JimmyKSenior wrote:I was always taught to measure inches, not pounds, especially early in any conditioning program. Muscle is more dense than fat and weighs more. After the initial loss of about 5 lbs, it is normal for weight to go up some, as fat is converted to muscle. This is a stage you have to recognize and get through.
Definitely, when ever I have had a sizable exercise break ( > 6 months ) I will tend to gain about 5 to 8 lbs in the first couple of weeks. I used to dabble in body building/power lifting, and for the most part is seems muscle has a bit of a memory, it generally does not take me long to get about 60 to 75% of where I was. After that my joints can't take the weight anymore
So if you used to be very physically active, my experience would suggest you body is just trying to get back to where it was, and gaining muscle all the way there.
BTW, this is probably as good as any place, finally got the sorta unofficial results from my sleep study back. Monday will be two weeks from it. Over the phone the best answer I could get was the results should be at my GP office this after noon, part of the delay was setting up the order for a CPAP sleep study, they need to call me to make an appointment for. I take this to saying the sleep doctor believe that I do in fact have OSA. Hopefully more details this afternoon or Monday.
BTW, with all of this I have been examining how I've felt over the last 15 years. Now this is where the relevance to this thread comes in. I used to be somewhat slender in the chest and neck, until I started to weight lift. I was a late bloomer, I did not really stop growing until I was about 20, about the same time I started to hit the weight room. In the course of about 2 years I went from a 44" chest to about a 50, and from a 14" neck to 18 1/2", a couple of years later I was pushing an honest 53" chest and 19" neck. Add to this I had a tonsil the size of a golf ball, well, maybe only 75% the size. Shock the begivers out of the ENT surgeon, everyone kept on asking me if I had a cold and had to feel up ever single gland in my body, despite me swearing that they where their normal size, and only got bigger when I did have an infection.
So again, back to way I was feeling, from about the time I could no longer keep up with the weights full time, I think I might have been suffering. I very much remember the cloudiness in a couple of the last 4th year computer science course and many in my Engineering courses. So I seriously suspect I have been suffering for the last 10 to 15 years. Arggggggg......
So Bill, what you saw at QNX, was less han my best .....
As far as the body building, I went from a 53" chest with 36" waste to a 52" chest and 48" waste, got to get the latter measurement fixed. Over the last couple of months I have been forcing myself into the gym, and I do feel better when I do. But sometimes it is a helluva fight not to just go home and to bed after work.
Oh well, hopefully I will know the full results by Monday afternoon. I am really curious to see what my O2 sats did. I know about 3 or 4 years ago when I was in better shape I had over 98%.
Anyway, thanks for listening.
cheers,
Tom
