I've heard this theory before -- don't recall where -- but I disagree
with it.  Exercise helps with fat loss, even if a little muscle
building could result in a few pounds of added muscle.  And I believe
that one should begin as one means to go on, and that means a healthy
lifestyle of moderate eating and regular exercise.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

If your world view is this week and only this week, a
short-sighted view like that is the one you'll use.
Take a look at the endless string of newbies who
appear to have that time scale for their view.  Folks
who lose motivation when they get their first week
without a new low.

If I were making my money off such people, which
approach would I take?  Educate them to understand the
long term picture and increase their chance of not
being a repeat customer, or give them what they ask
for rather than what they actually need and ensure
repeat business in a couple of years?  And so I am on
UseNet not making a cent so I can afford to take the
long term view.

Note that starting a new exercise program often tells
the muscles to start hoarding glycogen and the water
that the glycogen is dissolved in.  It is extremely
common for someone starting a new exercise program to
report moving several pounds up, then tapering back
again in a couple of weeks or a couple of months.
Someone who only gets paid per visit will want to
avoid any chance of an up swing like that.

So I think the theory, while being nonsense, jives
with how the economic incentives could work.  Very
short term day by day view rather than the more
realistic view of planning ahead months at a time.

"Ignoramus4243" <ignoramus4243@NOSPAM.4243.invalid> wrote in message
news:1Tm_e.6917

Very overweight people, such as myself, need to be a little more *selective*
in our choice of exercise as there are some things we cannot do because we
just cannot move or bend as a less overweight person can because of the
excess weight on our bodies.
This is why walking, swimming, free weights are the best choices for the
morbidly obese when they begin an exercise program. Recumbant bikes are also
a good choice to provided the person involved can get thier legs up into
that position. In some cases this is not always easy for an extremely
overweight individual to do.

With that said, I went to Walmart earlier today and had a look at a
selection of exercise bikes. I found 2 I thought would measure up to *my*
standards as a morbidly obese person and am deciding which one would be my
best choice to purchase
this Friday. My choice is between a recumbant exercise bike and a standard
upright exercise bike.