I apologize for all the typos in the above post; comes from typing on a phone. I was interested in Grant's comment about overweight women and overweight children; hard to think there wouldn't be some correlation, but again it could vary with genetics. My mother was overweight as is my eldest sister, I less than her & my youngest sister less than I. My mother would regularly do the Atkins diet lose 30lbs., gain it all back, then lose 50lbs. the next time only to gain it back! Finally in her 60s her doctor diagnosed her as Diabetic; she went on what we would describe as a ketogenic diet these days and finally dropped to a more or less normal weight. I think the main reason she couldn't maintain her weight loss and now suffers from dementia is she was never active, she didn't ride bikes, she didn't do anything.
To Charlie and others who are discouraged by exercising & gaining weight rather than losing it. I would say stick with it. As someone whose gone from very fit to less so (purely based on my activity levels) a few times in my life, I would say stay away from the scale it can be very misleading! A sudden increase in physical activity will correspond to a burst in muscle growth; initially you will build muscle faster than you burn fat & muscle weighs ~ 2x fat! So, it's only natural to gain weight at first. The good news is bigger muscles need more fuel and thus burn more calories, so while it may be slow sledding at first at some point you will notice the weight loss will start to increase and finally really start to pick up steam. You can accelerate the process with a Palio or Keto diet, but if you stay with it, results will follow. For me I stay away from the scale, it took 20 years, a wife, 2 kids & a very stressful job to put on this weight, so I don't think it's healthy to think I am going to lose it all over night. My better gauge is my waist line at my heaviest I was a 38" waist, 4 or 5 years ago; without changing too much I am sub 36" and slimming noticeably faster now that I've increased my muscle mass. Most importantly my results are due more to lifestyle changes as opposed to strictly dieting, because of that I am more likely to stay with it and continue increasing my fitness level and losing weight. I would say the best barometer is your belt! Mine has notches every inch or so and I am 3 notches down from my biggest and getting better every day. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9684b8b2-253a-4396-9469-0b6dfd9f9130%40googlegroups.com.
