2400+ GEO-calories
daydream58
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I sure burned a lot of calories caching on pretty steep terrain around UVic and Mount Tolmie, in very windy, wet and cold conditions. I was out for about six hours and did stop for a quick lunch but only logged 4 hours (2 hiking cross country and 2 hiking up hills) and I went ahead and ate (and enjoyed) about 600 of those exercise calories.
Does that seem pretty fair?
Plus the other three cachers I was with are all in much better shape than me, and I really did a great job of keeping up I think. I'm pretty sore even tho I went in the hot tub after. Especially my legs and back. And my feet hurt - maybe because I've lost 30 pounds and my shoes are actually too big for me now! I need to get smaller shoes, but I'm only 45% to goal, so I feel it may be too soon for such an expensive item. Guess there's not much I can do about it tho!
I'm wiped out, that's for sure... But I was 202 lbs. this morning, so hoping this expenditure and deficit help push me into ONEderland a tad ahead of schedule!
Deedee
(DeedeeVI)
Does that seem pretty fair?
Plus the other three cachers I was with are all in much better shape than me, and I really did a great job of keeping up I think. I'm pretty sore even tho I went in the hot tub after. Especially my legs and back. And my feet hurt - maybe because I've lost 30 pounds and my shoes are actually too big for me now! I need to get smaller shoes, but I'm only 45% to goal, so I feel it may be too soon for such an expensive item. Guess there's not much I can do about it tho!
I'm wiped out, that's for sure... But I was 202 lbs. this morning, so hoping this expenditure and deficit help push me into ONEderland a tad ahead of schedule!
Deedee
(DeedeeVI)
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Always have been unsure on exercise numbers for Geocaching because every time is different terrain & such. However, I think that you are pretty much on target logging as hiking across country & hiking up hills. Wish Geocaching was in the database!
Keep on Caching!0 -
I use a HRM to get a more accurate burn figure0
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I use a HRM to get a more accurate burn figure
Great idea! Not sure of which one to get though, can't afford much right now. 0 -
I use a HRM to get a more accurate burn figure
Great idea! Not sure of which one to get though, can't afford much right now.
Recently brought a Polar FT7 - and am loving it....and it's stats! Picked mine up for a little over £50 from Amazon0 -
I use a HRM to get a more accurate burn figure
Great idea! Not sure of which one to get though, can't afford much right now.
Cheap ones to mess around with at least at dealextreme.com I get tons of stuff from them... a percentage of it arrives inoperable, but they only ask for a video showing how it doesn't work and they send another one out right away and never ask for the first one back... so at THAT point I go ahead and take it apart and fix it and end up with two. Pretty cool.0 -
Thank you dcmat & daydream58 for the great advice! :flowerforyou:0
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