Weightloss and diet - off balance

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As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower paunch fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off. Just five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

Cubit
311/238.7/165

"Cubit" wrote in message
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As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower paunch
fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off. Just
five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table
project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

I have a very similar problem. I'm very off-balance now that my waist has
shrunk, I've found that I'm very top-heavy. I've recently had far more back
aches - usually they come while I'm at work and there's nothing I can do
about it.

I have found some stretches that really really help with the back pain (they
prevent if, if I can remember to do it each morning)

Lie on the floor on your back. Then make your lower back, where it curves,
bend down to touch the floor. Not sure how to explain this in words. :)
You can also do it with one knee up, then the other, then both.... hmmm,
maybe I could find some pictures of this online.

Oh, here's one:
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/ErectorSpinae/Lying.html
And what a yummy guy they chose to take a picture of. :)

--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/214/170

Do you exercise?

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

"Cubit" wrote in message
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As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower paunch
fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off. Just
five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table
project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

Cubit
311/238.7/165

"CarbAddict" wrote in message
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From: Cubit (Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:21:39 GMT)
MsgId:

As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My
lower paunch fat seems to be the last to leave, and the balance
of my body is off. Just five minutes of leaning forward, or
half an hour of standing over a table project makes my upper
to mid back hurt.

It may be time for stomach exercises. Not for spot reduction, but so your
stomach muscles can support your back.

He doesn't want to exercise. He'd rather live in constant pain that endure a
slight amount of discomfort for a short while.

In article ,
"Alan Wright" wrote:

"Cubit" wrote in message
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As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower paunch
fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off. Just
five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table
project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

Cubit
311/238.7/165

I'm also suddenly having lower back pain (more in the quadratus muscles than
the erector spinae), after losing 30+ lbs doing low carb. I'm doing a
recommended
array of exercises for direct treatment of this, with some benefit. Seems
like it may
be slowly going away. Fast weight loss certainly seen to be able to throw a
person
out of balance. Funny I never had such problems when gaining weight....

Alan

For me it's in my hip sockets. Walking and driving can be pretty
uncomfortable sometimes, but sleeping is the worst. I sleep on my side,
and now I have to have a pillow between my legs, but I move around in my
sleep so much that it doesn't stay there, so I wake up with aches in
whichever leg is on top.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

We can all speculate, but we are carrying ourselves differently, and also
probably getting more active. I tried some back exercises on a new piece of
equipment and pulled a side muscle- my neck hurt because I can now tilt my
head back farther with out the neck fat.

I was also very surprised at how stiff I had become- I definably can use
some workouts

--
Diane
Atkins since 12/4/2003
234/199 /150 5"8

CCLL about 27

Enjoy life & keep the calories down to your weight x 10
and watch the salt!
"Luna" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Alan Wright" wrote:

"Cubit" wrote in message
...
As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower
paunch
fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off.
Just
five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table
project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

Cubit
311/238.7/165

I'm also suddenly having lower back pain (more in the quadratus muscles
than
the erector spinae), after losing 30+ lbs doing low carb. I'm doing a
recommended
array of exercises for direct treatment of this, with some benefit.
Seems
like it may
be slowly going away. Fast weight loss certainly seen to be able to
throw a
person
out of balance. Funny I never had such problems when gaining weight....

Alan

For me it's in my hip sockets. Walking and driving can be pretty
uncomfortable sometimes, but sleeping is the worst. I sleep on my side,
and now I have to have a pillow between my legs, but I move around in my
sleep so much that it doesn't stay there, so I wake up with aches in
whichever leg is on top.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Cubit wrote:

As I lose weight, I'm finding I have more back trouble. My lower paunch fat
seems to be the last to leave, and the balance of my body is off. Just five
minutes of leaning forward, or half an hour of standing over a table project
makes my upper to mid back hurt.

iirc, you're the one who's direly opposed to exercising, which is a
pity. deadlifts could do a lot for you.