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The new HRMs have some very cool features that did not exist a few years ago. I recently bought a new one, bought a Polar that calculates calories burned. It also is even able to calculate the ceiling in "fat burning zone". Which I think is really cool because it moves around depending on how recovered one is from prior…

A good goal I would suggest considering is to get your bod to break into the "fitness" range. A challenge but attainable! Then see how that feels. The best way to lose fat is extended aerobic exercise with a heart rate below your lactic acid producing threshold. This is the "fat burning zone", I have seen it called a lot…

If you work out a muscle once per week you will generally avoid any significant loss of mass and/or strength. Two weeks off and its probably going to take a little more work to get back to where you were. Three weeks or beyond and you are starting to get out of shape, your bod is going to let you know about it when you get…

Getting a HRM is a great call. But here's the dirty little secret. You need to do low intensity activity for at least 30-60 minutes to get into the fat burning sweet spot. Low intensity is 60% to 70% of max heart rate. Good guess of max heart rate is 220-age. Plenty of good info on the internet on the above. You can do a…

If it bugs you probably best to just ignore it. Though its nice when you have a good day and it predicts you are going to be a lot healthier in 5 weeks. I actually kind of like it. It reinforces how long it will take to drop the weight responsibly. Its not accurate day-to-day, but over time its "on average" going to be…

If you do a good job of entering your food on a daily basis this program will tell you exactly how much sodium you are getting. Recommended levels I have seen are 2000-2500mg per day, or 1,500mg per day for people with high blood pressure or other conditions sodium affects. Check the mayo clinic website or other reputable…

The pre-cooked brown rice pouches are the best out there. No sodium! And they can be used in so many dishes. We all focus on calories, but all the sodium in the processed foods really adds up, easy to be regularly eating twice as much sodium as we need. Uncle bens pre-cooked brown rice pouches taste good but have a ton of…

Reward yourself for the great work done so far - buy some groovy new tunes for your ipod (or if you don't have ipod then that is the reward, plenty of cheaper knock offs that hold 1-2 hrs of music if you like me don't want to pay for true ipod!). Confirm to yourself good things are happening! Weight loss and fitness is…