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05 Feb 2021, 5:13 pm

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i hope the OP by now has got a handle on her situation.


I’m doing really good! Three meals and three snacks (mostly fruit or veggies) a day. I have a treat twice a week but not a huge one. I did try stevia and monk fruit sweetener but I had a really bad reaction to it.

what do you think of ace-k or splenda?


Bad reaction. I ended up getting tremors after drinking it.


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05 Feb 2021, 5:18 pm

^^^well i sure hope you can find SOME sweetener that is not bad for you. :flower:



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05 Feb 2021, 6:01 pm

I have asked this question before but does being overweight cause health problems.

I am thinking maybe it causes joint problems?



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05 Feb 2021, 6:05 pm

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I have asked this question before but does being overweight cause health problems. I am thinking maybe it causes joint problems?

joint problems indeed. my dad was exhibit A in that regard, most of his joints were shot due to overuse/overweight. i am not as svelte as i oughta be and my joints are barking at me about that. also overweight is a sign of systemic inflammation, meaning the body is generally irritated due to an over-acidic Ph, which causes microlesions to develop in blood vessels which causes cholesterol [nature's spackle] to build up in said vessels leading to atherosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] which can lead to blockages/heart attack/stroke.



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05 Feb 2021, 6:14 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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I have asked this question before but does being overweight cause health problems. I am thinking maybe it causes joint problems?

joint problems indeed. my dad was exhibit A in that regard, most of his joints were shot due to overuse/overweight. i am not as svelte as i oughta be and my joints are barking at me about that. also overweight is a sign of systemic inflammation, meaning the body is generally irritated due to an over-acidic Ph, which causes microlesions to develop in blood vessels which causes cholesterol [nature's spackle] to build up in said vessels leading to atherosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] which can lead to blockages/heart attack/stroke.




Oh sorry what I meant to say was does being overweight in MUSCLE cause health problems?



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05 Feb 2021, 6:18 pm

Jamesy wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
I have asked this question before but does being overweight cause health problems. I am thinking maybe it causes joint problems?

joint problems indeed. my dad was exhibit A in that regard, most of his joints were shot due to overuse/overweight. i am not as svelte as i oughta be and my joints are barking at me about that. also overweight is a sign of systemic inflammation, meaning the body is generally irritated due to an over-acidic Ph, which causes microlesions to develop in blood vessels which causes cholesterol [nature's spackle] to build up in said vessels leading to atherosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] which can lead to blockages/heart attack/stroke.


Oh sorry what I meant to say was does being overweight in MUSCLE cause health problems?

depends on how the muscle was obtained. not a good record general health record for long-term steroid users. but for people who naturally get their bulk, it does not seem to affect their joints provided they trained correctly and didn't have the genes for bad joints.



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05 Feb 2021, 6:21 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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Jamesy wrote:
I have asked this question before but does being overweight cause health problems. I am thinking maybe it causes joint problems?

joint problems indeed. my dad was exhibit A in that regard, most of his joints were shot due to overuse/overweight. i am not as svelte as i oughta be and my joints are barking at me about that. also overweight is a sign of systemic inflammation, meaning the body is generally irritated due to an over-acidic Ph, which causes microlesions to develop in blood vessels which causes cholesterol [nature's spackle] to build up in said vessels leading to atherosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] which can lead to blockages/heart attack/stroke.


Oh sorry what I meant to say was does being overweight in MUSCLE cause health problems?

depends on how the muscle was obtained. not a good record general health record for long-term steroid users. but for people who naturally get their bulk, it does not seem to affect their joints provided they trained correctly and didn't have the genes for bad joints.




Yeah probably a lot of muscular people with heart problems probably take steroids.



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15 Feb 2021, 12:43 pm

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^^^well i sure hope you can find SOME sweetener that is not bad for you. :flower:


I’m trying to quit soda and so far so good.


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15 Feb 2021, 2:23 pm

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
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^^^well i sure hope you can find SOME sweetener that is not bad for you. :flower:


I’m trying to quit soda and so far so good.

way to go! :wtg:



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16 Feb 2021, 9:55 pm

Been making improvements, but still gained weight since the last time I weighed myself, I feel like I could entirely stop eating and basically live on the exercise bike I have and still end up as a candidate for the show sooner or later :( I hope chemo didn’t permanently “break” my metabolism or something, used to be able to eat whatever and however much I wanted and if anything be underweight, but chemo made me gain over thirty pounds in less than a year.


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16 Feb 2021, 9:58 pm

for some of us with an unfavorable metabolism, the only way out of obesity is vigorous sustained daily exercise and a nutritarian diet.