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Very unhealthy. With that much around your waist, you probably have a significant amount around your heart.

The best thing about it is that you always start your day feeling like you accomplished something.

I agree. If your savings is so low that you can't afford to buy groceries when you don't have a paycheck then you're cutting it too close. Dave seems to have a grasp on how to help people like this.

Find friends who don't drink.

Keep in mind that the bulk of the calories we burn go into BMR which includes what our bodies do to regulate temperature.

Because it takes a couple of days for food to go through your system, it may take a couple of days before a calorie deficit creates a situation in which your body has to use stored fat rather than what is in your gut. But aside from that the fat loss begins immediately.

It may interest you to know that Florida has fewer obese people than average and Alaska has more obese people than average. But let's not forget that it is calories in/calories out that determines obesity, not calories burned due to temperature or otherwise.

Liposuction

Two-thirds of the human body is water, so yes, water weight is real. In fact, most of your weight is water. When you have too much sodium your blood gets thicker, your extremities swell, and your clothes may feel tighter.

Typically, we burn more calories when the temperature is in the 90s and above than we do when it is down around zero. Increased calorie burn in cold weather occurs when we shiver. In hot weather we burn more calories because internal function increases to push more sweat out.

A person who is more fit will burn fewer calories when running the same distance at the same weight because they use calories more efficiently. A fit person will usually have a lower heart rate when doing so, but this isn't always the case. It is quite possible for the less fit person to have the lower heart rate and still…

If you lift a one pound weight one foot you burn 0.00032 calories. So, assuming a 10 lb weight moved 6 feet 270 times it puts you at a burn of about 5 calories for the work itself and some additional calories for pumping blood and keeping you cool.

Just don't eat all day and you'll probably weigh in two pounds lighter.

Being 18 means you are an adult with all the responsibilities that come with it. As for your heart rate. If that is your resting heart rate (taken after sitting still for a while) then it is too high and you should talk to a doctor about it. But if that is you were walking around before you took it then it is probably…

I would suggest finding a distance that you can walk without experiencing back pain and extreme shortness of breath. Walk that distance every day (maybe even more than once with a break in-between). After a week, go a little farther. Keep increasing the distance each week but never go beyond your capabilities. It won't be…

I'm a fairly tall person and weight 205. The most I've ever burned in one hour is 900 calories. I took a nap shortly thereafter. Today I burned 741 calories per hour and my heart rate averaged 152. 1,000 in an hour is the kind of thing top notch athletes might do regularly, but for the rest of us it is rare. But that's…

I ride a bicycle. It is a great way to deal with stress and it burns so many calories that a little emotional eating goes unnoticed.

If you mean drink a gallon of water in addition to all the other fluids you drink to stay hydrated, then it is neither healthy nor unhealthy. But you will be making trips to the bathroom more often. If you are counting all fluids in your "gallon a day" then a gallon is about right, but it is better to drink to thirst than…

You aren't losing because you are eating too much.

Actually, we burn more calories in hot weather keeping our body temperatures low enough than we do in cold weather keeping our body temperature high enough. To burn a significant amount of calories from the cold one must be cold enough that they are shivering. We generally avoid that situation by laying clothing to retain…

Endurance athletes often work fasted (carb depleted) workouts into their training schedule because it conditions their body to use fat more efficiently during a race. It is worth noting, however, that their performance isn't as high when they are in a carb depleted state and it puts the body under stress. Never exercise…

Heart rate doesn't measure energy expenditure. Just the difference in temperature from inside versus outside can make a significant difference.

Canadian flag?

You can, and some people do so with a purpose, but it isn't recommended that you do so more than two or three times a week because it puts your body under more stress.

Does it work with headphones?

Based on what you say you are doing, it looks like you may be burning between 300 and 500 calories over what a sedentary setting will give you. If so, you shouldn't consume more than 1,500 to 1,700 to lose one pound per week.

Since when?

You really shouldn't push yourself very hard when in a fasted state.

Any bike will work for commuting. But you seem to be emotional about this. Why?

If renting is too expensive then maybe one should replace their bike rather than fix it. Or do what I do and ride a bike designed for another purpose while the bike is being repaired.