Re: weight loss frustration

"Mikey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm 43 years old and had a
> massive heart attack two years ago. After the heart attack, I began a
> fitness program that eventually built up to about 5k of slow (7
> mins/1k) jogging five times a week. I went from 185 pounds to about
> 165 pounds in just a few months and kept it up for a little more than
> a year. Then I moved to a colder part of the country, found that I
> couldn't stand jogging in the winter, and eventually gave it up. About
> 10 weeks ago, I joined a gym because my weight had once again shot up
> to about 185 pounds. I've been doing 40 minutes of moderate aerobic
> exercise five times a week with very light (10 lbs) weightlifting four
> times a week. Although I've noticed an improvement in how I feel, I
> haven't lost a single pound in the past 10 weeks. If anything, I'm
> eating healthier than I used to, and I calculate my weekly caloric
> burn at 2,500, or 10,000 calories a month, or roughly three pounds
> every four weeks. I reckon I should have lost about eight pounds. What
> gives? Have I gained that much muscle? Will I start seeing faster
> weight loss soon?

I suggest you learn to lift weights.  Particularly as I have gotten older it
has been more and more effective for me and, after years of 100 mile bike
rides and 18 mile runs, I do very little traditional aerobic exercise and am
thinner, stronger, _and_ in better cardiovascular shape than I was when I
ran 30 miles/week.  My body fat is about 10%, I'm 48 years old, just shy of
5'8" tall, and weighed 149 lbs. this morning.  My resting pulse is in the
40's.

More info on my web site.

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