She improved her health — and her life
Cycling helped Oldham’s health in other ways, too. She brought her blood pressure down, slept better, improved her mental health and increased her energy.
“As a grad student and a new parent, I had a lot of anxiety, and that was making it difficult to sleep at night. It was affecting my mental health and my ability to function,” she said. “I really did not feel good. I didn’t feel physically comfortable in my body, I didn’t feel energetic, I didn’t feel comfortable in my clothes. It was all just not great.”
She didn’t just want to lose weight. She wanted to address all those things. “Cycling was really helpful for me. Even if it hadn’t helped with weight loss, it helps regulate blood sugar, so making healthier eating choices is easier. It helps me sleep better at night. It helps lower anxiety,” she said. And cycling is great for people like her with Perthes disease, because it helps build the muscles that support the hip.
She said exercise helps her be a better parent and spouse — and helps her be there for her students and colleagues. “Exercise is such an important part of being well as a whole person,” she said.
She focused on what she was eating
Oldham looked at her diet, too. She aimed to pack as many nutrients as she could into 1,200 to 1,400 calories per day. “I’m a big believer in that if you’re giving your body the nutrients it needs it’s less likely to ask you for things it doesn’t need,” she said. “I hear a lot of people talk about deprivation and denying yourself food. I felt this was the opposite — how much positivity can I pack in to make sure I am getting as much of the nutrients my body needs as possible?”
She tracked what she ate with the Samsung Health app, which gave her a score of 0 to 100 every day, based on the nutritional content of the foods she ate. “I would plan out my day to get as high a score as possible on this nutrition index,” she said.
She’s coping during the pandemic
Oldham said she and her family are being cautious about exposure during the pandemic, so she’s not exercising indoors right now. She would like to lose five pounds, but that can wait. “The world is upside down right now. There are more important things than being at your ideal weight,” she said. “We can’t beat ourselves up.”
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