Burn The Belly

Hi everyone,
I haven't logged much these past two days because I was feeling under the weather, and was constantly on the go. I think I just needed to take a two day break and do absolutely nothing. It worked. Now I feel better and will be doing some sort of exercise later tonight . Even though I wasn't feeling well, I still felt a little guilty for not working out for two days straight. But I'm back on it today. I hope everyone's weekend is going great!

i managed to burn 154 calories with 20 minutes of stationary bike and i was under my daily calorie goal.
and the report said said i was eating too few calories. :noway:
but whatever i am happy with me. :laugh:
tomorrow is a new day. lets hope for the best :happy:

Hi everyone,
I haven't logged much these past two days because I was feeling under the weather, and was constantly on the go. I think I just needed to take a two day break and do absolutely nothing. It worked. Now I feel better and will be doing some sort of exercise later tonight . Even though I wasn't feeling well, I still felt a little guilty for not working out for two days straight. But I'm back on it today. I hope everyone's weekend is going great!

Im with you I feel like a slacker I rested yesterday but couldn't get motivated today so maybe like you I needed 2 days I have been working out 6-7 days a week lately. So no workout today and I went to Chili's mmmm but calories through the roof!! oh well hopefully tomorrow I will get back on track.

Hi everyone,
I haven't logged much these past two days because I was feeling under the weather, and was constantly on the go. I think I just needed to take a two day break and do absolutely nothing. It worked. Now I feel better and will be doing some sort of exercise later tonight . Even though I wasn't feeling well, I still felt a little guilty for not working out for two days straight. But I'm back on it today. I hope everyone's weekend is going great!

Yep, I've been a bit under par myself, and I know that guilty feeling so well! Glad to hear you feel better now - I do too, I think! :flowerforyou:

Yesterday was a strange day for me. After feeling good on all the exercise and healthy eating for ages, I suddenly felt awful. I woke up aching and feeling generally weak. Then in the morning, after a bowl of porridge, I was sitting at the computer and I had quite a bad dizzy spell. I took this as a warning, so took things easy for the whole day. I was definitely out of sorts though, and felt really really hungry all day, with intense sugar cravings. I'm wondering about my metabolism, having read a piece by someone with a BoddyBugg recently, who found that she was burning way more than MFP had estimated, just by being alive (equally though, someone else reported that she was actually a lot lower on the burn than she had thought). Over the years I have noticed that the sort of people who fidgit and naturally move about a bit are generally thinner, presumably because they just burn more being that way. I think I am more of a restless than a calm person, so maybe I should be a bit higher on the calorie intake. Difficult to know. I have been aiming for 0.5 loss per week, but have actually been losing 1.0 per week recently. What do the rest of you think?

@Frannswaz also suggested that it could be 'over-training', and yes, I certainly have stepped things up a notch since we started this challenge. 2/3hours a day does seem like a lot, when I think about it. I am not training for the Olympics, after all!

I suppose the important thing is to listen to what my body is telling me, and be sensible about things (not my strong suit, ha ha!).

Sorry, this feels like it has been a bit self-indulgent! Me, me, me, me, me, me me!

Er, how are you all? :happy:

It's an interesting subject Maggie, I often compare myself with the fella, he's lean as a bean, partially genetics i reckon, but mostly because he rarely sits still for 2 mins. His job is quite physical, but mostly it's his nature, keeps moving. He eats all kinds of crap for meals (doesn't snack much tho), plenty of fried stuff, and is in v good shape without working out. I, on the other hand, have a desk job, and watch lots of tv, so i struggle! Are these Body bug things like an HRM? But to wear all day? That's be quite interesting. I wore my Polar to the supermarket the other day, was impressed to burn 175 pottering around with a trolley, and so of course bought a curly wurly at the checkout- 115cals!

Some of you ladies have been burning crazy amounts lately, so do be careful. I'm limited by my joints (which are a ***** today), and the amount i can eat (difficult without hitting the chocolate!), so i won't be winning any prizes this week. And don't be afraid to eat on your rest days, I'm sure MFP won't care if you eat some of your exercise cals on a slightly different day!

It's an interesting subject Maggie, I often compare myself with the fella, he's lean as a bean, partially genetics i reckon, but mostly because he rarely sits still for 2 mins. His job is quite physical, but mostly it's his nature, keeps moving. He eats all kinds of crap for meals (doesn't snack much tho), plenty of fried stuff, and is in v good shape without working out. I, on the other hand, have a desk job, and watch lots of tv, so i struggle! Are these Body bug things like an HRM? But to wear all day? That's be quite interesting. I wore my Polar to the supermarket the other day, was impressed to burn 175 pottering around with a trolley, and so of course bought a curly wurly at the checkout- 115cals!

Some of you ladies have been burning crazy amounts lately, so do be careful. I'm limited by my joints (which are a ***** today), and the amount i can eat (difficult without hitting the chocolate!), so i won't be winning any prizes this week. And don't be afraid to eat on your rest days, I'm sure MFP won't care if you eat some of your exercise cals on a slightly different day!

Very wise words Jen, thank you. I will keep that very much in mind.

Yes, the BodyBugg is a device that you wear all day (or 23 hours a day, I think) and it measures your real burn as opposed to your estimated burn. But as well as buying the device itself, you also have to pay for a subscription to be alowed access to the website (not sure what that's all about). But there is another one called 'BodyMedia Fit' which some people say is better, as in addition to the calorie burn, it also monitors your sleeep quality, and I think you can use it to train yourself to sleep better. Armaretta will be able to tell us all about it, as she has ordered one. I can't wait to hear about it (she and I are gadget fiends :bigsmile: ). I'm not too sure I would get one, as it could work out quite expensive. But in fact, I don't have the option, as they are not available in the UK. There is another one on the market here, but it hasn't been getting good reviews.

Right, off to work now, alas. :frown:

Have a good day, everybody.

Yesterday was a strange day for me. After feeling good on all the exercise and healthy eating for ages, I suddenly felt awful. I woke up aching and feeling generally weak. Then in the morning, after a bowl of porridge, I was sitting at the computer and I had quite a bad dizzy spell. I took this as a warning, so took things easy for the whole day. I was definitely out of sorts though, and felt really really hungry all day, with intense sugar cravings. I'm wondering about my metabolism, having read a piece by someone with a BoddyBugg recently, who found that she was burning way more than MFP had estimated, just by being alive (equally though, someone else reported that she was actually a lot lower on the burn than she had thought). Over the years I have noticed that the sort of people who fidgit and naturally move about a bit are generally thinner, presumably because they just burn more being that way. I think I am more of a restless than a calm person, so maybe I should be a bit higher on the calorie intake. Difficult to know. I have been aiming for 0.5 loss per week, but have actually been losing 1.0 per week recently. What do the rest of you think?

@Frannswaz also suggested that it could be 'over-training', and yes, I certainly have stepped things up a notch since we started this challenge. 2/3hours a day does seem like a lot, when I think about it. I am not training for the Olympics, after all!

I suppose the important thing is to listen to what my body is telling me, and be sensible about things (not my strong suit, ha ha!).

Sorry, this feels like it has been a bit self-indulgent! Me, me, me, me, me, me me!

Er, how are you all? :happy:

Maggie are you on around 1200 cals a day? As you're so close to your GW and you''ve been losing more than what you're aiming for definately put your daily calorie intake up. See how it goes and take it from there?

Hope you feel better soon.:flowerforyou:

Thanks Skinny. :happy:

Methinks you are probably right. I'm on 1280 a day. As it's Sunday now, I think I'll wait until my Tuesday weigh day and see what's happened this week. It occurred to me that it might also be a hormonal thing - those fluctuations hit us 'women of a certain age' in the strangest ways sometimes. (Note of advice to you all - don't go through the menopause! :laugh: )