Posts by ledgehanger

Original Post by pgeorgian:

nobody will ever convince me that a machine is better for my health than getting outside.  there's more to wellness than heart rate.

You're right, of course.  I was simply talking about the quality of the workout purely in terms of calories burned for the perceived effort.  For some folks an "outside" regimen is better if for no other reason than because it helps them to stick to the program.  A program that you can stick with is going to be better than one that you dislike, regardless of the empirical evidence for one over the other.

Of course, for those of us with bad joints that can't jog, going outside for that run just isn't an option.  One might argue that walking outside is better - but then for me, at least, we're back to the "program I dislike" not working for me. ;)

Your body will also give you some guidance on whether you need more rest before exercising again.  If you are in the habit of measuring your resting pulse rate (preferably when you get up in the morning), you can take your pulse prior to exercising.  If it is still elevated from your normal resting pulse rate, your body is probably still trying to recover and you should take it easy (or even skip) to facilitate that recovery.

1740 / 2000  Sorry for the lack of updates while traveling over the holidays, but at least I was doing the important part - still exercising!

Looks like I'm not going to make my goal of 2000 minutes for December - but happy to report that I at least wasn't a total slacker during the holidays, managing a good six and a half hours of exercise in the last week and a half or so.

1262 / 2000

Name: "Ledge"
Age: 39
Height: 5' 11"
Start Weight: 240.8
Goal Weight (by December 29): 230

1/12/08:  240.8
8/12/08:  238.4
15/12/08: 237.3
22/12/08:
29/12/08:

976 / 2000

801 / 2000

Name: "Ledge"
Age: 39
Height: 5' 11"
Start Weight: 240.8
Goal Weight (by December 29): 230

1/12/08:  240.8
8/12/08:  238.4
15/12/08:
22/12/08:
29/12/08:

359 / 2000

175 / 2000

Name: "Ledge"
Age: 39
Height: 5' 11"
Start Weight: 240.8
Goal Weight (by November 29): 230

1/12/08:  240.8
8/12/08: 
15/12/08:
22/12/08:
29/12/08:

LOL. That's two months in a row that my weight on the 1st is higher than my weight on final weigh-in of the previous month. What's up with that?

Anyway... I'm in again.

Name: "Ledge"
Age: 39
Height: 5' 11"
Start Weight: 245.7 (went backwards between end of previous and start of this...)
Goal Weight (by November 29): 235

1/11/08:  missed posting, but started at 245.7
8/11/08:  missed posting, but 242.7
15/11/08: 241.8
22/11/08: 240.1 (on-time weigh-in... late post)
29/11/08: 238.3

I didn't meet my goal, but I'm pretty happy with a loss of 7.4 pounds - especially since the final weigh in was *after* Thanksgiving.

1652/2000

1520/2000

1231 / 2000