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How to Calculate Your Basal Metabolic Rate

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To determine how many calories you need to consume each day, you need to work out your Basal Metabolic Rate (or BMR).  This is the number of calories you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day, which is something you hopefully don't do! You can either do a search in Google and find a site that will calculate it for you, or you can follow the formulas below to work it out … [Read more...] about How to Calculate Your Basal Metabolic Rate

Intervals

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I was supposed to do intervals yesterday (because I didn't get to do them the other night while I did Workout B), but I've got this terrible head cold.  Funny thing is, I am absolutely itching to do them, even though I feel like cr*p! This is soooo unlike me because while I like to stay active, I'm never "itching" to exercise like this!  I suppose it's because I'm … [Read more...] about Intervals

Today’s weight loss tip

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If you want to lose weight, there's one important thing you must do, and that's to eat every 3 - 4 hours from when you get up to when you go to bed. The first meal of the day is definitely the most important, so make sure you have a decent, healthy breakfast.  After that if you commit to eating every 3 hours or so, your metabolism will love you so you can continue to lose … [Read more...] about Today’s weight loss tip

My measurements

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I finally got around to doing my measurements, so I thought I'd post them here to keep me accountable.  Also, the scales aren't a real indication of fat loss so I'll be providing my chest, waist and hip measurements too.  Wish I had a thingy to measure my body fat percentage! Ok, so here they are: Weight:  58kg/127 pounds Chest:  91cm/36 inches Waist:  … [Read more...] about My measurements