Burn The Belly

lol, @Maggie's skiing :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Maybe the bannanas will work for you! Although, I much prefer cantaloupe. it's juicy, and slightly lower in sugar!

Oh and Cantaloupe facts I found! I think they are essentially the same thing, just different varieties. American Cantaloupes are sometimes called musk melons from what I understand.

American Cantaloupe Melon
Melons called cantaloupe in the United States are not technically cantaloupes, they are actually a very similar netted member of the muskmelon family, while true cantaloupes are natives of Italy and only found in Europe. The skin of American cantaloupes is beige with a grey netting, protecting a sweet pale orange flesh.

Cantaloupe Melon
True cantaloupe melons are only found in Europe, and have a beige coloured skin covered in a well defined grey netting, surrounding very sweet pale orange flesh. Ripe cantaloupe melons are very heavy for their size, and very fragrant, with a soft spot where the flower was (the blossom end).

Ran a little today. Burn 411 calories, and that's all. I need to get back on some strength training. I've neglecting it lately. Sharing a car with the other half sure cuts into my workout time :mad: , although allows me more time to work on my knitting

Hi all !!

I'm exclamation crazy too Maggie as you mayhave noticed...Lol.

WHY CAN'T I EAT MY 1200 calories?

I think my difficulty in eating the calories is that as it turns out what I am eating is quite high in fibre and of late high in protein. Before I started adding some protein - even a few almonds or something - to my carb rich meal such as my oatmeal breakfast I would be full but now by chewing on a few almonds after I stay full even longer. Im thinking is deffo the fibre. I've been trying to eat most of my calories including anticapated exercise calories before six in the evening which is around the time I go to the gym but even that is hard cause I'm not that hungry.

Plus i drink herbal teas like all day long plus the water my little tummy is full. Another thing i've noticed is that because I try to stick to six small portions over the course of the day my stomach literally cannot hold a lot of food and I find I get fuller faster even with a small meal. A doctor told me that your stomach is about the size of your fist and thats how much you should eat at one sitting ----of course who does that really---- so over time your stomach stretches to accommodate the food. What happens is that it takes more food for your brain to tell you thatyou're full because of the extra volume in the stomach because its been stretched. It doesnt happen overnight but because I know I will be 'feeding' every few hours my brain doesn't start nagging me about food and of course my stomach is full anyway.

I upped my calorie intake to 1500 a couple of weeks ago because I thought since I am close-(ish) to my goal weight and with all the exercise my profile should be 'active' not sedentary' on the MPF profile but I had great difficulty eating the recommended calories plus my exercise calories. So I went back to 1200 plus the exercise calories that seems to work better and I should still lose weight - we'll see.

So I understand only too well how it gets harder to eat extra calories.

POTASSIUM

Yep I asked about potassium/sodium ratio and its definitely important to get that balance right especially with all the sweating from exercise. Its important to get enough to help with cramps (all kinds) and sore achy mucles and joints. That's a great tip!

@AMARETTA

"Sharing a car with the other half sure cuts into my workout time , although allows me more time to work on my knitting" ...that's LAUGH OUT LOUD funny ...Lol!!
Thanks for the details that distinguish melons from cantaloupes now Ican tell my husband - HAha--told ya!!!..Lol We've been having this debate for some time now.

@cookie241:

So far so VERY good!!

Plus you've got netball tomorrow.

Makes me want to join a club

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hockey though I'm total rubbish at netball:laugh:

Armaretta: have you considered food intolerances for the bloating? I've been off wheat/gluten for a year and it helps, although now when i do eat some I get a MONSTER bloat, and it can be hard to avoid sometimes! I also feel it when i overdo the salt. Just got to keep chugging the water tho i suppose.

In other news, i just revisited RI30 level 1 before work, and found it just as hard! Granted i did the full pushups (not knees), and 2 or 3 kg weights instead of 1 & 2, but it really did me in! I like having all these workouts to go back to and mix up.

Cookie, you are so commited, consistently really high burns! Envy

Maggie what's your new DVD?

I have thought about food sensitivities, but I'm 90% sure that my problem is how much I love salt! That, and it's very very hard to find food in America that doesn't have ridiculous amounts of added salt. My husband said that there wasn't salt in anything when he was in Europe. Silly America! The only food I've every really been sensitive to is milk products, but If I eat them on a consistent basis, my body adjusts to them pretty easily. I think I eat Greek yogurt every day!

Cookie, Great commitment! You are so consistent! I have to talk myself out of and back into exercise everyday, LOL

Hi guys!!

My calorie burn today was 773.

I'm stoked because this included a full 30 minute run which I have not done in absolute ages. Somewhere along the line I just couldn't get me head around lifting my feet and I reverted to cycling which I love.

Today though after my belly burn 15 minutes on the stat bike I headed straight to the treadmills turned up my earphones and chugged along at various speeds (lowest 6.5mph highest 9.5mph).

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I can run...after five minutes my mind wanders and I stop because I usually can't be bothered...Lol!!

So BIG thanks guys this challenge got me back to my running ways. Everything hurts like hell but I'm walking around with my smug self because I CAN RUN again!

Ohhh...but can I do it again...Lol.

Will let you know.

@Maggie: Trampolining is BRILLIANT!! I love it!

Apparently is really good for your lymphatic system because jumping up and then letting gravity pull you down stimulates the Lymphatic system and so helps the body get rid of the 'waste' than can build up in the lymph nodes. A sluggish lymphatic system contributes to ill health because your body cannot easily get rid of the by-products of the gulzillion chemical reactions that take place in the body every second.

Any exercise helps but something about defying gravity for a few seconds and then being pulled back to the ground is supposed to be great for the lymphatic system.

OK reporting in, sounds like everyone is having a blast burning off their bellies
I did LS 3 miles of walking followed by Butt Bible and was going to do NMTZ but finally my new JM came in the mail Killer Buns and Thighs so had to pop in and go, even though now I did 2 butt workouts LOL. My total calorie burn is 1071.

2 butt workouts? Call it one for each side
How was killer buns n thighs?

Killer buns and thighs was tough. Nothing too far out there yet, lvl 1 is basic stuff you have done in other dvds of hers. She does squats, kicks, and works the stability/balance alot. I did take a few breaks during mostly due to I didn't preview it before hand so I would watch it and then jump in lol. I'm already feeling it in my thighs for sure. My only complaint is she is more chatty in this one, joking more with Natalie (girl from 30DS) mostly and complaining about fb and twitter comments saying her workouts are too easy, her comeback is if its too easy you need to be upping your weights! So that is annoying seeing how every time I do the dvd I have to hear it :P Plus I may have to stop Butt Bible cause some moves were similar so no need to do 2 of the almost same workout.

How many levels are there? What's the deal...how long to you have to do it for?

There are 3 levels where there are circuits where you do one some exercises and then repeat like in BFBM. The first lvl was 40 minutes with warm up and cool down. She doesn't give any kind of recommendations for use. I was going to try 3 days a week but there is a group I'm debating about joining on mfp who are doing it 4 days!
There is a vid on you tube with clips from the dvd.

@amaretta this was the first time at night I went negative I had calories before I did the workout but I burnt close to 500 so I went in the red Trust me normally I go over calories daily LOL, I workout to eat more.

@armaretta - NMTZ took me 57minutes and I burnt 277 calories, but I usually burn quite a bit less than other people (I have relatively a low resting heart rate which i think might be why). After the warm-up, then yes, it is all strength, but I felt very well worked out; my abs were made to work harder than on any other dvd. Not all weights, by the way - some of it is on the mat with resistance.

Off to work now - have a great day everybody. :flowerforyou:

P.S. There was frost outside here this morning. :noway:

@cookie241:

So far so VERY good!!

Plus you've got netball tomorrow.

Makes me want to join a club

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hockey though I'm total rubbish at netball:laugh:

I used to love hockey too not sure i would have the fitness now to do it though.

Anyway exercise for today day nine level one 30 day shred approx 308 calories, and 60 mins netball approx 312 calories.
Not doing the walking i would normally today as i have got the car but will get back out walking tomorrow.

So did another day of Killer Buns and Thighs (kbt) with calories burn of 517. I may stop at that for today and take it easy for the rest of the day.

Hi everyone!! Hope you're all well.

Amaretta, how's your bodymedia (if that's right) going? Enjoying it?!

Cookie, you got some great burns going!

It's been a gloriously sunny, very warm day here in London, a most pleasant surprise :bigsmile:

My Insanity Recovery brings me in a burn of 129 cals....just as well it was tonight as stayed up late last night and not in the mood for a crazy mad workout.

I love it so far! It's a Fascinating little gadget. I've taken almost 8000 steps today and burned 1500 calories without exercise. I think it resets everyday at midnight maybe? I'm still getting familiar with it. No workout yet. I'm sitting in the car, knitting, waiting on the husband. He needs to get his car fixed soon! I have calories to be burning! I'm going to do a burn comparison on this device vs. My HRM later tonight! I'm assuming it is going to take a short trial for the device to get in tune with my body completely, but the preliminary information is exciting!