Stu's Struggle

[here2help]

My exercise machine of choice for cardio is the eliptical. My 30 min workouts will burn 400cal and my heart rate will rise to 160-170 in about 5 mins and stay there. I have tried doing HIIT on it, however my heart rate then would go up to 200 and only fall to 180 on my normal pace even after 3-5mins at it. Is that dangerously high or should I not be concerned about it?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

My exercise machine of choice for cardio is the eliptical. My 30 min workouts will burn 400cal and my heart rate will rise to 160-170 in about 5 mins and stay there. I have tried doing HIIT on it, however my heart rate then would go up to 200 and only fall to 180 on my normal pace even after 3-5mins at it. Is that dangerously high or should I not be concerned about it?

I've never tracked my heart rate, I can only comment on how I feel when doing HIIT... I feel like I've climbed a moutain, lol.

It's hard work...but seems to have worked for me and many others.

I've been known to lay on the ground for a few mintues during HIIT too

And unless you go have yourself tested on a metabolic level you really don't know how many calories you're burning... 400 may be a good estimate I don't know... just putting that out there too. Your weekly and monthly progress via how you feel and if your clothes are feeling looser will be the ultimate judge

Never rely soley on the scale..the scale lies, lol. (water, muscle, fat... the composition of you may change greatly, but your weight may not...)

 

[HiDnGoD]

My exercise machine of choice for cardio is the eliptical. My 30 min workouts will burn 400cal and my heart rate will rise to 160-170 in about 5 mins and stay there. I have tried doing HIIT on it, however my heart rate then would go up to 200 and only fall to 180 on my normal pace even after 3-5mins at it. Is that dangerously high or should I not be concerned about it?

I'm not sure, but a 200 hr seems a little high, & 160-170 seems high for a sustained effort. I use a Precor Elliptical machine on the weight loss program, that's 2 minutes on high & 2 minutes on low. You can program the highs & lows. My high gets up to 150-170hr & I feel like I'm gonna burst, my lows go down to120-130hr. That could be because of my age though. If you're outa shape, you don't wanna push it harder than your C.V. syst3em can take & blow a gasket.
Also, don't worry about the scale. If you weigh yourself every day you'll find 2-5 pounds fluctuation. Long term, like once a week, or once a month is OK for tracking, but you should go by how you look & feel.

 

[here2help]

Thanks for all the advice and helping me meet my goals! I'll have to start throwing in some HIIT slowly and see how my body takes it. I'll keep updating this thread along the way!

 

[Maffiosa]

Thanks for all the advice and helping me meet my goals! I'll have to start throwing in some HIIT slowly and see how my body takes it. I'll keep updating this thread along the way!

Good luck!!

 

[*Bunny*]

I don't beleive in that micromanaging... unless your < 10% BF and trying to get rid of the last/hardest few percentials.

Big picture:

Create a daily caloric deficiet and you WILL loose weight.

Eat quality foods, often..

Train with weights to help maintain muscle.

If you haven't found them already...use the michael and kendra elias calculator and www.fitday.com to track your cals.

Sarge Great stuff ... 1st post was bomb

H2H... welcome to EF....

Listen to me when I tell you this...

"I don't necessarily want to track everything that I'm eating....seems like waaay too much work for me at this point."

YOU NEED TO TRACK YOUR FOODS ...

I absolutely think THIS is what got you in trouble in the 1st place, NOT paying attention to what or how much of it went into your mouth. Do I feel everyone needs to track what s/he is eating? Sure but some more often than others.

And why not STOP eating out all the time & learn to cook clean/healthy to kick start this new lifestyle?

GREAT JOB on posting pics.

Don't give up on this.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Sarge Great stuff ... 1st post was bomb

H2H... welcome to EF....

Listen to me when I tell you this...

"I don't necessarily want to track everything that I'm eating....seems like waaay too much work for me at this point."

YOU NEED TO TRACK YOUR FOODS ...

I absolutely think THIS is what got you in trouble in the 1st place, NOT paying attention to what or how much of it went into your mouth. Do I feel everyone needs to track what s/he is eating? Sure but some more often than others.

And why not STOP eating out all the time & learn to cook clean/healthy to kick start this new lifestyle?

GREAT JOB on posting pics.

Don't give up on this.

Absolutely. It's amazing how the cals(usually bad ones too) add up where you least expect it.

 

[here2help]

Listen to me when I tell you this...

"I don't necessarily want to track everything that I'm eating....seems like waaay too much work for me at this point."

YOU NEED TO TRACK YOUR FOODS ...

I absolutely think THIS is what got you in trouble in the 1st place, NOT paying attention to what or how much of it went into your mouth. Do I feel everyone needs to track what s/he is eating? Sure but some more often than others.

And why not STOP eating out all the time & learn to cook clean/healthy to kick start this new lifestyle?

GREAT JOB on posting pics.

Don't give up on this.

Yeah, those will be my famous last words, lol. I definately found out that I need to track stuff. That being said, I'm still happy with my 2.5lbs loss for my first week back to exercising. Once I start tracking everything and follow everyone's great suggestions here, the pounds will start melting off at an incredible rate!

I DEFINATELY will learn to cook better stuff as well. As a 25 year old guy who doesn't even know how to cook spaghetti, I have a LONG way to go, lol.

 

[*Bunny*]

Yeah, those will be my famous last words, lol. I definately found out that I need to track stuff. That being said, I'm still happy with my 2.5lbs loss for my first week back to exercising. Once I start tracking everything and follow everyone's great suggestions here, the pounds will start melting off at an incredible rate!

I DEFINATELY will learn to cook better stuff as well. As a 25 year old guy who doesn't even know how to cook spaghetti, I have a LONG way to go, lol.

AT 1st the weight will fall off, but do NOT get depressed when it stops, plateaus, or scale STOPS moving ... that does NOT mean you are not making progress & after awhile the scale is NOT a good indicator of progress, it just isn't.. then people cry, whine, binge b/c they think they failed, then suffer a huge rebound (water weight) and the scale shows 11 lb GAIN in a day or two (been there) ...

Judge your progress BY THESE PICTURES, Clothes, TAKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS, and get your bodyfat done (NOT on a tanita scale, calipers), OTHER ways then the scale. I know you don't want to get to a gym until you drop some weight but when you're ready, throw on a hat, pull it DOWN, turn those headphones UP and be there for you, NOT for anyone else to look & critique you, they are just shallow if they do that... You are doing what is necessary to make YOUR life better & THAT is what matters.


Seriously, read ALL of this post...

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4713693&postcount=1

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Hi *B_Bunny*



Stu... listen to the Killer Wabbit ...

and if you need more inspiration... Here's all you need