30:33 UTC
Also, my blood pressure was *normal* when the Dr took it earlier, which frankly shocked me!

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tabouli September 5 2012, 12:04:41 UTC
Yeah, I too am the thinnest I've ever been. Even the BMI agrees I'm verging on underweight (5'2", 50kg at the moment). Makes a mockery of the Hollywood assumption that having babies makes women Fatter Without Fail. It's a tiny bit scary. Thanks to breastfeeding I still have breasts (which I normally wouldn't at all at this weight), but I can see ribs between them.

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alitheapipkin September 5 2012, 13:21:14 UTC
I suspect my BMI is also verging on underweight as I'm 5'5", but then I've been underweight most of my life according to their scale, I come from a family of very small framed people.

Scary isn't good though, I hope you are looking after yourself as well as you can.

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