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heart rate and calories burned
sooo, over and over I hear on this forum that a heart rate monitor is the best way to figure how many calories are burned. figuring that I can take my own pulse and save myself a cool hundred bucks, I looked online for a formula for converting heart rate to calories burned. Didn't find one. Anyone have any ideas?
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Estimating calories burned: machine vs MFP
So, I know there are a few fitness experts and those with a lot of experience on here that maybe can help me out with this: I'm an average-sized person, and I tend to crank machines up to level "9"... I like a good sweat. I have an elliptical at home that does not ask for weight before calculating calories burned. I just…
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More hungry the day after a big work out
Hey, I know this question has a pretty simple solution; what I'm wondering is whether anyone else is in the same boat. I work out, usually burning about 250-500 cal, about 6 days a week on no particular schedule. Since I'm watching and logging my intake and cardio, I've noticed that if I work out particularly hard one day,…
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Hi!
So, I've been posting on here like crazy already. Nothing like a forum to suck me in. I'm trying to get from the top end of the healthy BMI range to about the middle, very, very slowly. I have a history of starving myself and getting way too thin and then putting on tons of weight when I started eating again. Over the…
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bye-bye muffin-top!
:laugh: So i finally started counting calories when I bought a pair of pants online and put them on at home and had some seriously hideous muffin-top. Now it's been a month, and two pounds down and voila, I can wear a fitted top over those pants and not look gross. They're bright red pants. I look forward to wearing them…
