It's official...

[umalak_]

I do more than 30 minutes of cardio... 30 minutes and I feel almost nothing no matter how hard I go.

What I do is this:

Stretches, rolling out muscle knots (i had quite a few in my legs)
30 minutes of fast walking to get warmed up
then i ride on the bike, doing intervals, for an hour with a short break after 30 minutes
that gets my heart rate going nicely
then i play basketball for a couple hours, depending on whether they have games going or not... if no games are going on then i'll shoot around for awhile
sometimes after that i will go back and ride for another hour
then shower and go home

i do that 4 times a week and on the 5th day that i go i substitute the bike with weights working on my upper body

honestly though, if it's a night where pickup games are happening i'll get more of a workout playing ball for 45 minutes then i will with any cardio

[Supermick]

Sounds like it is time to go some new clothes!

[Tortures Dionysos]

Congrats! That's so hard to do! Great work man. I'm sure you feel a lot younger these days!

[Arlen Specter]

kick ass man...congrats sir!

I gained 5 pounds from last week, don't know how that happened, may be the addiction to Oreo cookies, but I am not happy about it. And yes I realize that is crazy.

[Tortures Dionysos]

Originally Posted by zymote

Nice one. I've been hitting the gym 3 times a week, and seeing basically no results besides feeling better. I'm doing 30 minutes of cardio, followed by another 30 of weight training. I've also reduced my caloric intake by quite a bit. Anybody got any suggestions?

Well, what you really need to do is write down everything you eat and count your calories. You need to see what you are REALLY taking in.

Sure, you are eating better... but are you still consuming 2500 calories a day? Are you putting sugar in your coffee? Are you drinking regular sodas? Drinking fruit juice? Putting butter on your toast? Etc. Etc.

You see what I mean?

Once you figure out exactly what you are consuming, then you can really analyze why you are not losing weight.

[zymote]

Originally Posted by Jessica

Do you get enough sleep? Do you monitor your heart-rate during the cardio?

I do monitor my heart rate, even though it's damn annoying having to hang on to that bar on the treadmill. As far as sleep goes, I've got a 1 month old baby and work 60 hours a week, so I'm lucky to sleep 4 hours a night.

Originally Posted by umalak_

I do more than 30 minutes of cardio... 30 minutes and I feel almost nothing no matter how hard I go.

Damn, I'll have to start upping my times then. I need to start doing the bike. B-ball would be great, but I can't usually make it to the gym until 11:30 at the earliest, so there's almost nobody there.

[zymote]

Originally Posted by Karen

Well, what you really need to do is write down everything you eat and count your calories. You need to see what you are REALLY taking in...

That's an excellent suggestion - I need to start doing that. How do I go about getting the calorie content for a restaurant meal, though? I'm sure the big chains have them, but I doubt the smaller local places do.

[Arlen Specter]

Originally Posted by Pits N' Tits

I gained 5 pounds from last week, don't know how that happened, may be the addiction to Oreo cookies, but I am not happy about it. And yes I realize that is crazy.

Looks like Karen's getting some company in the near future.

Originally Posted by Prince Ramsey

Looks like Karen's getting some company in the near future.

Whatever, I have always been crazy about my body image, that's been posted up since about 2000.

[High Maintenance (4peace)]

Yeah, the counting calories thing made a HUUUUUGE difference with me. Matter of fact, I think it was Kelle that posted up a link to a calorie counter site on here about a month ago that set that in motion for me, so I guess I have her to thank for this latest weight loss. Thanks Kelle!

[steve-o]

Originally Posted by Karen

Well, what you really need to do is write down everything you eat and count your calories. You need to see what you are REALLY taking in.

Sure, you are eating better... but are you still consuming 2500 calories a day? Are you putting sugar in your coffee? Are you drinking regular sodas? Drinking fruit juice? Putting butter on your toast? Etc. Etc.

You see what I mean?

Once you figure out exactly what you are consuming, then you can really analyze why you are not losing weight.

Pretty much. I use an online Calorie and Nutritional Journal...it's been a REALLY good tool for me. It also has various tools that are helpful. One of which is a graph that shows you your daily nutritional stats such as Calories consumed, Fat consumed, Carbs, Water, etc over the past month...and then shows you another graph over that one that shows your weight tracked out.

So you can really see what and how you are eating effects your weight loss/gain.

Originally Posted by steve-o

Pretty much. I use an online Calorie and Nutritional Journal...it's been a REALLY good tool for me. It also has various tools that are helpful. One of which is a graph that shows you your daily nutritional stats such as Calories consumed, Fat consumed, Carbs, Water, etc over the past month...and then shows you another graph over that one that shows your weight tracked out.

So you can really see what and how you are eating effects your weight loss/gain.

Which one?

[steve-o]

Originally Posted by zymote

That's an excellent suggestion - I need to start doing that. How do I go about getting the calorie content for a restaurant meal, though? I'm sure the big chains have them, but I doubt the smaller local places do.

There are a lot of online websites that list nutritional info on almost every restaurant, meal, etc...

The site that I use has a rather large online database...and also lets you input your own if they don't have it.

Also there's a little book out from Calorie-King that is a great list of almost every place and/or meal.

[steve-o]

Originally Posted by Pits N' Tits

Which one?

www.my-calorie-counter.com

I can't tell you how much this website has really helped me out.