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Unless you have a medical condition, you don't really need a cleanse to get rid of water weight? It'll come back down naturally in 3-5 days regardless of what you eat (well, unless you eat a ton more sodium).
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I can't refute this given that you know what's been working for you, but I will say that burning ~200 calories per mile walked is a clear exception to the norm. You're burning about double the amount of calories per mile set forth by scientific studies for a person at your weight.
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Absolutely agreed in the long-term. But she only has ~6 weeks.
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Yep - we had a lot of sodium-filled Chinese food on Sunday. My Monday AM weigh in was over 5 pounds heavier than normal and it's only today (Friday) that my weight is back where it should be.
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Nope. While your exact calorie burn will depend on your weight, the traditional formula is body weight in pounds X distance in miles X 0.31. This will give you your incremental calorie burn from walking (that is, the amount you've burned above the amount of calories you would have burned anyway). I'm 200 pounds. This means…
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How bad did the 36 minutes hurt? It's quite possible that you already have 34 minutes in you and just need to find it on race day. Runners use the term 'race pace' to describe a pace that is the maximum you can sustain over the length of the race. The honest truth is that this pace isn't comfortable - you're basically…
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My stats were similar to yours when I started though not quite as heavy. I'm 6'2" and started at ~240 pounds. Beware of some of the internet calculators out there as some are pretty generous. I hunted around and started with the lowest numbers I could find. MFP is quite conservative (provides the lowest calorie totals) and…
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But you're doing great on the 'supporting chicken farmers' front.
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I never understood why anybody enjoyed running distance until I learned to run slow. Now I absolutely love my long slow run days and look forward to them. Faster workouts I can take or leave (but I usually take because running fast for short distances is it's own brand of fun).
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That cauliflower trick in place of noodles in casseroles is great. I'm stealing it!
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High intensity exercise is tough, but it likely doesn't burn 800 calories an hour (especially at the weight I would assume you to be based on your calorie totals). Factor that back to 500-600 and it might be more reasonable. Also, as stated above, 'afterburn' is way overrated - it's small enough not to worry about. Walking…
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If it fits into your calorie totals, it's inherently disqualified as a binge. I would just call that smart planning and a good allocation of resources!
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Force yourself to wake up at that time and just do it. Over time it will become routine. Also - go to bed earlier.
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Track or calculate? If calculate, most info sources aren't terribly accurate but the better ones will put you into the right ballpark. The general error is to overestimate calories burned through activity, so general rule of thumb is to only eat back 50% of whatever numbers you see (some of us don't make it a rule to eat…
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Focusing on good posture/form also helps to naturally engage your core during cardio sessions, especially once you start to get fatigued.
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I would never tell you not to exercise but remember that it's not necessary for weight loss. Diet does the work for that, any exercise you do is gravy! Find something you like and/or start slow. There's the old fashioned term 'get the blood moving'. Try to keep this in mind...recurring exercise should feel invigorating…
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We're all motivated differently but public accountability and tangible reminders of progress/misses always help. Write down a workout/nutrition plan on a weekly basis and stick it to the fridge or somewhere else where you and others won't be able to avoid seeing it and update progress on the plan as you go through the…
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The only con from a physical sense is that once you're at a low weight, targeting too high of a deficit would likely put you below the recommended level of base calories (1200 for women). If this isn't the case, then continuing a higher rate of loss won't necessarily cause problems. That said, from a mental standpoint,…
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Wasn't there buzz a while back that olive oil isn't necessarily 'healthy'? It might be healthier than other alternatives but 'healthier' does not mean 'healthy'. Now my interest in piqued, I wonder what ever came of that?
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I'm not sure about this. Sure, the heavier person will expend more energy to sit upright and to lift heavier legs, etc. but I'm not sure that it would translate into a large difference in incremental calorie burn on a stationary bike. What you say absolutely holds true for a non-stationary bike. Moving more mass requires…
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Depending on your general fitness level, it's likely that the resistance is set high enough such that you've turned the bike into an anaerobic exercise. Not much different than lifting weights.
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Resistance training. If you're focusing on big weight loss it's inevitable to lose some muscle. Best you can do is to try and maintain as much as you can through exercise.
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Yes, but keep running longer and longer distances at that 10 min/mile pace and you'll find your shorter distance times will improve pretty steadily. I used to do all of my running at tempo speed (comfortably hard, barely conversational) and plateaued in mileage (that is, I could go a certain distance at that speed and that…
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Home for me. Dealing with other people when you just want to get something done is a special kind of hell.
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FYI - 5k is equal to 3.1 miles. Also, OP - run slower for longer. Not only will it drastically speed up your shorter distance runs, but you'll also get the accomplishment of completing longer distances. Personally, I have no qualms about running 11 minute miles since it allows me to run 10k+ at a time. As an additional…
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Slow down. Find the pace that will allow you to run for 20 minutes (or ideally, more). If that means that you need to walk, then so be it. In this case, the saying 'you have to learn to walk before you can run' is literal. To pass the time, find some podcasts that you enjoy. Most of NPR's offerings can be downloaded for…
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Do what you can to stay on track...watch your portions and make good menu choices when you want to but do not go so overboard that you can't have fun. It's a vacation. Also, remember that Seattle is known for it's seafood. Win win...you can eat the local favorites and it'll be relatively low calorie!
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I find it's easiest to set your baseline calories to sedentary and then to add all of your activities manually to that total. Just make sure to consider if you need to 'hedge' the calories given to you by your activity tracker. If you decide to go with 'lightly active', then some of the activity tracked by the watch will…
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I have a larger and a smaller OXO. Not super cheap but they've lasted me forever. Beyond fractional measurements for ounces and a tare function, get a digital scale with a pull out readout. This means that the read out screen can be pulled away from the main scale body. It's super useful and makes it very easy to measure…
