Lose Weight 11

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Col.Mastard I agree, it is amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it and I have put my mind to good use, concluding that the maths, in your claim of losing 4 stone, simply doesn't add up:

There's 3500 calories in 1lb so to lose 4 stone you would need to lose 196,000kc from your diet in total.
Over the 30 days, that means burning 6,500 calories every day on average, in addition to those burned through your basic metabolic rate, which I am assuming would be about equal to the food that you would eat on a very low caloriediet (assumed at 1200 cals/day aprox) - pls correct me if i'm not right in assuming that you have actually eaten something over the last 30 days?

Anyway, you said that you've done it by exercising 3 hours a day.
Have a look at this list , it tells the calories burned during exercise. Let's say that you're a big 190lb bloke and that you've done a very strenuous exercise (running up stairs for example) for three full hours. It would burn 1300 cals per hour.
If you multiply the 1300 by 3 hours and multiply that by the 30 days then it still only gets to 117,000 calories and this is a long way short of the 196,000 calories that you would need to have lost.

Maybe there's another reason for your loss? Maybe you were giving a piggyback ride to a small child a month ago or maybe your pockets were crammed witrh loads of small change - I don't know? What I do know though is that you haven't lost 4 stone in weight simply through diet and 3 hours exercise.

loopy-loo73

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LOSE 5lbs by 7 May 2007

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Loopy-loo73

I think it's a great idea honey and it takes me to just before my Grandad's b-day so want to lose it / need to lose it i will not be the fattest person there again, to that end i've started counting points again :rolleyes:

see you all tomorrow

lou x

dawnydee73

Ive added myself to the list, I think these 5lb targets are a good incentive

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freebiehunter29

Can anyone tell me when the "LOSE 5lbs by 7 May 2007 challenge" starts please?:D

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donny-gal

Hello Can I join in.

I have hit a brick wall in the weight loss department, and lost the will to try again, and need some incentive.
DG

Lois_Lane

donny-gal wrote: »

Hello Can I join in.

I have hit a brick wall in the weight loss department, and lost the will to try again, and need some incentive.
DG

Hi Donny-gal - yes of course you can join us, you're very welcome. Are you following any particular plan, going to classes, or going it alone?

LL

beanielou

Duh
Can some kind person please add me to the list as I dont know how to without typing out the whole list.
Thanks