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Thanks again to everyone. I read through them all, but will definitely need to spend more time thoroughly going through them all again and making sense out of them. Much appreciated!
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That is exactly what I am finding...I have been running daily for 8 weeks, but it still stays between 145-155 during my runs.
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Thank you, everyone. This is all helpful. I do love my exercise, and I love that I feel myself getting stronger and running longer and easier...or biking up hills with less energy expended. I just thought someone on a different post said I had to get my HR monitor... I will continue to focus on the caloric intake/burn!
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Oh, and if I do take 60-70% of that 171...it comes out to 103-120...
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Congratulations! You must be so proud of yourself, and you will definitely be an inspiration to others. Keep up the good work:)
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Again, thank you all for your motivation, encouragement, and tips. I ordered a food scale today and am going to be very careful on measuring my calories. I am also going to take the advice to not eat back more than 25-50% of my exercise calories. I am still going to the doctor next Thursday to see if there is anything…
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And I started this exercise the week before I quit smoking, after doing NOTHING for exercise...so I thought that by doing all this exercise and also being mindful of the calories I was putting in my mouth, I would lose weight. Eight weeks ago, I didn't exercise and I ate WAY more than I do now...
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I do 4.5 miles every day of run/walk intervals. Then I usually walk another 5 miles throughout the day. I also bike 10-18 miles 1-2x per week. I recently started strength training 2x per week. I swim laps and do water type aerobics when I can, usually 1-2x per week also.
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Thank you for all of your input. I really thought I was measuring everything accurately...I will be even more meticulous moving forward. I don't eat any processed foods. I even gave up drinking coffee, because I put too much sugar in it. (I thought I would have lost weight just from ditching that habit.) I rarely reach my…
