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  • drinks such as gatorade replace electrolytes.. ie - salts... you can get the same effect by drinking water with salt in it but who wants to do that ??? But you definitely want to stick to the lower calorie types such as the G2 series.. at only 20 calories it's a much better compromise. The only reason to drink them rather…
    in Water vs sports drinks Comment by bj27 September 2011
  • no you're not supposed to eat the "earned " calories.. those calories if they total 3500 by the end of the week would equal one pound of weight... 3500 cal burned = 1 pound so whatever your daily food intake is set at ( mine is 1400) you can eat that much.. then minus the burned calories and it should leave you with…
    in I'm under my calorie allowance, I burned even more calories, Comment by bj27 August 2011
  • I use a timex road racer.. love it.. way more accurate than guessing at the calorie burn and you can track time at max hr, min hr, time in zone etc ...
    in Heart rate monitors Comment by bj27 August 2011
  • stick with your starting routine but you have up it and change it constantly to get your heart rate up when you exercise to burn calories,,, it takes a 3500 cal burn to lose 1 lb of fat.. so when you stay below your calorie intake of food the extra you have each day needs to add up to 3500 at the end of the week if you…
    in Week Two and Not Losing Comment by bj27 August 2011
  • Try this it's awesome in the slow cooker.. has a bit of bite due to the tart tomatillo's and the pickled jalepeno's but just add sugar to taste to take that away.. serve over rice... yummy Tomatillo Pork Braise With Pickled Chilies (Puerco En Salsa Verde) Ingredients • 1 1/2 lbs tomatillos, husked, rinsed and cut into 1…
    in Looking for Tomatillo Recipes OTHER than salsas Comment by bj27 July 2011
  • the only way you will see loss is if you DO NOT eat any of those exercise calories... you should only be eating your set amount...the exercise calories are the weight loss and to lose a pound of weight that number added up over a week MUST be over 3500 calories... 3500 cal = 1 pound otherwise check your heart rate when you…
    in Frustrated.... Comment by bj27 July 2011
  • I do P90X regularly and have found that if you keep up with the dvd and do all the exercises...ie are wiped by the end it averages around 600 - 800 calories.. but it is totally dependent on whether you get up into your max HR and stay there for most of it.. you can burn into the 1000-1300 range if you go nuts like he…
    in P90x Comment by bj27 July 2011
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