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- From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: Swimming (was: One whole week)
- Message-ID: <Nov.17.11.42.02.1992.9354@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:42:02 GMT
- References: <WVENABLE.92Nov5130207@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au> <1992Nov11.160146.17945@prime.mdata.fi> <Nov.13.11.27.01.1992.3515@gandalf.rutgers.edu> <1992Nov13.182345.14404@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
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- mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur) writes:
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- >In article <Nov.13.11.27.01.1992.3515@gandalf.rutgers.edu> shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan) writes:
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- >It would definitely make a difference. First of all, your diet sounds
- >healthy, so unless you are aware of overeating problems, then I don't
- >think you need to change it.
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- I don't think I overeat. God only knows what I would look like if I did.
- The big change in my lifestyle is going from college student to fulltime
- employee. I'm not running around like used to.
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- >Secondly, a half hour of Stairmaster can burn 200-400 calories, depending
- >on your intensity level. That would translate to a loss of 2-4 lbs a
- >month just from exercising. At your weight, you really can't expect to
- >lose weight much faster than that (since you are close to your goal) without
- >cutting calories.
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- That sounds encouraging. I can watch my soap opera tapes while I do it.
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- >Finally, there are those of us who believe, a la Covert Bailey, that
- >exercise makes body chemistry changes that help to reduce body fat in
- >other ways besides burning calories. There is some question about how
- >this actually works, but it's clear that exercise is key in any plan
- >to maintain a lower weight.
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- I read that book. Thats where I read that swimming doesn't burn fat.
- Has he changed his mind on that? The book I read was a 1978 edition.
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