Just got a heart rate monitor (Oregon scientific) and during workout it says I'm burning 55% fat -what exactly does that mean ? Does that mean that of the 40 calories burnt - 55% of them were fat...
throw that damn scale away ! You should be using body measurements and fat calipers to measure your progress. muscle weighs more than fat and you've probably just retained a bit more water than...
everytime I cook eggs in the microwave (in a bowl of course) they blow up - you've got to stab them a few times or air gets in them (specially the yolk). I think they taste crap anyway that way. The...
LOL when I read you "blew up" on carbs - have a really funny image in my mind now...but seriously carbs are addictive. If you were eating quite alot of carbs before and then quit them cold turkey...
My tuna quinoa was a hit. It was a bit tasteless so I rolled it into balls and pressed them into breadcrumbs (home made) and dry fried them. Yummo ! With a bit more lemon juice and worcester sauce...
I'm having this problem too. I eat great all week and then weekend comes and I totally lose it. I seem to equate relaxing and having fun on the weekend with my hubby with FOOD. We go to lunch a...
Does anyone have any great Quinoa recipes ? I just bought a whole package and am not sure what I can do with it. Do you use it instead of rice ? I tried a tabouleh with it but it didn't taste so...
i just bought a rope yesterday and did my first full on session this morning. Did fast skipping for 20 counts then slow for ten, then stopped for rest and repeated this for about 10 minutes. that's...
So 20g is too low !?? I thought it was still too much. i read a book that said that a woman used about 40g a day just for basic metabolic functioning so if you eat less than that your body will have...
Is it possible to create a waist through weight training ? I'm a H shape with hardly any waist and I was wondering what exercises I should do to improve the situation. Should I build up my shoulders...
found a piece of electrical cable here at home yesterday and skipped for about 10 mins. that's really hard work ! I read somewhere that if you skip for 10 mins that it's the same as running for 30...
I need my gym time for cardio so had been planning to do my weight training at home with bands. I notice the bands work pretty well - I always use the most resistant band and repeat until failure (or...
thanks Sunny for the advice. I don't believe in "toning" either so I'll try to life a bit heavier next time I'm at gym. I like the idea of the full body workout but I might split it in two first and...
I've been doing gym for quite a while with not much success. I weigh 66 kg, am 163cm tall. I am a H shape with shoulders and hips relatively same width and virtually no waist. My fat % is around 25....