Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Cardio

manzer
manzer
Posts: 18
Joined: 2002/03/31
Canada
2002/04/27, 04:11 PM
When i am doing cardio should i eat less or more(to make up for the calories burned during cardio) to bring my body fat down.
jnellie
jnellie
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Joined: 2002/02/24
United States
2002/04/27, 04:19 PM
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION I HAVE BEEN WONDERING THAT MYSELF WELL WHERE ARE THE EXPERTS..............
Lumina20
Lumina20
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Joined: 2001/10/31
United States
2002/04/27, 10:12 PM
I am, of course, not an expert, but if you eat more to compensate for the calories lost then how are you going to actually lose weight? In the end you calorie intake would be the same, and in order to lose weight you need to have your calorie intake be less overall, so definitely don't eat more. I don't know how you are calculating your daily caloric needs, but if you are using the FT nutrition program, then you definitely should consume just as many calories as they say as long as it works for you.
fireloard
fireloard
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United States
2002/04/27, 10:15 PM
I'm no expert but I would GUESS (and its only a guess.. I haven't seen squat on this anywhere) that you would just follow your diet plan as normal if your doing the one FT suggested for you. If you picked a fat loss one and you are working out then the calories (probably more from protien and carbs.. ft has such a low amount of fat usually set.. its hard for me to hit) you get from your diet should be enough to cover any muscle gains and so on..
fireloard
fireloard
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2002/04/27, 10:15 PM
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fireloard
fireloard
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2002/04/27, 10:16 PM
PFfffffffffft.. I double clicked and it was too late to hit stop on the browser =(
Philia2
Philia2
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Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/04/28, 02:27 AM
You are so right. Losing weight is a question about total calorie intake......

Hmmm look at it this way; You want to loose weight so you eat healthy and weight train at least 2-3 times weekly. Your diet is based on that. Now doing cardio (3-5 times weekly) is just a PLUS to burn fat and calories faster.

Nope, eating an extra sweet chocolate brownie and then do 30 mins of jogging, DOES NOT WORK!!!!! (o:

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roockieca
roockieca
Posts: 6
Joined: 2002/04/27
Canada
2002/05/02, 08:32 PM
Thanks guys, that question and answer helped me...Great forum! :-)