Thread: What's normal?

Quote: Originally Posted by maxlharris A last thought on normal... Normal is a societal thing. Not a personal thing. Feeling good, that's personal. Feeling good hasn't been normal for me for the last few years.

Quote: Originally Posted by S Bear laughingW--sounds like I need to start journaling. It sure couldn't hurt. Yes. These are serious athletes who really want to know - what kind of training, gives me what kind of results? So naturally they want details. How often they lift, and what weights. What rest periods. What did this to do how they feel on competition day. And so on. I keep journals too because i found out how much I ignore or...

A last thought on normal... Normal is a societal thing. Not a personal thing. Feeling good, that's personal.

Journalling is obviously useful in finding out how different things affect you, and in tracking down any problems, but as far as finding "normal" is concerned, I found that life feels more normal when I'm not weighing and recording every mouthful. I do it from time to time, when I need to review things, but for me, it can start to feel a bit obsessive after a while, and I don't feel it's something I'd want...

Quote: Quote: Originally Posted by S Bear And I'm finding that I no longer have any clear idea of where I "ought" to be. I also don't know how much someone who is "maintaining" their weight should expect their weight to fluctuate, or how much someone can gain before they get nervous. In short, I've been so obsessed with seeing the numbers on the scale drop that I no longer have any idea what...

Not knowing anything about your gender, age, body building (or not) status, it is difficult to answer your question; therefore, I will give you my experience as a woman in her seventies recovering from bilateral knee replacements. I set myself a goal weight when I started low carb which was based upon what I weighed in the late 70's early 80's when I was active and could do whatever I wanted to do physically and did not have to shop...