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It's true that exercising above 70% heart rate impedes the fat-burning process.
Today was another day rowing on San Francisco Bay. But this time I really focused on keeping my HR under 107 which figures out to be 70% of my maximum heart rate (220 - my age (67)) x 70%. Ideal fat burning zone really is 60% - 70%. It is my hope that I'll start seeing more weight-loss each week. And at my age it's really important that I not consumer more than 1400 calories per day. Carbs feed the brain, so it's stupid to cut out carbs completely. But mine come from vegetables, limited fruit, and oatmeal. There are foods consumed on a daily basis.
Beans • onions • sautéed mushrooms • ground flax seed • hemp seed • some kind of frozen berries • 1/2 avocado • 1/4 cup oatmeal • 1/4 cup plain yogurt • 1/2 cup plain kefir • 1 tbsp fish oil, • 2 cups spinach or kale • other bright vegetables • other cruciferous vegetables • walnuts or pistachios. That's the bulk of it. No cheeses...no breads or pastas...no condiments...and while this all sounds boring, it' not. After two months of this, my body is just fine. In a nutshell, I'd say that the Joel Fuhrman Food Theory works for me quite well.
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192.8 lb
Lost so far: 8.4 lb.
Still to go: 27.8 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.7 lb a week
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