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Much appreciation for the info. I'll start researching that now. Don't get me wrong, I want to see a burn of as many calories as possible on this app, but I mainly just want to see what my fair output of work equates to. When I try Tabata style calisthenics and I'm on the floor in sweat shaking my hope is this was a burn.…

Ooohh, understood. Makes a ton of sense and my deficit, even without exercise is pretty nice today so I'm definitely not trying to get a "I did it so I deserve fast food" meal.

That makes a helluva lot more sense. 270-300 calories seemse a bit high, but 120 calories seems really unfairly low. The 8 exercises were Lunge to high kick Plank Push up Single leg bridges Mountain climbers Fire feet High knees Squat jacks Im a 29yr old 247lb male whose used to mainly weight lifting but not body weight…

Thank you, but im curious why half???

Thank you for that breakdown. Looking back, my program my trainer gave me is a blended routine. I have 6 exercises so maybe it's more circuit training? Today was 5 sets of deadlifting, 8 reps 95lbs, 135lbs 155pbs 175lbs x 2 4 sets of kettle bell swings 16-20reps 25lb KB, 35lb, 45lb, 45lb 3 sets Single arm dumbbell row for…

Jeez, yeah. Yours sounds accurate. I did about 6 minutes on the elliptical as a warm-up, 65 minutes roughly for strength training and then finished with the treadmill doing interval training for about 12-13 minutes. Going up to a 10 speed for my dashes and staying at a 2.5 or 3 speed for my rest phases. Then did a cool…

Sorry it took me a while to check back, but thank you. This is very informative. Especially since I always remember old trainers telling me stuff like "exercise science is now saying the length of exercise isn't completely necessary if the intensity is up" so i try to apply that to my cardio. Some days I'll jog for an…

Appreciate your explanation as well. I'll assume with every thing I did for an hours worth of work (not including rest time and moving from machine to machine) I probably burned about 400 calories.

I appreciate your breakdown hear. My calorie budget is at about 2100 calories but I'm trying to burn the difference instead of eating a deficit per one of my old coaches. I wish the day was 700 calories, because lord knows I was drenched in sweat and sore.

Sorry y'all I'm 6ft even 252lbs Endomorph body type and current focus for the next 6 months is calorie/ fat burn. Most of my workouts are 8-12 reps with 40 second rest time in between sets. I try to finish every exercise day with a 15- 20min HIIT session on the treadmill. 20-45 seconds sprinting at a speed of 8, 9 and 10…

And this was really helpful. Thanks again to everyone for their comments. Kind of reminds me of what my trainers director mentioned which was "dont think of restricting yourself too much with food, try to focus on lifting and working out more frequently and consistently while slowly making small changes in habits... also…

This is solid. Much appreciated and now that I think about it, you have a point. Between work or social drama I get distracted and end up comparing things and next thing ya know I lack motivation, I can't maintain consistency and excuses start piling up. Time to reevaluate.

Appreciate the insight. This is something I wasn't sure if I was jumping the gun on since I know there are levels to where expert guidance is needed unless you want to spend the time borderline getting a certification in nutrition lol I'll review my eating habits, which I know are already terrible and need a lot of work…

Thanks for this response and I will check out the link for sure. Im wondering if thats a marketing gimmick for guys from fitness experts? "Put on this amount of muscle and you'll technically burn this" leaving out the little detail that you'd need a chunk of muscle to really get good results.

Sorry I was all over the place but you answered my question. I am basically trying to figure out "I get ____ much lean muscle and I can stop worrying about progressing amd focus on maintenance exercises to trim fat and maintain stamina". Im 177lbs of lean muscle already which apparently isn't that bad but the fitness…

Thank you to everyone for their responses. Im the type that likes to collect all the data, know all the rules and recommendations (procrastinate while learning all this mind you) then slowly become overwhelmed and start to slack off so I think baby-stepping myself as suggested here is the right step. Im trying to monitor…

My late eating is unfortunately more like late mindless or stress eating. My dad ordered food and its there whenbI get home or I didnt eat all day because of work issues and make food mistakes due to hunger/impatience with thinking of a healthy choice. I definitely have to build my discipline on that front. I'll also try…

I've been struggling at this for several years now. Was at 205lbs then blew up to 260lbs and have floated there for the past 2yrs. I figured I start aggressively for the first 30ish pounds via low calorie diet, watching sugar and carb intake and getting 3-5 workouts a week in then shift to a slower weight drop like you…

Only about 2 weeks I think. A contingency idea I had was that if trying to lose 1.5lbs a week was a struggle since I was in error/over my calorie limit by 20-40% on bad days then if I increase the restriction to 1760, losing 2lbs a week, then if I have fail days I would technically be near the limit I was supposed to be at…

@Tashired yeah. Some of my gear might be out of style lol

Thank you for all the informative responses. Regarding the 2lb per week goal; I want to see better results. I keep yoyo-ing and could never seem to break through the 250 floor so I want to get halfway to my goal or at least into the upper 230s then I'll dial it back(my goal on MFP) to the losing 1.5lb per week mission.…

The irony is that years ago I remember trying to break OUT of that into two-hundred land, but all things considered I would grab all my old clothes out of storage and just be happy to be able to rock those... maybe up my selfie game too lol

Wow this really is something all over the place. I didn't think of it in all of these different ways since I assumed the core factor was "listen to your body, how it reacts and eat like I mentioned above", but also thinking thats for regular folks vs people who are under 14% body fat in strong athletic shape working out…

Thank you. It says your feed is private so I dont know if I should click somewhere else, but the informarion was helpful in terms of having me look at my diet tighter. I was given a calorie budget of roughly 2300 and I realized recently MFP gives me a weekly report. Im not losing the weight because im not down 7000…

Lol thanks. I'll try some of these suggestions. I tried to calculate it today at PF but the numbers didnt make sense (to me). Said my 1RM is 175lbs and i KNOW i can at least do 185ish. I haven't been slacking THAT much, but if I have god help me.

Appreciate the information. I was just shocked it would take that long to figure out. I thought I would just be run through a quick warm up and the trainer would plug some numbers and tell me the 1RM and bang boom done. I'll try some calculators in the mean time while I wait for him.

Thanks to everyone who responded. This was a crackshot of a question that I kind of just tossed out as a thought, but to clarify my thinking... it was less about weight loss and surprisingly about sugar itself. I remember reading that men are supposed to have no more than 30-40 grams of sugar and our average drink/food has…

Thanks a lot for all the recommendations! I'll check these out and try to make a plan. The main thing I see when people talk about prep is basically tons of grilled chicken or fish with a veggie side packed with some form of nuts or berries and snacks are usually Greek yogurts so this brings a lot of organization into the…