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  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    Your heels may rise a bit on it, but you really shouldn't be lifting your feet.

    Casper..... on the elliptical at the gym, I listen to my ipod, watch the news channel and compete with my husband for more calories burned. The time goes fairly quickly
  • rose14
    rose14 Posts: 4 Member
    I love the elliptical! The first time I ever used it I was dying after a minute, but then realized I was actually going backwards- if that makes sense. I'm guessing no one is as goofy as me to do the same thing, but you may want to make sure you are actually pushing forward. Now when I do backward it's b/c I want a few minutes of even higher heart rate.

    I wish I had one at home!
  • joann
    joann Posts: 624 Member
    I have been watching cmt, the news, rachel ray...whatever is on at the time...I wish house was on in the morning...
    I dont know if I got a good deal or not but I picked my elliptical up at ****s for $320. It seems to be ok. I took out the extra 2 year warranty just in case something happens. It certainly is worth every penny if it gets me off my butt..
    and Yes I am sweating like JoAnn:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ..
  • MOMof3Kds
    MOMof3Kds Posts: 1
    Casper can you tell me how long it took to drop that 60 lbs. I'm 5'4" and 260 I got my WAL_MART special too Paid 150 for it Wahoo Really wanted one used to love it at the gym...Weight about 60 lbs less then. Well Last night we put it together when we were done I got on 3min thats all I could but came back a few min later andother 2 min done then came back agian and got another 5 min that time. Bye the time an hour was up I had done 10 min and was proud of myself. My biggest concern is that my resting HRT is about 80 and I am getting up to that 150 mark in that 2-3min line. How long will it take for that resting rate to start dropping. Any help and encouragement is great. I'm just scared about that Resting heart rate.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    You're 28 years old. Now I'm no cardiologist - but the usual rule of thumb is that your maximum heart rate is 220 minus your age. So you should be able to do 192 BPM. 80% of that would be 146-ish, so that would be a good pulse for you to shoot for when doing cardio. What you want to do is get in that range and keep it there for 20 minutes. If you can't sustain it - you're losing breath or the pulse is getting faster, then remove a bit of the effort. Slow down your pace, or lower the resistance, or both. If you can't do it right now then do what you can and try to do a little more each day. You'll be there before you know it.

    I got serious about losing weight in January, and I reached my lowest weight of 209 pounds in August, so that's about 7 or 8 months. The first couple months was all dieting, but when MFP lowered my calorie allowance enough to make it hard I started exercising to "earn" more food. :wink: I did eat most of my exercise calories, and I still do.

    At that point I made some changes to my diet and my exercise routine and I've made a decision not to worry about losing weight right now. I'm feeding a little better with tons of protein and exercising like a beast with massive iron and I'm making a lot of changes that you don't see on the scale. I'm the same weight I was in August, but I look like a different person. The male physiology is working for me here - and I'm digging it.

    Anyways - 60 pounds in 7 months, probably 30 weeks, 2 pounds a week - right on schedule. 1/2 hour on the machine every day, very disciplined food control, occasional, reasonable cheat meals. It works,,,
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