by Tinkerbell27 » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:36 am
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I too am a runner, have been since grade school (Track & Field) doing so with Asthma, and sever knee problems, later diagnosed with #ed_op#SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"#ed_cl# #ed_op#/SPAN#ed_cl#a low bone dentisitny and which by the way is hortatory along with calcium build up and Bone detraction, which in my case was good, as at the age of 17 I didn’t need a double knee replacement, just some cleaning up of the joint.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#At the age of 16 I was 185lbs, 5”7, very active, with no reason as to why I was over weight, I was gaining weight but hardly any muscle. I’ve always been a physically active person, (Gymnastics, Running, Kickboxing, Boxing, Riding). Mean while tending to the family farm (200 acres). Breeding/ raising Scottish Highlander Cattle, along with horses, and other livestock (small and large). #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#With giving some of my background you can see that I was a very active person, I was just fighting the family gene, (mother’s side tends to be of the heaver set). At the time I didn’t know about Muscle mass.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I didn’t find any diet helped me control my weight. At one time I felt that I was doing well, that was until I went grad dress shopping with my best friends, (all no-more then size 2 or 3) and with me being like a 14, 16 or so. Hard to deal with. And at the time I was 175lbs. Later found out when I seen a dietician that I my so called weight problem wasn’t with fat. In fact that the reason I wasn’t loosing weight was that I was gaining muscle, at the time I didn’t know or didn’t think about muscle buildup, all I was concerned about was weight. #ed_op#SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"#ed_cl# #ed_op#/SPAN#ed_cl#And trying to be like to girls in the magazines or the other girls at school.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/SPAN#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I guess what I’m trying to say is take care of yourself, find out all you can before you decide to diet, see a dietician, learn all you can about your body and physical state and activity, I know that If I listened ppl that I knew were more experienced and wiser than I, that I wouldn’t have went through as much hell as I did.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I can honestly say that now I’m at a good weight for my body, I’m 27, still active as I was when I was a teen and younger, still suffer from Asthma and joint pain, still going strong. Knowing that I’m doing the best that I can, that is healthy for ME.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I know that in time I will need complete joint replacements, the way I think about it is that, I’ll do all I can while I can.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#So again what I’m trying to say is, so try and be someone that you’re not, just be you, #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#So what if you don’t have the so called perfect model body, how cares. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#I just hope that you’re not trying to loose weight to fit in, or the like, seem too many wonderful ppl suffer and loose their lives over STUPID WEIGHT ISSUES.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#Take care, and hope that my rambling makes some kind of sence, Sorry for the novel.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/o:p#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl#Tink#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#aa4d4e#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#