Posts by phord

Saph,

"Burn 1702" means you will, on average, burn 1702 calories per day based on your weight, height, age and exercise levels.  

"Eat 1238" means it is considered reasonable for you to eat 1238 calories per day to stay healthy (assuming you eat nutritional foods).  

It will be hard for you to lose since you're already so small.  I do hope you're over your plateau, now.

Sorry for the delayed reply.  I haven't been on here in a while.  Been busy.  :-\

phord

I had a 5k kayak race on Friday (38 minutes) and 5 more 500m races on Saturday.  The rest of the week we watched the kids race (in the 107 degree heat and sun).  I still managed to eat like an athlete, even when I didn't work out like one.  Didn't get any running in, but I did paddle about 10 kilometers.

There were about 20 paddlers in my 5k.  15 of them beat me, but 4 didn't.  Two of the four were the only othey guys in my age category, so I am now officially the Men's Master Class C 5K Kayak Champion (gold medal!) for 2008!  Woot!  (The other two guys I beat were 62 and 74 years old.  13 of the men who beat me were older than me.  The 2nd-place finisher was 50 years old and finished in 25 minutes.)

So I didn't weigh in last week.

Previous week: 174.5

This week: 177

I'd call it normal fluctuation, except it was 180 on Monday.  :-(   I'll get back to serious calorie limiting now.  Can't find time to count these days, but I'll at least pay attention!

Bobev: Sorry I missed you.  Let me know when you're coming to town again.

Congrats to all the other runners, new and experienced.  Sounds like you're all doing great!

Original Post by bobev:

Phord: What HRM are you using that records heart rate? I might be interested in acquiring one.

I already had a HRM strap and watch I received as a gift.  But I wanted some way to look at trends.  Luckily, I found a data collector for the watch&strap I already had.  I think I found it on eBay.  Google Checkout has 'em for about $45, without the chest strap.

Timex Data Recorder

I figured I'd sell it on eBay again when I got tired of it, but it hasn't happened yet.  But the battery appears to have died last week.  :-(  Time for a new one (CR2032).

Original Post by bubbaluffaguss:

Fitness goals? Well, I just started the Couch to 5K program. When I say just started I mean today was day 2 of week 1 for me so I won't be finished with it by the time that this challenge is over but I should be well on my way.

Bubba, I spent 6 months on the "9 week" Ct5k program in 2006.  Week 1 was HARD for me but doable.  Week 2 was hard, but ok.  Week 3 was tougher, and I was so afraid of week 4 that I stayed on week three for 5 weeks.  :-)

Now I run a 5k three times a week, and I ran a 10k a couple of weeks ago.

Good luck, and stick with it.  It works!

Original Post by scottpatton:

The fun news is that in just 10 pounds, I will just be fat, not overweight! In recent news... I ran the Peachtree Road Race. Didn't break the hour I wanted to, but I finished. Hard effort!

Hey, me too!  1:10, time group 9.  First time I've ever run that far.  It was great.

Oh, man, the crapstorm at work has spawned a turdnado! Everybody hide in a ditch!

Last week: 176.5

This week: 175

Loss: 1.5

w00t!

Wednesday already?  Time flies when you're having work!

Last week: 177.5

This weeK: 176.5

No time to chat.  :-(  Congrats to everyone for sticking to it.

You're doing great!

"Results not typical" means this: "Yes, this person lost 50 lbs in two months, but for most people that's not healthy and it won't happen for you.  Unless, like this sample person, you had recently gained 50 lbs because of a debilitating injury or medications, and now you stop and go on our diet regime."

They actually do find muscular/healthy people who have had extreme weight gain for some medical reason to do those ads.  Then they can truthfully say, "I lost 70 lbs in three months!"  But that ain't healthy for most of us.  So, "results not typical".

Don't fret it, though.  6lbs/month is fabulous.  And it's worth it.  And when you're done, it will stay off (unlike after a fad diet where it all comes back).

Congratulations on your new life!

Weekly weigh-in:

This week: 179.5

Last week: 181

Weekly loss: 1.5

Mea Culpa from March 27th:

Original Post by phord:

YOWZA! 179.5 this morning! A new decade for me. :-)

A decade threshold I will cross (back and forth) for the next 3 or 4 weeks, I'm sure. But I seriously can't believe I'm seeing the 170's. O M F G

Man, I wish I had crossed that threshold since then.  But I just hit it again this week, almost 6 weeks later.  No worries, though. I'm happy to be in the 170's again, and I'm still heading south.

I was eating more (focus on protein) on workout days, and not feeling "guilty" about it.  But my weight loss stalled and I decided after looking more closely that I was eating at maintenance on average.  I was being less careful about counting on exercise days.  I counted, but I didn't go back and look at the daily totals over time.  :-(

I'm back to eating about the same number of calories every day, but I plan my food around my exercise.  That is:

1. No food less than 3 hours before workout

2. Carbs before workout if possible (juice, fruit, etc.)

3. Plenty of water before workout

4. Protein after workout (tuna, chicken, protein shake)

Amethystgirl is right, as usual. However, I encourage you to continue doing your abs exercises but only if you are also doing some large muscle group exercises. Those will help burn fat. The abs exercises will pay off mostly after you lose the stomach, though posture, strength and stamina will improve in the near term as well.

Original Post by satupled:

Thanks for the replies guys...now, shouldn't eating less alone make me lose weight anyways? or if I actually eat more, i will help my weight loss?

If you eat less than you burn, you lose weight.  If you eat a lot less than you burn, your body takes corrective action.  It begins to hold onto energy stores, lowers your metabolism, and your weight loss will stall.  So they say.

You should eat a lot more than 1500 calories.  If you can find your body fat percentage, these estimates can be improved.

Your Estimated BMR (calculated at http://phord.com/cc):
BMR=2270 :: RMR=2724

Your customized recommendation:
EAT 2270 calories :: BURN 3121 calories :: LOSE 1.7 lb per week

You may have to turn off your firewalls (Norton is particularly bad about this).

Also, I think Vista Home disables simple file sharing by default.  You'll need to turn it on.  Once you do that, you should be able to see the "Public" folders on the Vista machine from your XP machine.

Nothing built-in to Windows will let you put files in one folder and have them appear magically in another one on another computer.  But FolderShare does this for free, and it works with any computer on the internet.

http://www.foldershare.com

Long damn day.  No exercise yet this week.  I'm feeling like abner; overworked and no time to workout!  Eeek!

Last week: 183.5

This week: 182

I'll check in more later as I get a chance to catch up.

Original Post by figurethefat:

It's a trolley!!

Nah.  A trolley is one of the broken European monstrosities where all four wheels are casters.  You can't steer those things without using both hands!