Tiff, how do you measure your calories burned? Do you have a heart rate monitor that does it? I'm really tempted to buy one of those.
Today I ran 3.1 miles (5k) on the treadmill, and I shaved a minute off the time it took me to do it last week -- this week I did it in 35:30. Not exactly lightning speed, but fast for me! Tomorrow is rest day, and my legs need it...
Congrats on improving your time!
Yes, I have a HRM that tells me hpw many calories burned. It's very motivating. Sometimes I'll want to push past a certain calorie number, so I'll go for a little longer. The best gift I've received in a long time!
Tiff, what kind of HRM is it? I'd like to get one but I'd rather get a recommendation from someone before I spend the money. I don't want to waste money on one that doesn't work well. I'd love to know approximately how many calories I'm burning with all this running, and I never really trust those charts and calculators you find online.
Lisa - My experience with the online calculators is that they were totally overestimating my calorie burn. They would tell me 600 calories (based on my weight) for a 45 minute Turbo Jam workout, when actually it was closer to 400-450.
I have a Polar F6. Polar, I believe, is widely considered the best brand. They have several models. The F6 is geared for weight loss/general fitness, but they do have running models as well. Their website is http://www.polarusa.com. You can compare models and find one right for you.
I love it not only for the calorie thing, but I also like to know how hard I'm working. Sometimes I think I'm doing something, and my heart rate is not high at all, so I know I need to pick it up. Or if it gets too high, I know to bring it down a little bit so I can last longer. I think you should definitely get one.
I have been doing 30-35 minutes on the treadmill most days (5 out of 7) but feel I need to ramp it up a little. Today I ordered Body for Life for Women DVD by Pamela Peeke and Ellen Barrett. Anyone here ever try it? I'm not much on "major workouts" but I thought this might at least diversify my exercise and help the weight loss to go a little faster. I can hope, can't I?
Here's mine
Monday-60 mins
Tuesday-90 mins
Wednesday-30 mins
Thursday-180 mins
Dont think Im going today b/c my house is a WRECK and I really need to get a jump start on it.
Wow - I was still sore today....... but at work today - I went to the workout room once - put very light weight on the Nautulis equipment and did that - hoping to work out the soreness - because even stretching after a hot shower was hurting me.
Did not go to Curves - but went out and worked in the yard for a little over an hour this evening.
Ritzy - I read her book and LOVED it, that was what helped me get started - let us know how her DVD is.... okay?
Ritzy - I read her book and LOVED it, that was what helped me get started - let us know how her DVD is.... okay?
I agree! I liked her book as well; in fact, that is what made me look for her exercise DVD so I could see the moves in action rather than just the still pictures in the book. I did check the DVD out at the library but had to return it way too soon...so I bought it to have all the time. I liked what I saw and it seemed simple enough for beginners but effective enough for accomplished exercisers.
I just finished doing my 3 miles on the elliptical this morning. We're going to the zoo today so I won't be doing a WATP video. The zoo will be my walking. No, it won't be a real fast clip but I'll be on my feet a lot longer. That's got to count for something!
Tomorrow is rest day, and my legs need it...
I liked what I saw and it seemed simple enough for beginners but effective enough for accomplished exercisers.
