It takes about 20 minutes of low-intensity exercise before your body switches from using energy in the bloodstream to burning fat, so try building up to an hour or so if you aren't already there. Also, exercising at a higher level of intensity (i.e., running) will burn the glycogen stored in your muscles and liver, but it won't burn fat. To make matters worse, depleting your glycogen stores will make you really, really hungry.
Good to know. I usually go out walking for at least an hour, most recently two. It isn't fast, fast walking, but I'm going along fairly well and up and down hills. I usually have a good snack around for that issue (getting super hungry). I like nuts and lower-fat cheese and fruit.
The other thing to try is eating right after you exercise. Your body will have an immediate use for the calories, meaning fewer will be stored away for future use.
That makes sense. That's what usually happens anyway, because I feel like I earned it.
Still doing well on the diet. Mostly.
- 30/01/2012 03:31:02 PM
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- 30/01/2012 03:31:02 PM
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I fell off the diet wagon with the stress of moving and lack of healthy foodstuffs
- 30/01/2012 03:35:27 PM
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It's more expensive and it's so much more work.
- 30/01/2012 03:56:06 PM
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It's so healthy and delicious in the end, though!!
- 30/01/2012 04:04:39 PM
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in the end despite all the hype the math is simple
- 30/01/2012 03:47:20 PM
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the math is simple, but doing more than just calorie balancing helps increase your sucess
- 30/01/2012 03:59:16 PM
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I usually need my iPod to distract me on walks/runs, if I don't have another person there.
- 30/01/2012 04:14:25 PM
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I need to charge mine up.
- 30/01/2012 05:00:44 PM
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You should!
- 30/01/2012 05:23:08 PM
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hehe
- 30/01/2012 09:15:57 PM
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How long are your walks?
- 30/01/2012 05:37:05 PM
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An hour or more.
- 30/01/2012 09:28:07 PM
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