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if you exercise between 60-70% of your max heart rate and maintain that level you will induce the body into supplying most of the energy you require from fat store, hence it being known as the fat burning zone. but it takes about 20 mins at this rate for the body to adapt to burning fat as the primary source so max burn…

bumped so I can read later and good to see some old fashioned sense

I too am a reformed smoker 3 and a half years now been trying on and off to gain control of the weight which ran away with me. As of today tuesday 8th may 2011 I have just got to my last Known smoking weight so it can be done :-) now to loose the remaining 30 or so pounds

Go see your Doctor

seems to be very low calories for a man there Brian

just water, erm none.

fundamentally its the average heart reat you are looking at that dictates the calories used a diffferance of 5 beats per minute over an hour's exercise increases my calories burn by 100 Kcal

Without your VO max its just a guess, so keep using one or the other to maintain consistancy

As a foot note I once cain 7 lbs in one day, I assume stress caused this as I had heard some really bad news of a friend comitting suicide, took a week for the weight to return to normal. I wad logging my eating and exercise at the time and had nochange but the following morning after getting the news I had an increase of…

The colour of your urine is not an indication of yout hydration level. merely the recent activity of Kidney function

try this http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/alcohol.htm

just adding a message so I can come back to the artical

Hi seems to me that at your height weight and sex you are just about hiting a BMI of 25 if you are "big Boned" or muscular then you are pretty much there.any further weight loss will be slow due to you being so close to an "ideal " weight.

yes a calorie is a calorie the alcohol supplied calorie is easier for the body to convert into useful enery so it does so, thereby storing as fat the other engery sources such as the meal you ate before drinking or the food you eat after drinking.

As normal the facts are hard to find, it also said that within this group those that alternated bettween full sugar soda and diet sode also were'nt affected. also sips a diet coke and thinks 'interesting' :-)

I think its up to you as to wether or not you want the exercise calories to count against a bit of extra weight loss or a bit of extra food. the important thing appears to be eating the 1200 calories to ensure your body has enough incoming calories to prevent it from entering "starvation mode" hope this helps

why 8 cups of water a day? another urban myth as the majority of our water needs are met by the foods we eat. as with all things listern to your body it tells you what it needs.