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08-14-21, 07:20 AM | ||
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08-14-21, 05:21 PM | ||
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"In one of the longer trials, men and women in the US burned 2000 calories per week during supervised exercise sessions for 16 months. After nine months, the men had lost around 5 kilograms, after which their weight plateaued. Women in the study lost no weight over the entire 16 months. Neither men nor women lost what we would have expected based on their exercise workload, despite the fact that their daily energy expenditures had edged up slightly. "The reason for this is frustratingly simple: when you burn more calories, you eat more calories. You might not mean to, of course, but that is the problem. The complex systems working subconsciously to regulate your hunger and satiety do an exceptional job of matching energy intake to expenditure. What else would we expect from half a billion years of evolutionary tuning, where losing weight was generally a sign of impending doom? As a result, the amount of weight you can expect to lose from exercise alone over the course of a year is a paltry 2 kilograms or less." *Edited to add: the New Scientist appears to be a non-peer reviewed periodical vs. a peer-reviewed academic journal. |
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08-15-21, 07:24 AM | |
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Every time you turn around, there is a study that conflicts with some other study. I'm developing study fatigue. What I can't figure out is how you isolate some of the variables. I recently heard a gynecologist (on the radio) say that weight gain is not associated with menopause. She said it's associated with aging. But since aging and menopause happen concurrently, how do you parse out the two? I gained almost 20lbs. the year I went through menopause. Every single woman I know gains weight around menopause. It just seems incredible that the two aren't related. Sigh....
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08-15-21, 07:57 AM | ||
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And as for the sentences I bold-faced, why is it easier to lose that weight once the hormonal storm of perimenopause/menopause dies down? |
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I did a search. The Mayo Clinic article said no, it’s aging. However, this article says lack of estrogen can have an effect.
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Dang, if estrogen blocks hunger signals I am in big trouble as it declines bc I am hungry all afternoon till bedtime as it is!!
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