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Greetings my Buddies!
Did pretty well this weekend with both food and exercise. I stayed on track with food because we stayed home and did not have social engagements/dinner out. THAT was a huge help.
I started eating baby carrots and raw pea pods to satisfy my need for CRUNCHY food - better than higher carb snacks.
Orange Theory is going well. It is weird though - I am working hard but burning fewer calories as I get more fit. I am spending well over 20 minutes per hour working at 84% and above of my max in the orange zone...but I believe the fat burning happens better when working at 80% in the green zone...a little less hard.
So, I wonder if this may be why I do not seem to be losing fat...I am working hard and likely burning glucose and carbohydrates when in the orange zone and only burning fat when in the green zone...
We will see...
I am dedicated, determined, and diligent
View Diet Calendar, 19 January 2014:
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987 kcal
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Fat: 26.99g | Prot: 84.83g | Carbs: 111.04g.
Breakfast: Quaker Instant Oatmeal - Plain, Butter, Water, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), 2% Fat Milk. Lunch: Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey - Delicious Strawberry, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Original Unsweetened Non-Dairy Beverage, Water, Bananas, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter. Dinner: Water, Honeysuckle White 99% Fat Free Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast, Cooked Broccoli (Fat Not Added in Cooking), Sweet Potato (Without Salt, Baked In Skin, Cooked). Snacks/Other: Earth's Pride Organics Baby-Cut Carrots, Snow or Sugar Snap Peas. more...
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3209 kcal
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Exercise:
Circuit Training - 1 hour, Driving - 1 hour and 20 minutes, Desk Work - 5 hours, Sitting - 7 hours, Sleeping - 9 hours, Resting - 40 minutes. more...
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 Comments
I think part of it is as we lose weight our body has to do less work hauling around a lighter carcass. I get a lot less "credit" working out for an hour now than I did 40 pounds ago... :)
19 Jan 14 by member: waynem37
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If I don't exercise for a week, my heart rate really goes up after walking about 20 minutes. But if I work out everyday, my heart rate will be lower, even after doing 30 minutes of treadmill. Was thinking about that today and thought... sheesh, will have to walk for a longer and faster period of time to get it up there. But, I think getting my heart rate around 140 is good enough.
19 Jan 14 by member: ClassicRocker
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Classic - yes, you are probably burning more fat that way.
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I love how you keep at it and tweeking to find out what it is, You will do this!
20 Jan 14 by member: skwhite
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Love those raw pea pods! BTW - does your grocery sell radish chips? They are so good and easy (since I am too lazy to slice radishes myself). As for your theory - it is better than anything I could come up with.
20 Jan 14 by member: BuffyBear
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Buffy. What are radish chips? Needing to find a replacement for my addiction to potato chips.
20 Jan 14 by member: ClassicRocker
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That could be it - it also explains why people who start at a very high weight seem to swoosh down the scale slide while those trying to lose a nagging 5lbs fight so much harder.
21 Jan 14 by member: FullaBella
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You are definitely dedicated. I wish you could send some of that my way.
23 Jan 14 by member: Helewis
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