Mon, Dec-09-02, 13:59
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,315
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Plan: Atkins (Pre-Maintenance)
Stats: 160/135/130
BF:35%/28%/22%
Progress: 83%
Location: New York, NY
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I don't really do any formal exercise myself. Before I found this woe, I figured heavy exercise was going to be the only way for me to lose weight since I thought I was eating pretty healthfully anyway. I've always eaten a balanced diet, lots of veggies, not much for dessert, that kind of thing. Little did I realize that giving up sugar, bread, pasta, etc. was the one step in eating I could do to really combat it.
Anyway, when I first started Atkins, I was in between jobs and had a lot of free time so I did some Tae Bo and jogging. Now I work 9-5 and go to school Mon-Thurs from 6-7:30, so I have little time (actually, technically I have time, but little motivation or energy) to exercise at the beginning or end of these long days. I try to do as much stretching as I can, some crunches here and there, and lift my 8 pound weights in some different ways a few times a week. But the most cardio I get is just walkin around NYC, which actually turns out to be about a mile a day. So I'm moderately active but definitely not in the aerobics type of way.
My point is: I haven't done anything much differently in terms of exercise since I started low-carbing and there the pounds go.
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