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- $Title{Just Don't Feel Fit}
- $Subject{weight diet dieting exercise exercising Community Social fit fitness
- daily calories calory diary thyroid}
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- Just Don't Feel Fit
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- QUESTION: I am 28 years old and teach aerobics three to four times a week.
- My weight is about 128 pounds. The problem is reducing another ten to fifteen
- pounds. Even though I am not overweight, I just don't feel physically fit. I
- do not over eat and watch my fat consumption, but nothing seems to help. I
- have battled my weight all my life and it would be nice to finally win. Any
- advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
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- ANSWER: Without a height measurement, it is hard to completely evaluate your
- situation, but I probably would agree with you, you do not seem to be
- overweight. You would have to be 20 percent over your normal body weight to
- be considered obese. And that weight should be in excess fat tissue, rather
- than in muscle tissue, for it to be significant. While regular aerobics does
- not tend to excessively develop your muscles, it would be interesting to know
- if some of your body weight cannot be due to your frequent workouts. While
- you claim you are not overeating, keeping track of everything you consume in a
- daily diary and then converting those numbers to calories might reveal that
- even for a person of your age and your (unrevealed) height and physical
- activity, you are still consuming too many calories for there to be a
- noticeable weight loss over time. But my medical sensitivities are alerted by
- the statement that you "just don't feel fit". I would want to check out a few
- possibilities to be sure that both your physical functions and mental state
- are all functioning as they should. A thyroid problem can be at the base of
- your problem, and work and living situations can make a person feel less than
- fit without any physical basis. Too many times, a medical situation that is
- relatively easy to correct is lost in a poorly defined complaint such as
- yours. I don't think your answer lies in another diet, but in an overall
- evaluation of your physical, emotional and social situation.
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- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
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