Exercise

[rowyn]

On the one hand, this would explain why taking up regular exercise has only kept me around the same weight for the last three or four years. Since apparently I'm supposed to exercise an hour a day just to avoid gaining more weight. Even on a good week I'm not doing that much. (Although it depends in part on what exactly qualifies as "moderate" vs "high" intensity.) So actually, I am fortunate in not having gained weight since 2009. Yay?

On the other hand: ARGH. Stupid fleshy body, so demanding. x.x

(On a tangential note: even after taking exercise off my resolution list, I'm still exercising 4-5 times a week. So I haven't thrown up my hands and given up. YET.)

Comments

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I know for me it's 'don't eat snacks'. A rule that I am not so very good at keeping, but when I do keep it it works...

But I'm pretty sure that's not universally applicable since other people have been given the exact opposite advice (eat tiny meals and snack a lot).

[rowyn]

For me, the only thing that's really worked is "eat fewer calories". I used to drink a ton of Coke and have this huge brownie from the cafe near work every day, back in '97. I lost about 20 pounds by giving those up. But I still drink diet soda and I still don't have a big daily dessert any more, /and/ exercising regularly ... yet here I am, hovering around my all-time high. Sigh. Stupid high-maintenance finicky body.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I've seen that too -- if you take some indulgence and give it up, you get a temporary weight loss but it comes right back even if you still keep not indulging. Your body adjusts, and now you're torturing yourself just to stay where you used to be without having to torture yourself.

If only it worked the other way around! >:)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I don't try to avoid snacks, myself, but I do try to eliminate cheese and I switched from white rice to brown rice. It may make a difference what kind of snacks one chooses as well. Dried fruit might make a wholesome snack.

I've been pondering a more difficult task, reducing or eliminating oil in cooking for myself. Most all of the recipes I know involve frying!