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Reduced Metabolism
Based on what I did last year I set a goal of burning 300,000 calories on a bicycle this year. I really didn't consider that the more fit you are the fewer calories you burn doing the same thing. My calories burned is right at what I did last year, but my mileage total is about 1,000 miles over an will be significantly…
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Have you ever eaten according to your pizza score?
Some exercise equipment gives a "pizza score" which will tell you how many slices of pizza are equivalent to the calories you burned. Have you ever gone and eaten that much pizza (even just for fun) because of your pizza score?
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Starts and Stops
Yesterday I rode my bicycle over hilly terrain but with very few stops. Today I rode on less hilly terrain for about the same length of time, but with a stop sign about every five minutes and plenty of kids and cars to look out for. My calorie burn was 40% less for the same length of time. I find that interesting because…
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How many calories?
Here's an interesting video that talks about how many calories we burn and how we know that. It is focused on cycling, but it applies to other things as well: How Many Calories Do You Burn When Cycling
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Don't Tell Me You Can't Lose Weight With Exercise
I've been losing weight lately. It isn't intentional. I've been maintaining my weight for a couple of years now, but over the past few weeks I've noticed a slow but steady decline in my weight. 208 was my goal, then it slipped to 205, which seemed fine, but then it slipped to 204 and this week it is 203. I haven't been…
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Big Brother is Watching
Apparently, big brother MyFitnessPal has been reading our diaries (see blog.myfitnesspal.com/3-ways-your-breakfast-is-sabotaging-your-weight-loss/) and they've determined that we aren't eating enough for breakfast and even if we were, we're eating too many carbs and not enough fat. Thoughts?
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What's your calorie goal and how do you distribute them throughout the day?
Curious because one of my plans for maintenance allocates 750 calories for lunch, but I often see people eating two slices of pizza for lunch (close to 800 calories). That is doable, but pulling calories from somewhere else, but my preferred method of watching my intake is to know how much I have available for each meal…
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Extreme Weight Loss and Gaining Muscle
On "Extreme Weight Loss" last night, one of the clients lost a tremendous amount of weight in six months, but when consulting with the doctor, it was discovered that she had also added seven pounds of muscle. Thoughts?
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The Problem With Calories Burned Calculators
This image is from the WebMD Fit-O-Meter. As far as I can tell, they're using the same database of activities that everyone else is. But notice the problem. According to this, if I sleep for six hours, sit in front of a computer for most of the day, and then ride a bicycle 20 miles, I will burn 4254 calories. Given that my…
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Portion Size by the Handful
Some people suggest using your hands to judge portion size. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/17/health-food-portion-control/2091865/) Protein: palm of hand, without fingers and thumb Starchy Carbs (potatoes, rice, pasta): fist Fruit: rounded handful Vegetables: two hand portion size Fats (oils,…
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9 Most Addictive Foods
kfvs12.com/story/29189593/9-most-addictive-foods 1.Pizza 2.Chocolate 3.Chips 4.Cookies 5.Ice cream 6.French fries 7.Cheeseburger 8.Soda 9.Cake Thoughts?
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Eating to feel better
An article I read recently said that to feel better one should eat 3-4 hours after a meal and 1-2 hours after a snack. For me, that works out to be at 5am, 9am, 11am, 3pm, 5pm, and 8pm. Thoughts?
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Smaller Plates
Like everyone else, I had read that using smaller plates makes it easier to eat less, even if you know you are using a smaller plate for that purpose. I had no reason to doubt it, but experiencing it is interesting. I didn't buy smaller plates because I wanted to try it, but I needed something that was microwave and…
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Explain how this works
I don't normally weigh myself mid-week, but this week and last week I weighed several times because I was thinking about it. Mid-week, the scale was running high. Last week, it just hadn't dropped like I was expecting. This week, it was high by about three pounds over my last weigh in number. I was resolved that I would be…
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Which would you rather do?
No one can balance calories in and calories out exactly, even in a lab. So which would you rather do? Would you rather eat more than you burn and have to cut calories occasionally? Or would you rather eat less than you burn and have to eat more to gain weight?
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The Last Stretch is Interesting
By my count, I'm within eight pounds of my goal. A few pounds ago, it was easy enough to just keep doing what I've been doing and think, "I'll get there when I get there." Now I'm looking at it and thinking, "It could be five more weeks." I keep looking forward to weigh in days. I spend way too much time thinking about how…
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Explain this contradiction.
The National Registry of Weight Control reveals that 90% of the people who maintained a loss of 30 pounds or more for at least a year exercise about 1 hour per day. So, exercise is the most important factor when maintaining weight loss, but during the dieting phase, calorie restriction is more important, even to the point…
