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jennifer778
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Ha!! I agree we are clones of each other and I can't think of a better person to be a clone of than my fine lass friend!! I will look up re-wired right now!! I love music! And, I think we have exceptionally good taste!!
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Ha!! I agree we are clones of each other and I can't think of a better person to be a clone of than my fine lass friend!! I will look up re-wired right now!! I love music! And, I think we have exceptionally good taste!!
jennifer778
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Because I'm a bit of a nutrition freak...I thought I'd throw this out there for ya to consider.
Based on your stats and using the Harris Benedict Equation (which is a standard equation in the fitness world) your maintenance would be right around the 1450 mark BUT the second part of that equation is to factor in your activity. Just using a moderate activity level (which has it at 3-5 times per week) that would bump your maintenance up to 2235 calories. It would be even higher if you used a higher activity level. The next step, for cutting anyway, would be to subtract 500 calories off that number and take that as your place to start.
Obviously, you're not going to jump right into 2200 calories because you'd probably feel sick trying to eat that much but it will hopefully give you an idea that you can and should be eating more. If you even got up to 1600-1700 and then once you start trying to build more muscle, increase it slightly after that, you will notice a difference. It will just take a few weeks for your body to adjust. I know it's a tough concept to believe..that eating more won't make you fat (eating the right foods, of course lol) but it will definitely impact your results. You can train like a maniac but if your diet isn't dialed in, you won't see the same results. A lot of it is experimenting too and finding the right levels and macro numbers that work but this gives you a ballpark to start with. Hope that might help a little bit!
The link if anyone wants it....
Harris Benedict Equation
CG!! You've hit one out of the park again!! That's an awesome post. Thanks for looking that up and for posting that. I greatly appreciate it. You've been trying to get it into mylittle brain that I need to eat more and by gosh Im going to do it!! The eating too little calories hasn't made a budge in my body and my goals, so what the hell...we are going large today!! Thanks again for the post!! You're wonderful!!
jennifer778
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Thanks D!! Oh, and what a vengeance I have!!! I'm taking it all out on my muscles!! LOL!! I was proud of myself....I've really been trying to work on tightening up my diet..my husband sat next to me last night eating a huge bowl of ice cream and not only did I decline the ice cream but I had no desire for it!!
I'll get there....Thanks again, D!!
jennifer778
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Hey CG and friends....I know this is a really elementary question..however, I've gotta ask it. Does muscle weigh more than body fat? So, is that why when I am losing weight but go to the doctor's office and it actually looks like I've gained weight? Some have said that this is not true...So, what's the real answer?
Yepper! Muxcle is much more dense then fat therefor weighs more. This is why scales are not the best indicator, infact not as good as how your cloths fit you. Also on the BMI. Its a very poor indicator however thats what insurance comapanies and Dr's use so we just deal with it.
Now something else for you to ponder.....even tho the BMI is a poor tool it is somewhat useful. Would you believe that BBERs are obese? Yes its true. Their bodies are carrying much more weight then is optimal. So that is why some cardio is necessary, in order for us to keep our cardio vascular systems up to par. So it is important for you to do the Met Cons and then maybe a 30 min cardio workout on the weekend. What we need to do is to balance out our cardio so that it does not eat up the muscle that we work so hard for.
Being obese is not necessarily the same as being fat.
Now something else for you to ponder.....even tho the BMI is a poor tool it is somewhat useful. Would you believe that BBERs are obese? Yes its true. Their bodies are carrying much more weight then is optimal. So that is why some cardio is necessary, in order for us to keep our cardio vascular systems up to par. So it is important for you to do the Met Cons and then maybe a 30 min cardio workout on the weekend. What we need to do is to balance out our cardio so that it does not eat up the muscle that we work so hard for.
Being obese is not necessarily the same as being fat.
jennifer778
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Thanks for the excellent post zed. Great post!! I think it was my doc actually that said that it was a 'myth' that muscle weighs more than fat and that it's a way to 'make people feel better' about weight loss. I don't think they know what the crap they are talking about.
jennifer778
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Today did 30 minutes of moderate intensity running. I could only do 5 minutes of the met con!! Dude!! That whipped my butt!! After just a few minutes I thought I was going to die!! It was rough.
Tomorrow is pull exercises. A day off.
Tomorrow is pull exercises. A day off.
"I think it was my doc actually that said that it was a 'myth' that muscle weighs more than fat"
Sweettea thats just plain sad and I mean that. If your doc is that missinformed I would seriously suggest that you find a new one for your own sake.
That really makes me sad.
Sweettea thats just plain sad and I mean that. If your doc is that missinformed I would seriously suggest that you find a new one for your own sake.
That really makes me sad.
Lmao!
And I thought is was just me bing a wuss about it.
Wtih all the cardio that you have been doing and it was tuff on you kinda makes me feel better actually.....
But yeah its a real ass buster thats foshow darlin.
dmk777
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Yeah totally agree to think your doc gets paid a fortune and he's misinforming you about a well known fact . I once read a article were it actually showed you 5lb of fat and 5lb of muscle the size of the piece of muscle compared to the fat was nearly double I was shocked!!
Jen your kicking ass girl this training met con thingy has me tired just reading it should be long until you join me on 5x5 huni.
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