Your Questions About Couples Therapy Exercises

How Can I Lose weight effectively when excercise causes weight gain?

I am 35 yrs old and have gone thru premature menopuase. As a result I was using HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy – which contains steroids) for 3 1/2 years. This as well as the menopuase has caused me to gain a lot of weight. I was not aware of the steroids and the effects until I came off the drug. I have been trying to exercise to get it off but I have found that exercising causes me to gain weight. I know weight training is supposed to help but will not be able to sign up for a gym until the next couple months (i’m paying for a vehicle). I would certainly appreciate any suggestions that you might have. The weight is affecting my asthma and I need to get rid of it before other complications set in. I am not used to the weight and have been a professional athlete for at least 15 yrs of my life. People cannot belileve how big I’ve gotten and it’s too personal to explain to them why so I just make excuses although a lot of them believe that I’ve eaten myself to this state.

broken leg for the first time?

I was in an auto accident last december and my left leg was broken as a result so its april so how much longer do I have before I’m walking again? I can’t afford physical therapy so I keep my leg elevated, use my walker to put some pressure on it, and do a couple of exercises to stretch and strengthen it so now what?

so what’s going to happen if…?

I have Runner’s Knee and for some reason, it was getting better even as I was continuing to run (I run on a treadmill for 60 minutes a day at a 3% incline alternating between 5.5 and 6 MPH).

Now all of the sudden, it’s gotten pretty bad over the past two days. I’ve been icing and I have some physical therapy exercises that I’ve been doing for the past couple of days.

I’m thinking about walking at 4 MPH at a 10% incline for an hour a day or doing the elliptical for an hour for a few days so my knee can heal properly. The thing is, I’m worried about putting on weight during these days.

Can anyone offer any advice?? Will I get fat with this change in my exercise? Or can anyone offer any miracle tips that they have for getting rid of runners knee? I eat about 2000 calories a day with my running and I also walk around my college campus a lot. I’m 17, 5’6″ and 118 pounds.

Me in a mental hospital?! ?

I’m officially going to a mental hospital. Well, technically it’s a clinic that specifies in trauma victims and people with an eating disorder.

They have a really long wait list…so this may take a while, but I’ll be going to a first look at it in 2 months.

What I really like about this one is that it has single rooms. All in all there are 50 people from age 11 to age 21. My mom said she’d make sure I’d get a single room…I don’t deal well in doubles, or triples.

Every room has its own bathroom and a phone. There’s a school, so I won’t fall behind.

There’s equestrian therapy. So, I’ll get to work with horses again. As well as painting, swimming, an exercise class every morning.

all that will be met by group therapy sessions, couples therapy, and single therapy.

I’ll be staying there for 6 weeks, but they may decide to keep me an extra two.

at least this is the one I’m leaning towards. I like how little people there are..the only real down part is that it’s 4 hours away from where I live. That means visiting will be really limited.

My boyfriend told his mom about this today. She was really shocked. I have the odd feeling that she’ll never treat me badly again.

Hey, at least one plus!

Thoughts?