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Re: swimming and weight lossFrom: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:17:06 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Avalos, wrote: > I swim about the same, sometimes more and try to swim as fast as I can. However I cannot keep my weight down and I'm the same as the other thread in that i have skinny arms etc but a huge abdomen. The swimming doesn't seem to help at all. My weight keeps going up although I never had a weight problem pre-menopause. i lost plenty then put it back but my tummy never went down even when I was well below 8st (5ft 4.5 "). Actually I'm at the end of my tether and don't know what else to do. I have no energy either Anne >Tash... > >I can't imagine who would write that swimming is not a good form of exercise >for weight loss, it is one of the most aerobic sports that also manages to >use almost all the muscles in the body! Unlike running, stairclimbing, or >aerobics, swimming does not harm the joints, and the possibility of injury >is very low... It is an excellent sport for people who are too heavy to get >into aerobics or running due to the excess weight strain that they would put >on their bones/joints. Swimming is particularly recommended as a form of >muscle/aerobic exercise for people with back/spinal problems, as it enables >the body to exercise while relieving pressure off of all joints... > >Whoever wrote that swimming was not a good form of exercise had no idea what >they were saying! I can tell you that for years I swam regularly (three to >five times a week), and I was in great shape... When I stopped (no access to >a pool), I instead took up aerobics... I stayed in shape, true, but I >aggravated knee and foot problems and eventually had to stop.... > >When I was 24 and in law school, I had gained (what I then thought was) a >lot of weight, and at the end of my second year, I took a vacation to Greece >and stayed with my aunt whose home is by the sea... I swam for an hour every >morning, an hour at noon, took long walks in the afternoons, and then swam >again for a half hour every evening before dinner... After three weeks, I >had taken off thirty pounds without worrying about my diet too much. > >If you like swimming and feel that it is working for you, then keep it up! I >wish I had easy, affordable access to a pool so that I could do the same! > >Clara >-----Original Message----- >From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net >Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:25 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS >Subject: swimming and weight loss > >swimming is my main form of excersize, i swim basically 1 km' (40 laps >of our local pool) 5 times a week, this might not seem far but it takes >effort! but i recently read swimming isnt a very good form of excersize >for weight loss, does anyone have any extra info on this? anyone else >lose weight through swimming? > >-- >Tash >
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