Weight loss stalls and OT: Joke of the week
Weekly thought - Exercise and weight loss stalls (useful for newbies).
Upon returning from vacation, I noticed that my weight loss immediately stalled, despite the fact that I am back to eating what I should, in the quantities I had prior to my vacation (i.e. less than 1000 calories / day). Upon reflection, the only thing that I could see that had changed was my exercise - I was doing more than before. Furthermore, my clothes keep on getting looser, so my only conclusion is that my exercise is doing its job - building muscle!
As muscle weighs more than fat, I was really going forward despite what the scale said! I think I will take advice given here and give my scale some R&R as well
On the topic of exercise, here are some of my favourites / most detested and how many calories I personally burn doing them:
- Bowling: 451 / hour - Not bad for what my best friend considers a 'pathetic' sport.
- Walking (4 MPH): 752 / hour
- Swimming leisurely: 903 / hour
- Calisthenics (aka workout at BMI): 263 / 30 minute class
- Martial Arts: 1504 / hour - WOW, what a workout!
- Mowing Lawn: 826 / hour
- Shovelling snow: 902 / hour
And my desk job (or spending time on OH): 225 / hour - Time well wasted if you ask me
Anyway, if you are interested how many calories you burn doing over 200 activities, check out this site: http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm
Joke of the week - Due to a lack of imagination and being called all sorts of fowl names last week on another forum, here are some tasteless , but sans calories, chicken jokes for my weekly humour:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road halfway?
A: She wanted to lay it on the line.
Q: Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?
A: She wanted to stretch her legs.
Q: Why did the Roman chicken cross?
A: She was afraid someone would caesar!
Q: How did the wealthy rubber chicken cross the road?
A: In her Cadillac stretch limo.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To prove to the possum it could actually be done!
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road twice?
A: Because it was a double-crosser
Upon returning from vacation, I noticed that my weight loss immediately stalled, despite the fact that I am back to eating what I should, in the quantities I had prior to my vacation (i.e. less than 1000 calories / day). Upon reflection, the only thing that I could see that had changed was my exercise - I was doing more than before. Furthermore, my clothes keep on getting looser, so my only conclusion is that my exercise is doing its job - building muscle!
As muscle weighs more than fat, I was really going forward despite what the scale said! I think I will take advice given here and give my scale some R&R as well On the topic of exercise, here are some of my favourites / most detested and how many calories I personally burn doing them:
- Bowling: 451 / hour - Not bad for what my best friend considers a 'pathetic' sport.
- Walking (4 MPH): 752 / hour
- Swimming leisurely: 903 / hour
- Calisthenics (aka workout at BMI): 263 / 30 minute class
- Martial Arts: 1504 / hour - WOW, what a workout!
- Mowing Lawn: 826 / hour
- Shovelling snow: 902 / hour
And my desk job (or spending time on OH): 225 / hour - Time well wasted if you ask me
Anyway, if you are interested how many calories you burn doing over 200 activities, check out this site: http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm
Joke of the week - Due to a lack of imagination and being called all sorts of fowl names last week on another forum, here are some tasteless , but sans calories, chicken jokes for my weekly humour:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road halfway?
A: She wanted to lay it on the line.
Q: Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?
A: She wanted to stretch her legs.
Q: Why did the Roman chicken cross?
A: She was afraid someone would caesar!
Q: How did the wealthy rubber chicken cross the road?
A: In her Cadillac stretch limo.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To prove to the possum it could actually be done!
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road twice?
A: Because it was a double-crosser
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