Baaah!

Negative pregnancy test, but still no period....stupid app.
Back on track now; I'm going to finish out the year strong.

jdock,

Don't think missive means that.

I figured you'd take particular offense to not being told you're wrong. But the plain fact is most of what you type isn't wrong. Nonsense isn't right or wrong. Its just not even wrong. MLY is in the same boat with her prior comments.

G4S,

Well played.

Took a quiz on my ovulation/period tracker app and found the results of birth control interesting.

Also, what in the world is up with the masterbation? 35% don't masterbation at all! This is ages 25-34

Too much action to masturbate!

Looks like 35% of people 24-35 are getting laid 3 or more times a week more than you are.

Workout Sun 12/3:
5min Walking@5.0°,3.7

12/1 and 12/2 logs:

I'm at 1274 today, not sure if I will eat more or not.

I said it before, but the best bet for you to lose substantial weight is steady consistent cardio. The simplest and easiest way to do this is to buy a high-quality spin bike or exercise bike, one you really enjoy using, and use it while watching TV and/or browsing the internet. Work your way up from small five-minute sessions until you are able to do 30-60 minute sessions.

When you get to this point the workouts become quite enjoyable and release a great deal of endorphins while burning substantial calories. The spin bike is perfect because it's at home; no need to travel to a commercial gym and it supports watching a movie or reading the internet, so it's quite painless. Spin bikes are relatively cheap and have good resale value.

I'm a former international athlete who has lifted weights for 15 years. I can tell you that weights are terrific for many people. But I can also tell you that for your specific situation random resistance exercises at the gym are not going to get you to your goal. Consistent cardio will. Resistance exercise is great but it's not the lowest-hanging fruit for your situation. You need better return on the time you're investing. Spin bike + pushups + box steps can all be done at home and would get you a much higher benefit with much lower time and grief than your current routine.

Thanks for the advice commas. I'll look into some bikes. Something at home would be great.

Whoa, who is this guy?

Look bro we already have an athlete who rants about cardio.

No problem. In my opinion the best bikes are chain-drive with a heavy flywheel, because they feel the most enjoyable to ride. This one fits the bill but there are others.

https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Health-...ny+chain+drive

The best way to lose weight is to do no cardio and eat two falafel every Tuesday. I am a formerly overweight person who lost 40 pounds in six months via this method. http://www.alibabas.ca/index.php?rou...&product_id=85

Lol

What do you consider "substantial" calories? She'd have to be spinning at about 80% of vo2m to burn a load of calories in 30 minutes, (which won't be quite enjoyable for her), or she could skip eating for 5 minutes.

I'm not saying she shouldn't do cardio, but she should just walk out her door and speed walk rather than watching tv and leisurely pedaling on her ass. She should def continue with the lifting but have more of a purpose and not ego lift. The bros here want her squating 3 plates, benching 2 plates and DL 4 plates by summer. Some happy medium between "toning" and "yoked" I think would suffice.

lolquepear dot jaypeg

Mon 12/4 workout:
1mile walk@3.7,5°
3miles total for the day

Lat pulldown:
3x10x90

Face pulls:
3x20x50

DB Rows:
3x10x40s

LOL, I actually loled.

Mon 12/3 log:

Lifting at a commercial gym is a waste of time in this situation because a) it burns very few calories, b) she won't gain appreciable muscle, being a 35-year old female, so almost nothing is accomplished, c) it takes a lot of time to travel to the gym, get changed, wait for equipment etc., d) it costs money for a membership that could be invested in quality home equipment that lasts and has resale value. Going to the gym for MLYLT is just not an efficient way to go about achieving her goals, especially when she could achieve similar anaerobic benefits much more easily at home with some basic exercises and equipment.

Spinning allows MLYLT to potentially burn thousands of extra calories each and every week. I would have guessed she could burn somewhere between 400-500 calories per hour at a moderate intensity on a spin bike, but this link suggests it's more like 780 calories per hour at her body weight. Those are serious calories. You make it sound like she would just do 30 minutes once or something. Once 30 minutes is comfortable it's easy to get to 40, 50 and beyond. And you can do it every day. It's not really unreasonable to build up to an hour of biking 5 days per week. That's potentially 3900 calories. It doesn't take many hours per week of cycling for you to really get somewhere. AND she can still go for that walk around the neighbourhood.

The spin bike is about compliance and a direct path to her desired result. If speedwalking works for someone, great. But the reality is that's not the median person. The median person is going to watch some TV and surf some internet while they're at home. Maybe a lot of TV and internet. Hell, we all do it. Spinning allows you to still do both but actually exercise at the same time and make a tremendous dent in your caloric balance. Sit on her ass? Yes, I guess she'd literally sit on her ass when she spins. That doesn't change the fact it's the most painless way to burn thousands of extra calories per week.

As an aside, most people don't realize how cost-effective quality home equipment is. For the price of a one-year membership at a big box gym, you can get a set of Powerblocks plus a spin bike that will each last you 10-20 years and will have resale value of 70-90% of purchase price at any point in time. And they will get the average person much closer to his or her desired results with way less grief.

What’s an international athlete?

a) depends on how you lift

b) wtf? of course she'll gain appreciable muscle. Just because she's not going to get a six-pack doesn't mean it's a waste of time. Lol @ 35 female = almost nothing accomplished

c/d) irrelevant; person dependent

Dude, she ain't going to burn close to 800 calories spinning for an hour, poking on her iPad. Not unless she's going hiit 1:1 for an hour.

70-90% resale value for used gear? It's debatable whether I could get that with my Rouge equipment, let alone crappy powerblocks and a cheapo spin bike from Amazon. What gym gear sells for 90% used?

I have nothing against spinning, except that it's spinning, but the assertion that she should only do that is nonsense. The hierarchy is:

FOOD > cardio > weights > spinning while watching Oprah while snacking on Cheetos

Nobody (being general ofc) uses home gym equipment except dedicated exercisers, i.e. people who have been going to the gym consistently for months/years and decide that it's simply more practical (minor distinction from convenient) to have the equipment at home. It could be argued that a casual is worse off for buying an exercise bike because the vast majority of the outcomes involve that machine functioning as a coat rack that makes the person feel terrible about never using it.

That she needs to go about the ordeal of going to the gym, changing clothes, waiting for equipment is part of the crucible by which one becomes a dedicated exerciser. It makes it real; you go through the pain in the ass of it because it's something you're prioritizing over other life stuff. Having the bike in a spare bedroom for convenient use means you could do your exercising any time, which for the non-dedicated exerciser usually means it never gets done.

Unexploitable

ul, gg.

Baby update?

About the 2nd time I've ever clicked on this thread. Already the 2nd dumbest post I've seen in H+F besides Lapka's latest LC thread masterpiece. Incredible...