| Title: | Weight Loss and Maintenance |
| Notice: | **PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)! |
| Moderator: | ASICS::LESLIE |
| Created: | Mon Jul 09 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 933 |
| Total number of notes: | 9931 |
A common lament these days at DEC, I'm the heaviest I've ever been. I
could teach Weight Watchers for all the times I've been there. I just
feel like my mouth is on a self distruct pattern. I've been covering
two people's jobs since January, my husband was laid off in March, we
have multiple mortgages to cover, I'm still recovering from a ruptured
disk so the amount of exercise I can do and the type is limited and I'm
eating my brains out! I'm 50 lbs overweight!
You would think that the only are of my life I could happily be in
control of is my eating habits, but it's worse than ever. Eating
correctly is expense!
Does anyone out there with lower back problems (L4-5 S-1) have any
ideas for exercise? I'm not a good swimmer and the real unfortunate is
that walking is the chief agravation of my disks! I feel like I'm
trapped in H-ll and it's not hot... it's just FAT down here!
Lolly
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| 619.1 | CLOSUS::TAVARES | John--Stay Low, Keep Moving! | Thu Nov 01 1990 20:06 | 11 | |
I've experienced, and I think its a common reaction, lower back problems when I've been under stress for a long period of time. Also, being overweight has, in my experience, caused lower back problems too. Putting the two together, it should be no wonder that you're having problems...I think being out of work and worried about money is just about as bad as it gets! For myself, I've found that laying on the floor, flat on my back, with my legs bent and the shin part resting on a hassock or low stool, is the best thing for a bad back. I would not try any exercise. I hope this is something that you can use. | |||||
| 619.2 | For a Weak Back | RANGER::PEASLEE | Fri Nov 02 1990 17:03 | 15 | |
The best exercise for your back is stretching. Here are a few
suggestions:
1. Lie on your back, knees bent and legs curled up, arms stretched
out by your sides. With legs bent turn your hips to your left while
you turn your head to the right and vice-versa. This will stretch
out your back and you'll feel *alot* better.
2. Remember windmills in school? Do something similar touching right
hand to left toe, then left hand to right toe - its ok to bend your
knees - feel for the gentle stretch in your lower back.
3. Sit up on the floor with legs straight in front of you and turn
at the waist to the right, then left.
I learned most of these exercises in physical therapy for a back
problem.
Good Luck!
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| 619.3 | Look Out Chubby Checker! | SYSTMX::AZARIAN | Fri Nov 02 1990 18:07 | 9 | |
Sounds like I'll be gently twisting (look out chubby checker) and
stretching this weekend. I've been on a regime of stretching stuff,
but I swear muscles get to know the pattern and dont really stretch
anymore. A different pattern of exercise might do the trick.
Thanks!
Lolly
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