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AshIdiot
New Member
| Joined: | 8 March 2008 |
| Location: | Ohio USA |
| Posts: | 42 |
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Posted: 17 April 2008 11:30 pm |
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Today I discovered I have an enormous percentage of fat. I need all the advice you guys can give me of getting rid of a great deal of it. I know I need to have about 15% as essential fat so I'm not talking about dropping down to 100 pounds here.
I know some things are important like cardio, weight training, intake, and #%@&! like that. I just don't know exact figures. How many calories can I physically burn off before my body starts storing all my food and eating my bones and muscles, how much exercise is too much, what exercises are too harsh on the body, stuff like that confuses me.
Right now my knees are in a lot of pain and my ankles are tender from too much cycling and an accident involving a slippery spot on the linoleum floor, so it might be a couple weeks before I can put all of your ideas into effect, but each one is important to me because I'm tired of being fat, and the fat needs to come off regardless of what I end up weighing ultimately. I can't tell you how many times I've increased my body fat while decreasing my physical weight, and it's disgusting and shameful.
Well, I'm being hard on myself at the moment because I had too much candy. But tomorrow's a new day, right?
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 18 April 2008 09:00 pm |
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| As far as intake is concerned, make sure you don't go too low. Your unadjusted RMR is 1431 calories (Female, 19, 5'6", 141lb), so a good guideline is to eat at least this much every day. Last edited on 18 April 2008 09:01 pm by Nir
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 19 April 2008 06:10 pm |
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It is so important that you progress in exercise in baby steps, letting your body develop as you go so that you ENJOY IT.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU WON'T KEEP IT UP. AND YES, I'M SCREAMING! 
When you take it easy and make just a little progress, you feel so good and so encouraged to keep at it... for life.
Peter
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cportwine
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Posted: 21 April 2008 01:58 pm |
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Walking is always a easy and good thing to start. Once you get started you will see lots of benefits to it.
I have been walking for about a year now. I am now currently trying to get myself to do other exercises, which I am struggling with.
But, like you said tomorrow is a new day.
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