Absolutely! But I think it has more to do with chronic overuse and chronic, excessive forces applied to joints. Long-distance runners (joggers, marathoners, and beyond) deal with lots of injuries, most of which develop due to repetitive stress on joints and systemically, chronically high cortisol production. We're designed for high-intensity, brief bursts of work.
For sure. Sarcopenia is real. The best way to retain/restore muscle mass is to lift heavy things and eat more protein.
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Yeah, at 70 I have plenty of experience waiting especially after the service, “Hurry up and wait”.
Not sure what causes mine. I don't eat a lot, so I can't see where the enormous fluctuations come from. I think I learned in my college nutrition class 179 years ago that it takes an extra 3500 consumed calories to make a pound. I think mine must me more due to actual weight, like water weight.
That much change in a week could be some water weight. Do you use MyFitnessPal? You can enter your data and put in how much weight you want to lose up to two pounds a week and it will tell you how many calories to eat a day. It works as I used a similar program before this one in my forties and got down to 195, my current target wieght.
Thanks. I used to use MyFitnessPal, but I strayed. I just need to start paying more attention to what I eat. About the only processed food I eat is a PopTart or bowl of cereal in the morning. The rest is either raw veg or stuff cooked from scratch. I suppose I need to pay more attention to the gravy and the potatoes, etc. Just cutting out the potatoes would probably help a lot.
Well the pop tart and cereal both increase your blood glucose which raises your insulin level that instructs your body to store the glucose in your cells. Think of sugar as a poison that can kill you.
