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lumberjack_jeff

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11. I'm a strong believer in the power of exercise to cure.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:08 AM
Sep 2012

If weight isn't coming off as quickly as you'd like, find another metric of success. Time your bike ride, add more hills to your walk, count push-ups.

The bathroom scale isn't the only useful gauge. Muscle is more dense than fat, aerobic exercise adds muscle mass slowly, but improves your cardiovascular capacity. I wouldn't expect your total weight to change very quickly - and it arguably shouldn't. As your strength returns, try doing some weights. Muscle mass is the engine that burns fat.

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