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[Xylochick216]

Do you take your own advice? Seriously.

[AGDee]

Don't forget that if you make sure you do some weight resistance exercise (not just aerobic), you will build muscle and 1 pound of muscle uses more calories than 1 pound of fat (and is much more dense/therefore smaller), so you increase your metabolism.

You also continue to burn more calories after you exercise, so you get a little bonus on calories used.

[SydneyK]

Wow, that's too much math for me.

My problem is finding time to get to the gym. Any moms have advice? My kids are toddlers, and neither goes to pre-school or daycare. Translation: I'm home all day with two kids and have a hard time getting out without them.

Perhaps I should look for a gym that provides babysitting?

Or, I guess I could just blow the dust off my TaeBo tapes.

[Bob Dole]

Speed works well.

[James]

Something to think about when calculating your calories:

1. As you lose weight you burn off less calories.

If you consider that for women 14cal/pound is a way to calculate metabolism . . . if she loses 20 pounds she is burning off about 280 less calories a day. Thats an hours worth of cardio in calories for a lot of people.

Like taking off a 20 pound back pack. (Some really hardcore people will use a weighted vest to compensate for lost weight)

Thats where a lot of people go wrong when they try the "eat healthy" or "watch what they eat" approach to weight loss.

Because they didn't do the math they cut calories by eating less, but not enough to get to their goal weights.

And because they don't have a good idea of how many calories they are eating/burning they don't know what to do when they plateau or the weight loss stops.

Plus, a lot of initial weight loss is water . . the heavier you are the more of it is likely to be water.

Assume that over half the weight loss in the first two to three weeks is water. That may not be completely accurate but its a good assumption so you don't get demoralized if weight loss starts slowing down.

[James]

A neat web site if you actually want to try and calculate all your daily activities by hour:

www.caloriesperhour.com


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[valkyrie]

Holy shit, I would shoot myself before doing all this calculating. Here is my advice:

1. Work out really hard for at least one hour five days a week. This must include cardio and weights.

2. Eat what you want -- real food, not fake processed shit -- but don't eat too much of it.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Wow, that's too much math for me.

My problem is finding time to get to the gym. Any moms have advice? My kids are toddlers, and neither goes to pre-school or daycare. Translation: I'm home all day with two kids and have a hard time getting out without them.

Perhaps I should look for a gym that provides babysitting?

Or, I guess I could just blow the dust off my TaeBo tapes.

What about enrolling them in a class at the Y (like swimming) where you could take a class or work out while they are in lessons?