BlackJack96 Member

Can you recommend a good whole body resistance workout that is 2 days a week.

Thanks for all the feedback. I LOVE Stronglifts and it makes me feel and look great. However, my appetite goes up when I’m lifting (which means I eat both good and bad foods so put on fat and muscle). Also, when I do stronglifts especially as the weights increase I find I have zero energy after the workout to do cardio. I…

This is what I use. It's 12 hours so there's not a lot of repetition: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HaU53OT0pfkfQxAYv6h2T?si=NczQYyKUS3qnLEx-GfrF6g I have another playlist that's a subset of this which has the best songs when I need extra umph:…

I just want to say thanks! After this post I read the whole Stronglifts 5x5 site figured and switched to that instead of what I was doing. It is MUCH simpler and I'm really making some gains. I've been doing it for about 6 weeks.

Someone on here let me on to a site called trendweight.com where it plots a trend line of your weight based on the average of the last few days. This helps smooth out the fluctuations so you know what your weight really is.

You seem lightly active. This is where something like the fitbit helps since on the days where you have a bunch of classes and are running around you'll get more calories but on the days when you are sitting down studying all day you'll get less.

I think while you can do it, it's harder. Some "bad food" pizza for example is filling. However, burgers are not. The other issue is that the goal of weight loss to me is not just lose the weight and look better but overall health as well. If you're skinny and eat like crap you can still have high cholesterol or high blood…

Mine has a "fat burn" mode (NordicTrak elliptical from a few years ago). I generally do a 45 min workout of: 5 min warmup. 15 mins of going between level 2-3, 10 mins of level 4-5 alternating, 10 mins of level 5-6 alternating, 5 min cool down. Usually I get my heart rate up to 60% within 5-10 mins and rises through out the…

I think the FT4 does store as many workouts as the ft7 and also does not allow upload off the watch. I have the ft7 and I bought the $50 flow link adapter to upload to the polar website. It's nice since you can see your progress and really feel like an "athlete" and motivate yourself. The price difference between the ft4…

My job is variable by the week. Some weeks I'm at my desk all week for 40. Other's I'm literally on my feet for 80 hours. I chose the lightly active and then use a fitbit to even it out. On the weeks where I'm very active I get a few hundred extra fitbit cals. On the weeks that I'm not as active I end up getting negative…

I would bet that the monitor is accurate. There are some cool cell phone apps that use the light plus the camera to get your pulse based on light refraction. You can use this as a double check (or count it as suggested). Maybe because you are coming from work your heart rate was higher? ALso, did you drink any caffienated…

WW vs. MFP. I did WW online a few years ago and lost some weight but ended up putting it back on. I feel that with MFP using actual calories you get an actual sense of nutrition and what it means rather than using the points. Back when I did WW their app just came out and it wasn't that robust. I'm not sure if the WW app…

If I'm drinking I have one glass of water per drink. That helps with the dehydration. Also, work out a lot on the weekend to get the extra calories to go out.

I find most of the ads are targeted at what I've been shopping for lately.

For pure weight loss you can live on cheeseburgers and do it. However, when it comes to the other factors that affect your health (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc) eating a nutritionally balanced diet is a good thing. I think if you are obese you're better off first trying to get the weight down and then…

I would say yes. It helps me since my job has some really busy weeks where i'm running around a lot and working late and then other weeks where I'm sitting at my desk all day. The fitbit helps adjust for that so I can keep my eating in line. It integrates nicely with MFP. Exercise in MFP goes over to the fitibit and then…

I don't log in zero calorie foods (i.e. diet soda, flavored water).

I have an FT7. One think I really like is the link to the polar website. You need a 50 dollar attachment to do this but it's nice to see your progress. Makes me feel like an "athlete". The ft4 does not do this. Also the ft7 has more workouts.

Weight loss is a simple function of math and will power that's easier said that done unfortunately. If you put in less calories than you expend you will lose weight. However, there as point where if your net caloric intake for the day is less than the basic body needs your body goes into starvation mode and that can be…

I have a Polar FT7 and I bought the Web linking attachment as well. I've had both for about a week. The monitor helps me stay in my target heart rate to burn the most calories but not get out of the aerobic zone. I primarily do the elliptical and I find that calories are relatively close (maybe 10-15% difference) between…

I have wacky hours sometimes long sometimes short, sometimes over night. My job involves some running around at times but at other times is sedentary. I find this is where a fitbit helps since I know that i'm burning more calories when I'm running around more.

Thanks. I didn't see those numbers. That makes sense.