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Energy burned through exercise is measured in calories, with a little "c".
Food energy, however, is measured in kilocalories (1,000 calories), which for some reason is shown as "Calories", with a capital "C".
So if you eat 10 Calories of food, you would have to do 10,000 calories of exercise to burn it off.
This little-acknowledged nonsense may be why people expect exercise to do more than it really does.
I’ve gained more than 50 pounds as a side effect of my beta blockers, first metropolol then propranolol. Has anybody else experienced this?
While weight gain is listed as a side effect for beta blockers, I never found it to be a problem in the 45 yrs that I prescribed it frequently (Pts on Beta blockers tend NOT to die suddenly/ Pts with sudden death also tend to stop paying their med bills suddenly.)....
..The usual guy who needs beta blockers is of the age that a 5 lb annual weight gain is typical, with or without beta-blockers.
In regards weight reduction in general--It's simply calories in vs calories out, although there are certain details that complicate that a little.... Genetics is at the root--those with excessive weight are usually the ones with a genetic make-up that makes them very efficient at burning/storing calories, so the 1500 cal diet that would only, barely maintain the weight on a 150 lb, non-sedentary person would for be way too much for most over-weight people....And those insulin resistant diabetics may need to go as low as only 600 cal to actually lose weight (real hard to maintain good protein/vit/min nutrition & psych health on that. Difficult problem for management).
While weight gain is listed as a side effect for beta blockers, I never found it to be a problem in the 45 yrs that I prescribed it frequently (Pts on Beta blockers tend NOT to die suddenly/ Pts with sudden death also tend to stop paying their med bills suddenly.)....
..The usual guy who needs beta blockers is of the age that a 5 lb annual weight gain is typical, with or without beta-blockers.
In regards weight reduction in general--It's simply calories in vs calories out, although there are certain details that complicate that a little.... Genetics is at the root--those with excessive weight are usually the ones with a genetic make-up that makes them very efficient at burning/storing calories, so the 1500 cal diet that would only, barely maintain the weight on a 150 lb, non-sedentary person would for be way too much for most over-weight people....And those insulin resistant diabetics may need to go as low as only 600 cal to actually lose weight (real hard to maintain good protein/vit/min nutrition & psych health on that. Difficult problem for management).
FWIW, I am a middle aged woman on beta blockers for migraines. I am very active and have a healthy diet, but I’ve probably gained a good 10-15 pounds since I started taking them. This is despite eating about the same and exercising twice as much. That said, it seems like I am on the borderline of even being a candidate to take them for migraine since my heart rate is pretty slow on the lowest dose. I was doing a bike workout and felt like I was dying. I sent my stats to my sister who was like “your heart rate is so slow- you weren’t working hard at all!” I don’t want to get to the point where I am eating so little food that it is not sustainable.
If you're exercising more but still not losing weight, then it's because your calorie intake has increased.
Do you track your calories and macros everyday?
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