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An article I read said that by exercising for at least 30 minutes in the morning when you first wake up and before you eat breakfast, you set your body up to burn more body fat. The reason you burn fat better is because your body has been without food for several hours and you do not have carbohydrates available when you first wake up. When you exercise, your body needs carbohydrates for energy but will instead substitute your body fat for energy, which improves your fat burning ability. The article also said that your metabolism will get a boost for the whole day, allowing for more calories to get burned throughout the day.
I was inspired by this and thought I would give it a try. I woke up early this morning and exercised on the elliptical for 30 minutes. I have been doing an hour of cardio everyday after work; however, my friend wants to exercise with me after work as well. So I only did the 30 minutes this morning because I don’t want to burn out. I will do at least another 30 minutes this evening with her.
Also, for those of you who have helped me with your suggestions of increasing my points to make up for the extra workouts, thank you. I struggled with this yesterday because I had a hearty breakfast, lunch, dinner & ate snacks throughout the day. With all that I still was only at 24 points by the end of it all. There were even a couple times where I ate even though I didn’t even feel hungry – just for the sake of trying to get more calories. I am going to try and eat at least 26 – 28 points today. I still haven’t seen any change on the scale so I didnt even bother entering my weigh-in today.
Diet Calendar Entries for 09 September 2008:
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1422 kcal
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Fat: 36.79g | Prot: 79.86g | Carb: 201.24g.
Breakfast: Cooking Spray, Fat Free Milk, Coffee (Espresso Brewed) , Nectarine, Turkey Bacon, Egg. Lunch: Lemon Pepper Fish. Dinner: Smart Balance Buttery Spread, Double Fiber English Muffin, Chicken Breast, Cooking Spray. Snacks/Other: Lemon Cake, Candy Bites, Babybel, Smart Pop 100 Calorie Mini Bag PopCorn, Baby Cut Carrots, Blueberries. more...
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2440 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Stationary Bike (random Setting) - 30 minutes, Eliptical Machine (Random Program) - 34 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 56 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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