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20040119
Weight problem: being underweight
It seems strange to me, but I am slightly underweight. As someone who is 5'7" (170 cm), I weigh only 115 lbs. (52 kg). This means essentially that I have a weight problem opposite of what many Americans (the one in the United States) are experiencing. Where they experience obesity, I am as skinny as an ferret.
Of course, my weight is only at the upper end of the underweight scale. There were some overlap in my weight region of underweight-normal.
So I need to eat more, but I'm terribly afraid of getting a little lubber in my belly. I'm just thinking of that day when my body's metabolism will suddenly slow down and I can't eat as much as I would like to stop from gaining weight. That day hasn't come yet, I'm too young (19) for that. But I will be old soon.
For now, I will attempt to gain muscle by partaking in some strenuous activity to gain muscle mass. First I must be fit, then I must be strong.
Fitness includes
1. being flexible enough to reach my toes when my knees are straighten. I currently can't do that. I also want to be able to do those cool yoga moves.
2. being agile enough to react to circumstances. I doubt I have any agility to start running from a standing position in one second flat. The natural thing for me to do first would have been to think first, such as whether I really want to engage in such activity, and whether there's any benefits in doing so. And since I think slowly, in a race, someone would have been a far dash from me before I could even begin.
3. being quick of mind. This includes wits as well as calculation. I want to have the ability to speak with such an articulate tongue that I can charm anyone and prostrate themselves to march for me. And then, I want to have the ability to think quickly, make calculations in a spontaneous moment of ways to win.
4. be able to run. I need to have an endurance training, where I can run for fifteen minutes without stopping.
5. drink more water. This is a great problem that I have. I can't bear to drink 8 glasses of water (2.3 liters) a day, and I should make myself bear it. My body needs water to run like a lubricate machine. The only trouble is that I urinate too often, so I know that the problem is not that I drink too much, but that my body is not making use of the excess water efficiently.
to be strong:
6. I basically need weight training. But I've always been nervous about the gym. As I would say to myself sometimes, "Suck it up!"
It seems strange to me, but I am slightly underweight. As someone who is 5'7" (170 cm), I weigh only 115 lbs. (52 kg). This means essentially that I have a weight problem opposite of what many Americans (the one in the United States) are experiencing. Where they experience obesity, I am as skinny as an ferret.
Of course, my weight is only at the upper end of the underweight scale. There were some overlap in my weight region of underweight-normal.
So I need to eat more, but I'm terribly afraid of getting a little lubber in my belly. I'm just thinking of that day when my body's metabolism will suddenly slow down and I can't eat as much as I would like to stop from gaining weight. That day hasn't come yet, I'm too young (19) for that. But I will be old soon.
For now, I will attempt to gain muscle by partaking in some strenuous activity to gain muscle mass. First I must be fit, then I must be strong.
Fitness includes
1. being flexible enough to reach my toes when my knees are straighten. I currently can't do that. I also want to be able to do those cool yoga moves.
2. being agile enough to react to circumstances. I doubt I have any agility to start running from a standing position in one second flat. The natural thing for me to do first would have been to think first, such as whether I really want to engage in such activity, and whether there's any benefits in doing so. And since I think slowly, in a race, someone would have been a far dash from me before I could even begin.
3. being quick of mind. This includes wits as well as calculation. I want to have the ability to speak with such an articulate tongue that I can charm anyone and prostrate themselves to march for me. And then, I want to have the ability to think quickly, make calculations in a spontaneous moment of ways to win.
4. be able to run. I need to have an endurance training, where I can run for fifteen minutes without stopping.
5. drink more water. This is a great problem that I have. I can't bear to drink 8 glasses of water (2.3 liters) a day, and I should make myself bear it. My body needs water to run like a lubricate machine. The only trouble is that I urinate too often, so I know that the problem is not that I drink too much, but that my body is not making use of the excess water efficiently.
to be strong:
6. I basically need weight training. But I've always been nervous about the gym. As I would say to myself sometimes, "Suck it up!"
