True - I think. Lori
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Richard Kratt <rkr...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Lori, > > Don't forget that a lot of the calories then were going towards wound > healing. > > Richard > > > --- On *Thu, 12/18/08, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > From: Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Exercise > To: "Greg" <g...@eskimo.com>, quad-list@eskimo.com > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 10:26 AM > > > Women tend to be more "self-conscious" about their weight and I *hate* my > quad tummy (that has gotten bigger over the years and has nothing to do with > food) but us quads have no stomach muscles so there is nothing I can do > about it. I eat very little and eat healthy but have only gained weight. > Mostly in the girth, hips & arse over the last 3-4 years. > > I have found out how I CAN (from experience-even though it was bad > experience) lose weight and that is by staying in bed 24/7 for several > months. Not all of my weight is water weight anymore but the two times that > I was in bed with wounds (2001 & 2004) I was very thin after about five > months in bed. What is funny, however, was that I ate much more (much more) > during those times and now I only eat about a quarter of what I was eating > then. And I am eating the same stuff. Just less desserts (IF any dessert) > and not meals in bigger quantities like when I was in bed. > > But I can't have a life being in bed 24/7 day after day, week after week > and month after month so my body is going to do what is going to do. > > I feel out of proportion because just a little above my bellybutton -the > rest of me is quite slim. So gravity and aging won over the last three to > four years. Prior to that my face, neck, and arms were pretty heavy looking > and the bottom part was "okay." Now I am just the opposite and everything > went south! > > To answer your question, I have not been able to exercise since the onset > of acquiring syringomyelia (1994) because it only exacerbates my autonomic > nervous system and increases my pain levels (like Dan described). So, I > have just learned to live with it. I just don't like my hips almost going > over the edges of each side of my seat! > > Don't worry about it... I have seen you and you look great! <---- Now > people can run with that rumor and think "Lori has the hots for Greg!" LOL > > Lori Michaelson > Age - 44 > C4/5 complete quad, 29 years post > Tucson, AZ > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > >> >> >> How many of you exercise regularly? I use to, but it never seemed to help >> much. I stopped for years, but after years of quaddom and taking meds, pain >> pills, etc. I fined myself getting tired a lot, low energy, low stamina, >> etc. So I started to try exercising again. To soon to tell if it's helping >> yet. >> >> My old leg bags use to have these great rubber straps to hold >> them on my leg. Not the cloth/elastic kind they now have. I saved lots of >> the old ones for just this reason. I tie them together and make loops on the >> end. I use them as exercise bands. I can use them many ways, various >> lengths, double them up, etc. Most often I loop it over a bar on my ceiling >> and loop it to my hands. It works pretty well. Who knows, maybe I can loose >> some of my man boobs. I wish there was a way to loose my quad tummy. >> >> >> >> Best of health, >> >> Greg >> > > > > -- > Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post > Tucson, AZ > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
