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What has kept me going is accountability - I told my boss, my coworkers, friends, and most importantly my daughters that I was quitting smoking and starting an exercise plan. They were all very supportive and kept asking me how I was doing. It's now 4 months later, I'm down 47 pounds and quit a 25-year nicotine habit. All…
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I did just cardio until my wife started making fun of me for being scrawny - I went from 235 down to 190. I focused on an upper body free weight program since the cardio I was doing (running, elliptical) was doing wonders for my legs already. I ended up going up 10 pounds then dropping back down to my current weight (188)…
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Read the owner's manual. Calories burned depends on a lot of factors, especially weight of the person doing the exercise. My elliptical reports calories burned assuming a 150 lb person. The exercise database on myfitnesspal seems to track with moderate resistance on my elliptical, so what I do is just recalculate the…
