Stu's Struggle

[jpt]

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...)

i know this is a little old but like sarge said....those machines can be decieving and you don't really know how many cals your burning. the elliptical in my building says i burn about 11cals per minute...just over 300 cals in 30 minutes which i think is pretty accurate... some ellipticals i've been on say i burn like 450cals in 30 minutes...i think that is way off!

 

[here2help]

Please forgive my direct questioning, but how is adding more fat/calories from fat good for a diet if I'm not starving from having 1600-1800 cal per day? Would having another meal of protein be better than more fat?

Yeah, I'm not sure how accurate the eliptical is, but it has me enter my body weight at the beginning and constantly monitors my heart rate through the grips on the handles.

 

[here2help]

How's your water intake? If your mouth gets dry, drink more.... stay hydrated.

Hmm, it looks like I'm only getting about half a gallon per day. How the hell do you drink so much water and still have room to eat meals???

 

[jpt]

sarge eats and drinks for fuel not for taste! unless it's a cheat meal then he'll have 4 slices of pizza and some ice cream!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Please forgive my direct questioning, but how is adding more fat/calories from fat good for a diet if I'm not starving from having 1600-1800 cal per day? Would having another meal of protein be better than more fat?
Yeah, I'm not sure how accurate the eliptical is, but it has me enter my body weight at the beginning and constantly monitors my heart rate through the grips on the handles.

I'm not saying eat 1 cup of lard.

just a table spoon of Extra virgin olive oil on your chicken

It is not accurate at all if you do not enter more information than you weight... even when some have you enter your age and height, peoples metabolisms and chemical balances aren't exactly the same... just use it for a gauge of how hard the machine thinks you worked.

 

[here2help]

Gotcha, I'll have to do that. I just went to the store and got some sea salt as well as some peanuts and pistachios to increase my fat/calories a little while still having protein in them.

Thx for the tip on the exercise machines too.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

No prob.

Just fair warning... those pistachios can be addictive

lol... some advice: sometimes it's better to measure out your serving size you're going to eat instead of sitting down with a bag.

 

[Maffiosa]

No prob.

Just fair warning... those pistachios can be addictive

lol... some advice: sometimes it's better to measure out your serving size you're going to eat instead of sitting down with a bag.

Dam sarge, not you tell me lol...gawd dam sunday football

 

[here2help]

No prob.

Just fair warning... those pistachios can be addictive

lol... some advice: sometimes it's better to measure out your serving size you're going to eat instead of sitting down with a bag.

Yeah, <looks at gut>, no need to warn me about that one, lol. I probably won't have any tonight and I'll measure them out and put them in bags to take with me to work.

I never though being healthy was SO MUCH WORK!!! Then again, if it wasn't, everyone would be in shape.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Good ideer!

Food prep feels like a full time job sometimes, lol... eating often is one of the perks of working out for sure.