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Benefits of Stationary Cycling

27 Sunday Sep 2015

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This article is from The Arthritis Foundation:

There’s no question that indoor cycling is an excellent way to get a cardiovascular workout without stressing weight-bearing joints, says Matthew Goodemote, head physical therapist at Community Physical Therapy & Wellness in Gloversville, N.Y. It’s also a good option for people with balance problems, he adds, because there is no need to lean the bike to turn. “People with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who become inactive because of pain often develop balance problems, so they are less likely to injure themselves on a stationary bike,” he says.

Want to start a routine? Go for it, but start slowly, perhaps with a five-minute session at a comfortable pace three times per day, says Goodemote. “Once people can ride with no pain for five minutes three times a day, I bump them up to seven minutes, then to 10, 15 or 20 three times per day – getting them to 30, 45 or 60 minutes of exercise per day. Initially, adding five minutes seems like a big jump, but once tolerance builds, larger gains are made in shorter time frames. Down the road, people can more easily add 15-minute increments to their rides.

Right now I am back in Physical Therapy for my knee (again!) That auto accident  two years ago didn’t do anything to help the knee. I had already had a number of sports injuries over the years. Right now I am experiencing pain on the outside of the knee at the site of the ligaments. I never tore anything, just pulled everything pretty badly. The therapist gave me a thing like a big rubber band. It is a rubber ‘ring’ and I step into it and can sit in front of the TV and pull my knees apart in repetitions. She has me going up and down on my toes and then standing on one foot for a minute at a time. These are all exercises to build up the muscles on the outside of the leg and work to stabilize the knee. I am still riding my bike everyday at least 2 miles and usually 5 miles. The doctor had me increase the Ibuprofen to 3 in the morning and 3 at night. Also, I am supposed to ice the knee after every work out to reduce the swelling.

What I have is a little swollen patch on the bottom of the knee where fluid collects and then this off and on pain on the outside of the knee. The swelling does seem to have gone down. The icing seems like it is time consuming but, whatever! More and more articles on the Internet are stressing bicycling as great low impact exercise and a way to save the joints from osteoarthritis and then joint replacement. Whee! My mother had both knees replaces and it was zero fun. So, helmets on!

DIET BUSTERS OR WHY AM I GAINING WEIGHT?

06 Sunday Sep 2015

Posted by webbywriter1 in CALORIES

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Question: Why am I gaining weight when I thought I was sticking to my diet?

The rule of thumb for maintaining weight is to multiple your weight times 10 -11. Or, to maintain my weight of 150 lbs the calories I can only eat are 150 x 10 to 150 x  -11. The calories are 1500 to 1650 per day.

My diet busters for today:

Keeblers Grasshoppers Mint and Fudge cookies – 4 cookies = 140 calories

1 piece Sees candy = 240 cals and 6 grams sugar.

The amount of time to use up the calories of one piece of chocolate = 32 mins of cycling and 20 mins of swimming.

So, when I stuff in 3 pieces of Sees chocolate, it will take 1.5 hours of cycling to burn up those calories. Okay, so I know where I am going on this one. I would have been ok with the Keeblers but I had to have some Sees too. Ah, me.

Pollo Locos:

Alright then. I was pretty much okay at lunch with a Pollo Bowl which is only 543 calories. I was even ok with the regular burrito at 636 calories given that I usually eat ½ now and ½ later.  However, when I ordered two of the churros, I find out they are a whopping 181 calories each and they come in a package of two or 362 for two. Wow. I am better off with the Keelbers. Churros are fried with sugar sprinkled on top while the cookies are baked which probably accounts for the difference. So, no more churros!!!!

I am going to have to regulate the Sees to only once a week.  720 calories at a pop is a bunch. Plus, with 18 grams of sugar, for many diabetics, that is their sugar count for the whole day. Yowzer.

The am routine is okay with my two pieces of toast, coffee and a protein smoothie. Dinner, small steaks, fruit and cottage cheese are also on target. It seems to be in the pm at 3pm and late at night, when I get the carbs/sugar munchie thing  and I just want to stuff everything in sight in my mouth. Could have to do with low blood sugar and/or fatigue. Difficult to say.  But that‘s the calorie count for today! Bon Appetite. (P.S. – Always happy to hear from readers who have insight as to when and why the munchies hit. Yikes!)

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