I don't remember the exact numbers, but, when I went in the service I enlisted in a program called MREP. (Medical Remedial Enlistment Program) It was designed to, in my case, create a situation that forced weight loss. It was a daily regiment of 1200 calories per day and 6 to 8 hours of continuous exercise (running, sit-ups, push-ups, etc.). Over a 7 week period I lost 90 pounds.I'll bet it was water retention and eating restaurant food. I always get puffy at WDW no matter what I eat/don't eat. I think when you eat a lot of home cooked meals, made from scratch, it's jarring to dine out because it's loaded with sodium. I always come back 5 lbs heavier, but it's gone within 2-3 days of being home. That's definitely water.
I'm sure it was water, i ate much healthier on the way home and it was gone next time I got on the scale. I was pretty good about working out on my last Disney vacation, weights every few days and some yoga most days. Short sessions but walking always walking LOLI'll bet it was water retention and eating restaurant food. I always get puffy at WDW no matter what I eat/don't eat. I think when you eat a lot of home cooked meals, made from scratch, it's jarring to dine out because it's loaded with sodium. I always come back 5 lbs heavier, but it's gone within 2-3 days of being home. That's definitely water.
What's this sedentary you speak of?
The sedentary I speak of is that we don't go out in the field and rake and stack hay to feed the livestock that we have to keep healthy to supply our nutrition or income. We don't have to chop wood to keep warm or sweat away tons of water because there was no air conditioning. I mean we don't have to saddle up the horses or follow behind them with a plow to harrow the fields to plant crops to feed ourselves. Those folks, even in my lifetime, would work out in the fields all day with very few breaks to drink liquids and certainly not the gallon jugs that I have seen so many people take to work with them and drink constantly while in their air conditioned cubical all day.What's this sedentary you speak of?
The sedentary I speak of is that we don't go out in the field and rake and stack hay to feed the livestock that we have to keep healthy to supply our nutrition or income. We don't have to chop wood to keep warm or sweat away tons of water because there was no air conditioning. I mean we don't have to saddle up the horses or follow behind them with a plow to harrow the fields to plant crops to feed ourselves. Those folks, even in my lifetime, would work out in the fields all day with very few breaks to drink liquids and certainly not the gallon jugs that I have seen so many people take to work with them and drink constantly while in their air conditioned cubical all day.
I know that you are active, in our own way, we all are, but, certainly not to the degree that our ancestors were and if they wanted water they had to hand dig a well to get it. And we are the ones that pay somebody thousands of dollars to come up with a reason why we are all overweight. To be honest, I would much rather be overweight then have to have that type of life style, but, to me it is completely obvious why we are and as much as I would love to blame McDonald's for that, I'm afraid it is a much simpler reason.
I wasn't in shape but I wasn't without physical ability and stamina and the biggie was that I was 20 years old. Today I'd be dead after the first hour. Breaks? You have got to be kidding me. 30 seconds tops with the exception of meals (which we ran too) and evening where we were allowed to drink as much Tab as we wanted and smoke cigarettes and just sit around if we could still hold our heads up. The process also weakened our ability to hold off sickness too, and there was no staying back because we had a massive cold or flu type things. Ah, yes! Good times! Almost all of us, at one time or the other, got what was known as the Amarillo crud. You just pushed through it! Many of the people that I was in there with would pass out while running laps, we had to jump over them like those stanchions you see in track and field events. Someone else would come to their aid, we were to keep running.
Thank you
Nothing except I l ready have breakfast quinoa and buckwheat in the rice cooked, peas soup in the slow cooker, a couple dozen of jumbo muffins in the oven and I'm going to bake calzone like sandwiches for the road(every trip I make something and freeze them so I'm not rushed at the last minute). I also am going to take the boys to the pool. A do nothing easy day for me
A do nothing day for us too. Just got back from Savannah. It was amazingly hot and humid there, but fun still. Lots of good food and early morning and late evening walks. Had a great room and will be going back to the Andaz. Chances of getting upgraded to a suite next time? Who knows?Good morning today is my do nothing day
Longwood is beautiful, I may have to get that on our list of things to do next summer.Hello-
I didn't workout today, but we went to Longwood Gardens. It was once the weekend home of Pierre du Pont and they made a really gorgeous botanical garden out of it. I loved it. It was really well-maintained and I think I might get a membership, since it's open year round.
So, we walked around there for a few hours--it was beautiful and huge. I was going do one of my downloads here in the room, but I am going to wait until tomorrow when my husband goes back to work and there is one less body moving around.
They are doing a massive upgrade to the main fountains that will be complete next year. They had information about all the upgrades they are doing. It looks like it will be very impressive once complete.
THNX for the update.
Just keep saying not long until Disney and life gets back to normal!