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Cheesecake. It seems to be a 100% efficient calorie vehicle; can go as high as 1600 calories per (restaurant-sized) serving.
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The body does not work in black and white. Generally speaking, whenever your calorie intake is insufficient, your body taps into your muscle tissue to generate glucose to feed your brain; it also taps into your fat reserves to get the energy with which it can rebuild your muscles. When you do cardio exercises, your muscles…
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At 6" (183cm) You coulds be lean at 150, 180 or 200 pounds, it depends on your build. But why guess? You can get a good approximation of your body fat percentage in a number of ways. Perhaps the easiest one is to do a Google search for body fat calculator. There are pleny of sites that (for free) will let you enter 3 or 4…
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What other people are/are not doing should not be what motivates you. You either get results, or you don't. If you don't then you have to review what you are doing and change something until you do get results. You can do this randomly, you can follow a fad diet, or you can spend some time researching what people who have…
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It depends on what your goals are: If you want to lose weight, then yes, it is pretty much the same. Losing weight is about achieving a calorie deficit throughout the day, and it does not matter much if you do it in one sitting or four. From a fitness perspective, however, there are some differences. You will not develop…
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It depends on what you eat. A two-egg omelette (made with egg substitute and lots of diced veggies) comes in at around 180 calories; add two slices of swiss cheese and one tablespoon of olive oil (for cookking) and the same omelette comes in at 592 calories. So making some simple (even if sometimes hard) choices on how you…
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Different people come in different shapes and sizes. I have a friend whose wrist is larger than my ankles even though we are both almost the same height! Clearly there are some basic differences in our skeletal build and, therefore, some allowances for differences in weight should be made. That said, there are many other…
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There are valid arguments for and against eating your workout burn calories, but at the end of the day it is all about maintaining a balance that lets you achieve caloric deficit while still managing good nutrition with regular meals. If you eat regularly and keep your metabolism going, and if you feel that your daily…
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Chest strap monitors are much more accurate for two reasons: first, they have a much larger contact area with your skin, and second, they are much closer to your heart, which makes it easier to pick up the electric signals that trigger its contractions. Polar makes good units and they are almost universally compatible with…
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When you work our really hard you exert your muscles, which causes a small amount of swelling to occur as they rebuild themselves over the next couple of days. As a result, you'll retain some water and it's not unusual for it to add up to a pound or two. Don't lose your patience and don't give up - as long as your calorie…
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I am not a doctor but... I believe that weight loss is about arithmetic. How many calories you eat - how many calories you burn. If that number is positive, you gain weight, if negative you lose. The kind of exercise you do is less important than the net caloric balance for each day. Weights, or any other form of…
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Be patient, especially at first. When you start, you will likely be working out at slightly less than your peak capacity as you (and your muscles) get used to the stresses of the workout. Eventually you'll find your groove and be able to routinely push your muscles to the point of failure, which is what is generally the…
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You are in the right place! The app and website are a great aid to weight loss. I started working out 10 weeks ago and had stalled until I started using this app and keeping myself honest about what I was eating. Now I am 21 pounds into my 60-pound weight loss journey and feeling totally confident I'll get there. There is…
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Life is not perfect, and one imperfect day should not make you give up. If you find yourself eating more one day, then enjoy it and work out a bit harder the next day. One thing I do a lot now, before I eat anything, is wonder how long it will take me to work it off on a treadmill or elliptical... A bagel with cream cheese…
