billgiersberg Member

This WebMD link addresses your concern http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1182364/can-increased-physical-activity-and-weight?guid=1

lol.... ALL the above .... (except the girls in the shorty shorts):devil: About the only thing I have not seen mentioned is people who will wait for a place to park up close to the entrance instead of walking across the parking lot. Haha.... looks so funny. All these res reasons I'm glad I do my workouts at home ... plus…

I think they are good estimates. I have compared them to fitness gym models as well as to MFP's estimates and they all say somewhat the same thing. However, I do not eat those calories back because if I do, I will gain weight. That implies to me that the numbers in inaccurate on the high side. Perhaps when I reach my goal…

If you do strength training and press to the point of muscle failure using a number of reps and sets, then you will want to give those muscles a period of time to recover. Hit them again 3 days after the previous exercise. I might do chest and arms today, legs and abds tomorrow, cardio the next day and then back to chest…

This person sounds like a lot more than a good friend. They almost sound like family. I can understand the stress of the situation. Nobody here knows the level of trust between the two of you but if you let a child stay with them like you said the trust must be high. Depending on the trust you have in them, loaning an…

I took a look at both of those. They look okay but it's hard to say without the benefit of actually trying them out. I have a Smooth Fitness elliptical and I really like it. I got it at the recommendation of my son. His experience with ellipticals was through a gym he went to. Here is what I have come to realize about home…

Go over to WebMD and do a search for High Blood Pressure and the DASH diet. I'm assuming that your doctor is aware of your BP. Their advice is of course the best advice.

Sorry to hear about your job I hope things work out for you. I work in a medical practice office and I have never known doctors to make guesses. They run lots of tests. I'm hoping that your medical benefits from your job may still be in effect. Why not consider going to see your doctor and get a professional opinion.

I went to WebMD and did a search for panic attack symptoms. They have posted: If you have four or more of the following symptoms, you may be having a panic attack: Sudden high anxiety -- with or without a cause Heart palpitations Sweating Shaking A "smothering" sensation or shortness of breath A feeling of choking Chest…

Iif I say things to the clients of my boss that can be perceived wrong, I'd like to know it. Tell the management youi did not appreciate this guy's sense of humor. At the same time, be sure to compliment your own trainer. The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Proverbs 12:15. The gym needs to…

It sounds pretty close. I can do an hour of strength training and two different calculations will tell me my burn is about 300 calories. Sometimes I'll get on an elliptical for 16 minutes just to add another 250 calories. I look at exercise as only bonus calories burned. I am not one to eat them back but rather make sure…

I agree with Matt. Tom Venuto says in "The Body Fat Solution" that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% exercise. I create a 500 calories per day deficit in my diet to lose one pound a week. My exercise is just bonus. I try to be very picky about what calories I do eat though to rebuild my muscles from my workouts. Some days…

Read Tom Venuto's Book "The Body Fat Solution." He devotes about the first third to this very topic.

A heart rate monitor might not be in the budget. In that case what I have found is that if you look at all the calories estimators, you might find they are fairly close. MFP has one where you log your exercise: Click Exercise, Under cardiovascular click add exercise, click the treadmill and then enter your minutes. Let MFP…

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The first link says we burn about 36 calories more an hour when we ride than when we drive a car. If you ride for 10 hours in a week, you burn 360 calories. For a woman on a 1200 cal/day diet, that's about 4%. I'd say we should just count it as a bonus workout and not eat it back. 360 calories would account for 1/10 pound…

Excuse me. Geeze.... maybe I should have been more specific and indicated the induction phase or phase one of the Atkins plan. In any case, I found the Atkins plan to be just one more fad diet. Based on some of your other remarks on this thread, it sounds like you are just looking to pick an argument. I guess trolls like…

I tried Atkins once and found it to be like a lot of other fad diets. It worked a little but it was not viable for the long term because it asks for things that are NOT things you would want to do the rest of your life. I am searching for things I can do that help me lose weight now and will give me the tools I need to…

Tom Venuto explained it like this if I understand him correctly. If you try to lose too much fat, ie: "get ripped", your body begins to concern itself more with self-preservation than reproduction. Why would the body want to reproduce when it is "thinking" these is a decrease in the available food supply? Your caloric…

A weight-loss plateau may be the result of your body going into starvation mode. It may be fighting to retain that last bit of fat that it considers necessary for long term health. How does your body mass index (BMI) compare to women in your height range? Are you trying to lose every bit of fat which perhaps you should not…

I would suggest that walking is enough for you at this time. However, don't fool yourself into thinking you can "eat back" extra calories because you walked. The number of calories you might burn from the walking is probably not as great as you think it is. Just add the walking calories to your caloric deficit for each…

The body weight simulator is interesting but seems to support what MFP has been telling me all along. I am not sure I agree that the weight loss at the end will be a straight line though. I could be wrong but I think the graph will curve toward the end implying the last 10 pounds will be harder to lose. All in all, this…

Tom Venuto calls it "adaptive thermogenesis." Page 260 of his book, "The Body Fat Solution." It has helped me understand a lot and has been very helpful to me in breaking through plateaus. Certainly a lot more helpful than "Eat less calories than you expend. The end." WHile that's true, it's not al all helpful. Venuto…

80% of your weight loss comes from your diet. 20% comes from exercise. That being said, I subtract 500 cal/day from my BMR and try to meticulously count my calories. That accounts for one pound of weight loss a week. I also try to exercise away 500 cal/day for an additional pound. I increase my protein calories over carbs…

According to Tom Venuto in "The Body Fat Solution", the last 10 lbs are harder to lose than the first 10. He says you can almost always find the answer in your calorie count compliance. Double check your BMR and be meticulous about your daily counts. In a few cases the cause may be traced to biologic roots but this is not…

Feel free to add me. My suggestion would be for you t find several friends very similar to you who are in the early stages of their weight loss journey, same sex and somewhat same lifestyles and trying to lose about the same amount of weight. That way you could form an accountability group. The cakes you mentioned are your…

I want to be a lot closer to it than to what I was but I am not looking to enter any body building competitions, just be fit. If you look at, for example, the Total Gym website and look at the before and after photos, you do not see "ripped" as mush as you see fit. Especially in the women. They look very fit and very…

Cheesecake Factory seems to show up on a lot of listing as being loaded with calories but the food is great. The problem is the portion size. Answer: Eat half of what they give you and have the other half the next day. The problem was always me trying to eat it all at once. Now that I realize that I can go to any…

Tom Venuto "The Body Fat Solution" in paperback John Eldridge "Wild at Heart" Kindle edition on laptop Richard Graham "Flying the SR-71 Blackbird" Kindle edition on laptop IRS "Pay Your Damn Taxes" Turbotax edition. Grrrrrr.........

I have been reading a book by Tom Venuto called "The Body Fat Solution." In it he discusses 'emotional eating' and how we can control it. In it he says that emotional hunger can never be satisfied with food and he discusses things like reconditioning your mind to overcome emotional eating. Check it out on Amazon. I'm only…