So I was over in 3fc and someone posted an article about having to work out more to sustain weight loss. The person who posted it also stated that she probably did 90 minutes a day instead of the recommended 55. I feel as if there is no hope bust my ass to get there and then I have to keep busting my ass… I thought it was supose to be easier after I got all the weight off.

 ”Study: More Exercise Needed To Keep Weight Off

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh may shake up long-held standards about how much exercise patients need to lose weight and keep it off.

The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, says the level of physical activity needed sustain weight loss is actually almost twice as much as the traditional public health recommendation. Those standards have said that 30 minutes of exercise five times a week is enough. The new study, headed up by UPMC’s Dr. John Jakicic, found 275 minutes of moderate exercise a week is necessary to keep weight off long term. That translates to 55 minutes of exercise per day, five days a week.

Jakicic says the study, which followed nearly 200 women over two years, found that patients don’t have to overdo it to maintain a healthy weight after weight loss. Moderate exercise, like brisk walking, was enough to keep the pounds off. “The advantage of more vigorous is that you can go a shorter time to get the calorie burn but if you don’t like vigorous activity and have the time to do it moderate is fine,” said Jakicic.

Among the study’s other findings: women who had more contact with the study support staff lost more weight and kept it off, leading to the authors to conclude that support systems may be important in helping women maintain weight loss. Despite the intervention, only a quarter of the women in the study were able to maintain a 10 percent or more weight loss after two years, highlighting the difficulty of sustaining a diet and exercise program long-term.”

http://kdka.com/local/weight.loss.study.2.782116.html

Well, I know I posted yesterday about my fear of today… I think I did well on the eating even though I started running at 6:30 am and here it is 12:10 am. I still have a ton of stuff to put away…

 I thought hubby went to bed and then he decided that he wanted to go for ice cream and that I had to come with him! I told him I didn’t want ice cream, and he says that it won’t hurt me. So I caved in and I went with him, I was thinking on the way how can I possibly get out of having to eat a whole ice cream cone? I figure it will make me sick now anyway. Sooo luck was with me and McDonald’s had already broken down the ice cream machine. So I dodged that bullet!

We ended up going to Walgreens and I was able to get an approved snack and he had ice cream! YAY! Still clean… well sort of I did a shot of Scotch tonight… just about hammered me to the floor!