Does anyone else work out two hours a day?

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  • vivaldirules
    vivaldirules Posts: 169 Member
    Early on, I did 2-1/2 hours of vigorous elliptical 3 or 4 days a week and eating 1400 to 1700 calories a day and this worked well for me. After I lost the first 50 pounds (a few months), backing off to an hour a day max was the first change I made.
  • missybct
    missybct Posts: 321 Member
    I work out for about 1.5 hours, 3 or 4 times a week. It's a mixture of cardio and strength/weight training, varying intensity. I've only just started, so I'm getting the hang of knowing what to do and when to do it.

    If you are planning to work out for 2 hours a day, you need to make sure you are increasing your calories to compensate and to fuel your body, otherwise it'll be pointless and your metabolic rate will plummet. Combine decent exercise with clean eating and your metabolic rate will soar :)
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    Uhm lets see, I try to keep my cals at 1200 a day, but if I work out I usually tend to eat more like a protein shake or something, nothing to heavy or high cal. My diet consists of mainly fruits and lean cuisines because i'm allergic to fish and cant cook very well (literally almost poisoned my family more than once because my cooking is that bad lol) I am to make sure my salt does not go over 2000mg a day, and I drink 3 Liters or more of water a day

    I have lost 13 inches so far, and 20lbs...but the past 20 days I have stalled and thats killing my motivation so Im trying to renew it again by switching things up. I usually swim and lift weights 4 days a week for an hour.
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    and to that one person above my goal is not to destroy my body my goal is to learn that is why I am asking the question, I was told that 1200 a day is a good target on days when you dont workout and on days when I do work out I eat more
  • brillmer
    brillmer Posts: 1,268 Member
    Weight loss comes from the kitchen. Focus on your nutrition and calorie deficit. You can cut out starches ,grains, processed / premade foods.. and drink A LOT of water..

    Change something up to shock your system.

    If you feel like you are plateauing, I find the best thing to do is switch it up. Change up how you do your cardio, how intense it is, switch your weights to higher weights / less reps, or lower weights / more reps.

    Just change something up from your routine.

    I started doing intermittent fasting when I plateau'd and the weight started falling off again.
  • missybct
    missybct Posts: 321 Member
    Also, I just had a check of your diary and apart from the fact you are eating too little, the things you are eating (lean cuisine meals, which I assume are ready meals) are packed with additives and sodium and will retain weight - it would be better to up your calories, cook fresh food (where possible) and then do exercise.
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    That is what I would think to, I dont really understand the hole net calorie thing
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Most days I do, but I do include 15 mins stretching in that. Some days less (Sunday I run) and some days more (today 50 mins squash 1st thing, and 2 hours in the gym this evening). I do it because I enjoy it, and I mix up my work outs. For me, its better than sitting in front of the tv or going down the pub. I also get to eat between 2,500 - 3000 calories a day, even on my rest day. I do not look like a Victoria Secrets model :laugh:
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    2hrs a day? What are eating at?

    1000 calories a day.

    Why do you keep saying 1000 cals a day, I havent finished logging for today and I eat more when I workout. My eating without exercise usually ranges at 1200 cals, when I work out its closer to 1900 cals
  • girlPaula
    girlPaula Posts: 13 Member
    Do twice a day - 6 days a week totally about 100 minutes..
  • cherio256
    cherio256 Posts: 219
    net calories means: I do 1200 calories a day, but I burn 200 of those from exercise. that means I am netting 1000 a day (too low). So days I exercise (usually daily) I eat 1400 calories but net 1200 :)
  • doc800
    doc800 Posts: 148
    I do an hour in the am followed by an hour at night. I also keep close tabs on how my body is responding.
  • skalkbrenn
    skalkbrenn Posts: 47 Member
    This site will calculate your TEE for you - that is the amount of calories that it takes your bodie to sustain itself as it is (nervous system, muscles, organs, etc.)

    http://theskinnyequation.blogspot.com/p/weight-loss-calculators.html

    Once you figure out your TEE, subtract 20% and that is the amount of NET calories you should eat to LOSE weight. If you are adding exercise then you need to eat back the calories that you burn during that exercise or your body will consume muscle for energy and store fat (starvation mode). If you do this, you will increase your muscle and by doing that increase your metabolism. You are not eating enough calories now and that is why you have platued. Up your calories (I went through this last year when doing Insanity). It took me six weeks to realize that I should be consuming 2200 calories on the days when I was doing the high-impact exercises.

    I would also recommend a heart rate monitor - it is the best way to know how many calories you are actually burning. You already have the tracking food part down!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    That is what I would think to, I dont really understand the hole net calorie thing

    You lose weight by creating a calorie deficit by eating less, or exercising, or a combination of them both.

    MFP sets your calorie goal assuming you will do no exercising, you will lose weight just by eating less (the number they give you). Then when you DO exercise, you need to eat more food for fuel. So when you log your exercise, it gives you more to eat, that is your NET goal for the day.

    So for example, MFP tells you to eat 1,400 calories a day. You work out for an hour and burn 300 calories, it adds that 300 to the amount you need to eat, so your net for the day is 1,700.

    edit: typo
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    In the winter when there's not much else to do I'm in the gym everyday for two hours, mixing up cardio and strength training. When the weather turns nice, you'll find me outside without a watch.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Usually 45'ish minutes in the morning, four days a week. 50'ish minutes at lunch 5 days a week. Two or three nights a week I am doing something active, anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hrs - but that's usually sports, etc, not focused exercise.
  • skalkbrenn
    skalkbrenn Posts: 47 Member
    ***By "If you do this..." I meant if you eat back the calories you burn with exercise.
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    Doesnt that mean your eating back your exercise cals which defeats the purpose of exercising those cals off in the first place??
  • 78brownie_wechanged
    78brownie_wechanged Posts: 291
    Not me. I do about 30/45 min 6 days a week. One day cardio. Good luck.
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    This site will calculate your TEE for you - that is the amount of calories that it takes your bodie to sustain itself as it is (nervous system, muscles, organs, etc.)

    http://theskinnyequation.blogspot.com/p/weight-loss-calculators.html

    Once you figure out your TEE, subtract 20% and that is the amount of NET calories you should eat to LOSE weight. If you are adding exercise then you need to eat back the calories that you burn during that exercise or your body will consume muscle for energy and store fat (starvation mode). If you do this, you will increase your muscle and by doing that increase your metabolism. You are not eating enough calories now and that is why you have platued. Up your calories (I went through this last year when doing Insanity). It took me six weeks to realize that I should be consuming 2200 calories on the days when I was doing the high-impact exercises.

    I would also recommend a heart rate monitor - it is the best way to know how many calories you are actually burning. You already have the tracking food part down!

    I have never heard of TEE before but I do own a heart rate monitor
  • shaypearl
    shaypearl Posts: 307 Member
    I do!!!! I'm currently doing P90X or running in the mornings and afternoons I have martial arts or football.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Doesnt that mean your eating back your exercise cals which defeats the purpose of exercising those cals off in the first place??

    No, with MFP, you are already set lower than what you need for fuel. That is why it adds back more calories for you when you log your exercise. If you did no exercise and just ate what MFP says, you would lose weight.
  • xjckemx
    xjckemx Posts: 95 Member
    I may well be the person that does the least exercise on this site. But 4 times a week 30 mins each works fine for me. Not much to lose and losing it fine. Not only could I not fit in 2 hours a day but I wouldn't want to!
  • meganfoster12
    meganfoster12 Posts: 411 Member
    I do an 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour at night
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Heck no...that's insane! I have better things to do with my time than spend 2 hours a day working out!

    ^^^^^^ THIS! : )
  • vikingheart
    vikingheart Posts: 79
    I have a pretty intense regimen because I am training for a fight. 6 days a week...1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours. My weight loss stalled in the last few months, but I was forced to take a break the last week and the weight has been falling off of me. I'm not doing anything different with my eating. I think my body just needed time to rest and adjust.
  • elainecroft
    elainecroft Posts: 595 Member
    I would do interval training - 45 min of high intensity intervals does wonders to your body.
  • rich347
    rich347 Posts: 508 Member
    I work out twice a day, but I also eat right and the second work out is something I like doing like playing Vball and boxing
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    You're eating 1000 calories a day? No wonder your weight loss stopped, you're undereating like crazy. And no you do not need to work out two hours a day unless you're training for something, what's the rush to lose weight? Is it a life or death thing? involve a gang?
  • brillmer
    brillmer Posts: 1,268 Member
    Weight loss comes from the kitchen. Focus on your nutrition and calorie deficit. You can cut out starches ,grains, processed / premade foods.. and drink A LOT of water..

    Change something up to shock your system.

    If you feel like you are plateauing, I find the best thing to do is switch it up. Change up how you do your cardio, how intense it is, switch your weights to higher weights / less reps, or lower weights / more reps.

    Just change something up from your routine.

    I started doing intermittent fasting when I plateau'd and the weight started falling off again.

    Or you can stay within your calorie goals and eat whatever you want. Intermittent fasting didn't cause you to break your plateau, increasing the deficit probably did.

    The deficit didn't change at all. If anything, it actually decreased. Literally 2 things changed.. The time I was eating (12pm-6pm) and the amount of water I was drinking (about a gallon a day instead of 8-12 cups)

    I try to eat clean, healthy foods, rather than eating whatever I want and staying within my calories.

    Self control is not my forte

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