08/22/09 02:18 - ID#49599

please believe

nobody ever believes me how hard this video is. when i first started doing it about a month ago, i could even make it through the first 25 minutes.

now, i can do the whole ting straight through. my cousin tried it with me earlier this week and she is young and super fit, and she could barely make it through. she thought she was going to throw up.

i guess that why this lady is the biggest loser trainer, she is a beast.

if you want an a*% kicking workout, try it!

it is so coming to aruba with me...

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08/04/09 05:28 - ID#49458

let's get physical

just finished working on my fitness for the first time in a month.

i guess my whole plan didn't work, but i am back on like pam and tommy lee; minus all the white trashiness of course.

anyway, it was kinda rough, but you forget that it feels good to make your body do something other than stuff it with delicious fatty treats.

i refuse to look bad in aruba.

so: hiking tomorrow, 0545 am. bringing large quantities of water as the high for today is 115. also bring cell phone and younger cousin, for support and possible emergency rescue situation.

ARUBA! T MINUS 23 DAYS!!!!!!!!! YESAMESH!!!!!!!

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04/04/08 05:41 - ID#43906

questions.

so i am now fitness obsessed. i am wondering, what is my calorie intake supposed to be.

i read that you shouldn't go under 1200 a day. that's about where i am at, with like 3.6 miles hikes 5 times a week, and weights and all that mumbo jumbo in between.

i just don't want to be under the limit so i stop burning...

who knows???

james writes at 09:28:52 04/04/08 - Comment #33505: There is no easy answer to that question. It depends on so many different things. Height, current weight, activity level, sex, age, and fitness goals.

First, get your basil metabolic rate. You can do that at this site :::link:::

That is the minimum number of calories a day you need just to survive. If you were in a coma, this is what you would need to not burn muscle and brains.

Next, you can figure out how many calories per day you should have in a day for all those above mentioned qualifiers. Do so here :::link:::

But, with weight loss there is a real simple rule I like to keep in mind. It takes an hour of intense cardio to burn 800 calories but only a minute to eat them.

I recommend you keep track of the amount of calories you have in a day. :::link::: That site has free calorie tracking web-based software. It is real easy to use, you can track what you ate for weeks at a time.

It sounds like you are walking a lot, but doing resistance training with those weights will do a world of good.

Also, to maximize the effect of your cardio read up on High Intensity Interval Training. It is the most effective way to burn calories, improve cardio-vascular health, while not burning muscle mass. Just google the sucker.

jenks writes at 06:44:42 04/04/08 - Comment #33500: regardless of number of calories, you shouldn't lose more than 1-2 lb/week.
I'd say 1200 is a good lower limit.

carolinian writes at 05:57:20 04/04/08 - Comment #33495: Judging from my appearance, I'm obviously not an expert or anything, but I think that there are no successful diets, just successful changes of lifestyle. What's most important about any real attempt to change your body is that you feel okay with it and are able to sustain it until they stick you in Forest Lawn.

My advice is that you not worry about calorie burning right now and concentrate on making your exercise schedule consistent and turn it into a daily habit in your life that you do and don't really even think about. A lot of people start exercising and never develop a consistent habit and then stop altogether, and that's a lot worse than having a consistent habit and not (initially) burning the desired number of calories.

Guess I should try taking my own advice this weekend. Maybe we need to create an (e:strip) Fit Club (like Celebrity Fit Club) to encourage each other.