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Heart rate or resistance
I had a session with a trainer who said I should do my elliptical after my weights, at higher resistance and incline. I am dong so, but my heart rate runs about 10 points lower on average. I will of course ask him, but what seems to be the better measurement for weight loss--difficulty or heart rate, which somewhat…
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LAweight loss
Does anyone still have their old first-three-days plan? I've gotten too lax and want to give myself a wake-up call. I have the gold and the purple, but not that initial one. Thanks!
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completely crazy HRM data
I had a Polar but sent it back for repair because it worked crazily. The changed the battery, sent it back and it worked three times before doing the same as before--shooting up high, then being clearly under. So I got a Timex, which worked a lot of days, but then just won't read at all. Today I was on the elliptical…
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non-exercise days
Do those of you who are doing great eat less on your non-exercise days to keep the same deficit? I have been exercising 5-6 days a week of an hour on the elliptical. Depending on the machine I hit 450-500 calories per my heart rate monitor. My goal has been 1200 net calories. When I miss a day of exercise I've been eating…
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I'm confused re calories
I've been logging, exercising, and losing for 36 days. % weeks, 5 pounds, so good! Today I went to some calculators and tried to narrow down a TDEE. Then someone had suggested trying to figure out from your deficits and your weight loss whether the estimated TDEE seemed reasonable. The estimated TDEE seemed to be what…
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strength training for core
How can I improve core strength with strength training? It seems to me that some of the machines DO affect/use the core. I can also do free weights. So which exercises (on either machine or free) should I incorporate?
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Site is AWESOME! (not a question)
How wonderful to see even what those Girl Scout Samoas that I shouldn't have eaten would do if I kept doing it every day! No, I most certainly will NOT do that!
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Lunch
RE using frozen lunches (Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine, even non-"light" but counting the cals/NI): how often can I use them and not slow down weight loss? I've been making a fresh lunch to take to work every day since starting on MFP but that extra half-hour of chopping is a bit hard to come by (after the 1-1.5 hours…
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collard/mustard/turnip greens
They were out of my usual big weekly bag of spinach SAturday so I bought a bag of this. Browned a chopped up slice of bacon, threw in the greens and a bunch of water. Gag!!! I was hoping for a new veggie to go with the usual broccoli, green beans, asparagus, and squash rotation. NOT this!
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heart rate issues
I have had a Polar hr monitor which I sent back to the company while under warranty. They replaced the battery, sent it back (all this shipping was NOT cheap), and it worked about three times before ceasing again. So I got a Timex which has been a bit better, but it is sounding goofy now too: tonight I was on elliptical…
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possible ab improvement?
I have had five major abdominal surgeries and basically my belly is quadrifurcated. Above the waist it is not so bad (the scar from that one goes to the bra line, but is not "indented." That same scar below the waist is however indented a good inch. I'm figuring that enough fat loss might make it not so indented. Time has…
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rate of fat % loss
If I am eating a healthy 1300-1500 calories/day an doing an hour of elliptical most days and 3 days of weight lifting, how fast might my fat % go down? I mean, in order of magnitude--1% a week, a month, a year?
