If you carry your GPS your will know how fast you are going,
for say, the walking.
Also, as a recent article in Endurance News noted: carrying
wgts helps you burn more calories.
So, if you buy those 5# (or however much) ankle wgts &
walk around all day with them when you are not riding, you apparently could
help yourself (I cannot do this all day however, as I have end-stage hip
arthritis & my physical therapist & orthopod (who I have been going to
for 2 yrs) told me I will be doing too much damage to my hip if I do this all
day long. I can only do this as per my prescribed exercise routine).
I also recently went to my primary care doctor, whose office
has a bariatric clinic in it. For
$25, I got a “Target Calorie” zone for myself, based on my
metabolism, which they measure when you breathe
into a tube for a minute or so. This test is from the company ReeVue Indirect
Calorimeter www.korr.com .This was
very enlightening (&&& depressing L ) for this
40 something woman. Boy, I cannot eat
much…, I am 5’10”, in my forties, ride 3-5x a week for 1-3
hours, physical therapy exercise for 1 hr 3x a week, & I could only eat 1500 calories/24 hrs to keep the wgt I am. Obviously,
to LOSE wgt, I’d have to eat
less (or exercise more which is pretty much impossible with my arthritis &
bad back).
I need to get my hip replaced, but I am too chicken…
But I thought you all might be interested in the
webpage & the metabolic test.
