I replied to your other comment without being sure whether the “nothing works” part was about weight loss or the ability to gain strength and conditioning from exercise.
I have a hard time not following the herd mentality and trying to measure my success with exercise by my size and shape. I can and generally do use another measure of success for exercise than what I weigh. You can measure increased strength either by seeing how much weight you can lift or how many push-ups or pull-ups you can do, or you can measure your increased cardiovascular fitness with your standing pulse rate, or how long you can walk or run without becoming exhausted. (I’m shooting for 45 push-ups in a row by age 45.)
Then it doesn’t actually matter whether you’re metabolically privileged. Or privileged with relation to losing weight anyway, some people would say your metabolism—and mine!--make total sense in a starvation environment. The problem getting the endorphins to let down is a big disadvantage, but you may be able to figure out a duration and intensity of exercise that will release endorphins. (And that would be a good goal to replace weight loss, too.)
I think the main thing is to stop walking over broken glass to get thinner. Where’s the utility in that? Exercise is still going to benefit you, even if you stay at your current weight and grumpy every minute of your walk.
I replied to your other comment without being sure whether the “nothing works” part was about weight loss or the ability to gain strength and conditioning from exercise.
There is a current idea that exercise is beneficial no matter what you weigh. See for example http://haescommunity.org/ and this new article on exercise and depression: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lloyd-i-sederer-md/depression-treatment-_b_819798.html?ir=Living
I have a hard time not following the herd mentality and trying to measure my success with exercise by my size and shape. I can and generally do use another measure of success for exercise than what I weigh. You can measure increased strength either by seeing how much weight you can lift or how many push-ups or pull-ups you can do, or you can measure your increased cardiovascular fitness with your standing pulse rate, or how long you can walk or run without becoming exhausted. (I’m shooting for 45 push-ups in a row by age 45.)
Then it doesn’t actually matter whether you’re metabolically privileged. Or privileged with relation to losing weight anyway, some people would say your metabolism—and mine!--make total sense in a starvation environment. The problem getting the endorphins to let down is a big disadvantage, but you may be able to figure out a duration and intensity of exercise that will release endorphins. (And that would be a good goal to replace weight loss, too.)
I think the main thing is to stop walking over broken glass to get thinner. Where’s the utility in that? Exercise is still going to benefit you, even if you stay at your current weight and grumpy every minute of your walk.