The people whose bodies work in a smooth, non-carbohydrate-sensitive way, they sincerely do not understand that not everyone's bodies work like theirs. They really, truly believe that exercise causes an endorphin rush for everyone, uniformly, and, imo most of all, they really, truly do not comprehend the overwhelming tiredness (rather than the promised energy) that can attack people who are especially sensitive to carbohydrates. Their bodies switch over easily between burning carbs and burning fat, so they never feel that exhaustion as a body like mine flails and insists it cannot access any fuel and must shut down now.
Have I told you this already? Please forgive me if I have! I used to exercise way too much -- sweaty vigorous for an hour a day, seven days a week -- and never lost any weight. People would insist I must be doing it wrong, even that I must be lying about how much I exercised. My doctor told me that I obviously just needed to exercise more. Hah! I've since learned that the excess aerobic exercise was part of my problem. Despite what the exercise industry tells us, that level of frantic exercise is not good for us; the constant physical stress tells our bodies that there's something terrible going on, a famine or a wave of saber-toothed tiger attacks, and that the body would therefore be wise to hoard energy to survive this terrible period. We're designed to run in a burst of speed now and then, not for a sustained hour a day, every day. FWIW, I, personally, have done much, much, much better since I cut down to more moderate exercising. (Take that, exercise industry!)
Hang in there. Yours is a sane and sensible approach.
--- You posted this on Monday, but I did not see it until today. Not that my answer is time-sensitive, but I wouldn't want you to think your post was ignored, or the subject too dire, or something. :-)
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Exercise and Stuff
Date: 2012-01-11 04:37 pm (UTC)The people whose bodies work in a smooth, non-carbohydrate-sensitive way, they sincerely do not understand that not everyone's bodies work like theirs. They really, truly believe that exercise causes an endorphin rush for everyone, uniformly, and, imo most of all, they really, truly do not comprehend the overwhelming tiredness (rather than the promised energy) that can attack people who are especially sensitive to carbohydrates. Their bodies switch over easily between burning carbs and burning fat, so they never feel that exhaustion as a body like mine flails and insists it cannot access any fuel and must shut down now.
Have I told you this already? Please forgive me if I have! I used to exercise way too much -- sweaty vigorous for an hour a day, seven days a week -- and never lost any weight. People would insist I must be doing it wrong, even that I must be lying about how much I exercised. My doctor told me that I obviously just needed to exercise more. Hah! I've since learned that the excess aerobic exercise was part of my problem. Despite what the exercise industry tells us, that level of frantic exercise is not good for us; the constant physical stress tells our bodies that there's something terrible going on, a famine or a wave of saber-toothed tiger attacks, and that the body would therefore be wise to hoard energy to survive this terrible period. We're designed to run in a burst of speed now and then, not for a sustained hour a day, every day. FWIW, I, personally, have done much, much, much better since I cut down to more moderate exercising. (Take that, exercise industry!)
Hang in there. Yours is a sane and sensible approach.
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You posted this on Monday, but I did not see it until today. Not that my answer is time-sensitive, but I wouldn't want you to think your post was ignored, or the subject too dire, or something. :-)