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Okay so I did my first day of the Wii Biggest Loser. First things first, I don't think it tells me how many calories I burn at the end of the "day"... just while I'm doing things. Second... I'm pretty sure I burned more calories than it said, because I have to get used to doing the exercises. If you do them perfect, I think you burn more calories and I obviously am not used to doing them yet so that'll take a few days. ALSO, it tells me that my RDI is 1244 kcal! I think that's INSANELY low. I know at the beginning when I had a lot more to lose, that I was eating pretty low calories but... UGH really? I don't know if I believe that. Anyway the exercises were pretty good, I did a good amount of cardio and also I could really feel the squats into side leg-lifts. However the bulk was only 25 minutes. I did a warm up and cool down, and then I did this 10 round challenge that was pretty much all cardio. Since each round took me about a minute, I figure that was about 10 minutes. So I just estimated it at 40. I don't know whether to record it as light or heavy calisthenics, but I was sweating. I hope I feel it tomorrow, lol but not enough to shy me away. I only did the 4 week challenge thing, and it says I should only expect to lose 2lbs during the 4 weeks, so we'll see. Since I'm up, losing 2lbs would put me right around my goal.
Diet Calendar Entries for 12 October 2010:
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1132 kcal
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Fat: 40.18g | Prot: 58.90g | Carb: 135.44g.
Breakfast: Activia Light, Apple. Lunch: Old Wisconsin Turkey Sausage Bites, Carrot. Dinner: Smoky Bacon Flavored Pasta Sauce, Green Giant Brussel Sprouts, Great Value Italian Cheese, Garlic, Healthy Life Italian Bread, Great Value Radiatore, T-Bone Steak. Snacks/Other: Li'l Drum, Slim Jim. more...
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2900 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 40 minutes, Sitting - 6 hours, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Desk Work - 3 hours and 30 minutes, Driving - 30 minutes, BMR - 13 hours. more...
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Does it tell you 1244 cal is your RDI to lose weight or maintain? B/C the days I eat between 1200-1400 cal the next day I am always lower on the scale. So, 1244 maybe right to lose weight? Then to maintain, it maybe like 1500-1800 calories? It does seem crazy to me that I can only have 1200-1400 cal each day to lose weight. It really does not seem like that much food!
13 Oct 10 by member: loveaic
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I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that RDI is more of a reflection of your resting metabolic rate - what you burn just staying alive, not moving from your bed. So anything above and beyond is icing on the cake. I would assume, SQ, that you're burning MORE than 2,000 a day just based on daily workouts and you have a life! AND you're young! It may very well be closer to 2500 or more, too. I'd just slowly add 100 calories a day to what you're eating to maintain and the first sign of a real increase (more than 2 lbs, we can ALL fluctuate that much on a day to day basis), then cut out that last 100 calorie increase. I've read that works fairly well. I'm SO proud of you! Can you even REMEMBER what 180 felt like??
13 Oct 10 by member: redwinelover
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Ugh D - I know right? and I need to explore the game more, to find out what the RDI they're giving me really means. I think for most of my entire diet since I started I've eaten between 1100-1400 calories. On my worst days, I'd say maybe 1600-1700 calories... So, I'll try and explore to see - however, the lower calories seems a bit counter-intuitive as many people have told me to bump UP my calories while working out to lose weight... So I have no idea. ------------------------------ On a side note, I also don't know how often they're wanting me to work out for the 4 weeks, it's not planned out at all like EA Active (and there seem to be a lot of breaks but I mean I guess I can understand that if people who are SEVERELY overweight are trying to start a routine, you need some recovery time, HECK, I took a break when they gave it to me, lol!) But, I'm going to try and figure out more about it. I can tell you for sure that about 12 minutes of "standing mountain climber" yesterday and I am FEELING IT in my shoulders. ------------------------ Oh and D, I'm really glad you brought that up about adding calories to find out my maintenance level... I was honestly going to post a journal about that once I hit my goal - because I've been conditioned to LOSE weight all this time, not maintain, so THANK YOU! Cause that helps me wrap my mind around what to do once I can actually get to my goal. GOING AT A SNAILS PACE I TELL YA! (But it's my fault too, almost 2 weeks of minimal working out...)
13 Oct 10 by member: SturgeonQueen
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