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[geekchick]

Another trip to the gym tonight, this time to read "A Distant Mirror" and use the bikes for an hour. I always feel like I want to give up around 9 minutes, but if I can make it to 15 or so then I can usually carry on as long as I want. I'm not sure if it's just weird metabolism stuff, or feeling bored. Maybe both. I should go to the gym more often, as I always feel better when I've gone.

Of course last time I came home after the gym and promptly put on 2 pounds by the next morning. Chris assures me that it's not "real" weight, it's likely glycogen storage or some such, but it sure seems pretty real when I'm standing on the scale. =P "I put on 5, if it helps you feel better." Well, no, it would only make me feel better if I'd lost that 5 and you'd found them somehow. ;)

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[wolfy.livejournal.com]

find 5 lose 5...you're still the same to me *hugs*

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

There's also the phenomenon of losing weight and then putting it back on as muscle. Muscle is a lot denser than fat and thats why you can look smaller without actually changing in weight.

I'm coming to the conclusion that weight is such an arbitrary thing....I'm sure that the fitness gurus have their own scales of how many pounds you're supposed to weigh depending how tall you are, but these #s don't take things like muscle vs. fat, water weight, etc. into account.

[geekchick]

Re: replacing fat with muscle

Oh yeah, I ran into that when I was working with a trainer. I didn't lose any weight, I in fact put on 4 pounds, but it was definitely muscle.

I don't think that was the problem with the gym the other night though, as all I did was 45 minutes on an elliptical trainer after not being in the gym for many months. =)