[nabs-l] OT weight issues

[Jedi]

I highly recommend a book called the 3-hour diet by Jorge Cruise. It's 
available through BARD, so its accessible.

As to exercise, I'd recommend Curves as Curves is highly accessible. 
They have a color-codeed work-out system, but you're not required to 
use it. It's just there to help you track colories burned and the like. 
The actual machines can work without using the system; they run on your 
own power, so you don't need to see to opperate the equipment. Many 
blind women attend Curves. Plus, Curves has a built-in network of 
accountability buddies as you build social relationships there with the 
other members.

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> Hi all,

> I’ve battled the weight and appearance issue particularly in the recent 
> years; my mother got upset about this once I gained weight upon going 
> to Marymount and eating some unhealthy food there.  The freshman 15 is 
> true!  Not that I gained 15 pounds but did gain some weight.  It was a 
> slow weight gain and I hardly noticed it until I put on different clothes.
> BTW I lost those six or seven pounds I gained at Marymount university, 
> MU. But of course I’m still overweight and my mom isn’t satisfied.

> I am about five feet and I am apple shaped, meaning my fat tissue is in 
> my middle, the abdominal area.
> I am a girl, so image in this society plays a part.
> My Body mass index, BMI, is not 30, the obese category. BMI is
> a person’s weight over height squared.
> But its not far off.
> I mentioned my height and sex and where the weight shows since it does 
> affect your image and health.
> Weight around the abdomin area, apple shape, is associated with more 
> health risks. I took a health class in college.

> I should lose weight to  fit in a dress for a wedding in early May and 
> to have a better weight overall.

> Its been a struggle.  I already eat more whole grains and some complex carbs.
> For instance cereal such as Cheerios for breakfast. I eat no fat milk.
> I eat little red meat; I eat chicken and pork primarily. I do not eat 
> fried food or drink sodas.
> I have some fruit but could probably do better there.  The worse food I 
> eat is chips which I eat at lunch with a sandwich.
> So I say it’s a struggle because I have eaten healthily for several 
> years and do not see many results.  I live with parents and my mother 
> has to eat low carbs due to health issues anyway.  If I have carbs, 
> they are the complex kind, like potatoes, not the refined kind!


> I might add that I weigh less than in years past.  Yet I cannot fit in 
> a size 14 dress!

> What suggestions do you have for diet? How do you feel full on less calories?
> I drink water at night, but sometimes I still get the hunger and crave 
> something.  Its probably cause I’m stressed too!


> Another issue I see is that being blind I cannot participate in as much 
> games; I cannot run out and shoot basketball or soccer.
> I belong to a gym, but classes rely on seeing an instructor lead 
> classes. I have not found them too accomodating.
> I tried a cardio kickboxing class and it was a disaster as I could not 
> follow the fast pace!
> I have done spinning, a bike workout to music. That is the most accessible.

> I cannot  go to the gym often and I do not feel motivated to workout at 
> home due to the fact we have an old treadmill in the back basement. You 
> cannot incline it and the environment just is too stagnant or something 
> being in the basement!
> I do moves in place, usually jumping jacks, but its not enough.


> I wish someone would make a described workout video for aerobics!

> Anyway, I just wondered how you all deal with this and what worked for you.
> My mom says its all my fault; well obviously she doesn’t admit weight 
> is partly genetic, and studies indicate that fat in the mid section is 
> the hardest to lose.
> Women my shape will lose fat from the top down.  So, the place you want 
> to lose the fat is the last place it will come off!
> Its opposite. Where you put on the fat is the last place to lose it.
> I just had to vent. I’m tired of being accused I drink too many sodas 
> and juices when I never drink them except when I’m out at a restaurant.
> As for juices, only at lunch time. I cut back that at night. Sometimes 
> I don’t even have it at lunch and stick with plain tap water.
> I’m tired of hearing I eat too many sweets when actually yes I have 
> some. But its during lunch time or as a snack; not at night.
> I could cut back on that I suppose and eat another snack instead. But 
> fruit never fills me up.
> Maybe something healthier like rice cakes or low fat peanuter/creakers. 
> I don’t know.
> But I am not this overeating junk food aholic my mother thinks I am.


> Let me know your ideas.
> Ashley
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