PaxAmericana's Logboek, 11 okt 09

So today marks the one week point of my new diet where I do what I've never done before - count calories! I've lost a total of 4 lbs this week. Not the best results, but not terrible.

This week I'm starting my 6 week challenge of doing 500 minutes of cardio a week. If nothing else will get me amazing results doing an hour & half of cardio a day for 4 days + and hour for 2 days + 30 minutes for one day x 6 weeks should do amazing things. Let's do a little calculation:

On average doing exercise walking (~3.5 mph) I burn 440 calories/hour. 500 minutes is 8.33 hours so


[(400 Calories/hour)/(60 minutes/hour)]*(500 minutes/week) = 3,667 Calories per week


WOW! 3,667 Calories per week = a pound of fat per week. If I'm already restricting my calorie intake by 500 to 1000 calories per day, adding in this exercise is going to create a major positive in my calorie balance (by creating a major negative in my number of calories). Based on exercise alone over the 6 week challenge I can expect to burn 3,667 * 6 = 22,000 Calories. Which with 1 lb of fat =~ 3,500 Calories, we have 6.3 lbs of fat (a little more than 1 pound a week for 6 weeks).

When we factor in the fact that I create at least a 500 Cal deficit each day in what I eat (for the most part... I've had an off day here and there), I should expect to be a total of (6 lbs lost from calorie restriction + 6 lbs lost from exercise =) 12 pounds lighter in 6 weeks! We'll see what happens! :)

109,3 kg Tot nu toe verloren: 6,8 kg.    Nog te gaan: 27,7 kg.    Dieet gevolgd: Redelijk Goed.

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2141 kcal

Vet: 77,40g | Eiwit: 120,04g | Kolhy: 238,08g.   Lunch: 1% Milk, Coffee, bama grape jelly, Scrambled Eggs, butter, Baking Mix Pioneer Brand. Diner: chicken breast, Sweet Tea, Pear, French Onion Soup - McAlister's Deli, Chicken Salad Sandwich - McAlister's Deli. Snacks/Andere: butter (with asparagus), asparagus, Kashi Southwest Style Chicken, Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chunk Low Fat Granola Bars, silk soy milk. meer...

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Activiteit: Wandelen (Stevig) - 5,5 km/h - 1 uur, Rusten - 15 uren, Slapen - 8 uren. meer...