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From: Willow on 14 Nov 2005 12:38 How do you calculate your activity points? The more I read in here the more I'm amazed at the amount of activity points some people give themselves.. I know I'm here as a member not as a leader, but I see trouble brewing for later on.. 1 AP is loosely calculated about 100 calories burned.. to earn 1 AP I have to walk at a good clip for 15 minutes.. to get 2 I gotta go for 35 minutes.. I'm talking walking at a fast pace.. On my big work out days I can get 9 to 12 APs.. I'm talking big work outs.. high intensity training.. I'm well aware of the fact that you have to take weight into account.. but also you gotta take into account the breaks you take and how consistent your level of activity is.. Your not helping yourselves by over estimating your APs.. even if you're loosing now.. later on it might bite you in the behind.. be carefull ! -- Will~ "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth.
From: Lesanne on 14 Nov 2005 13:57 As someone who has gone from morbidly obese to a normal weight I can tell you these people would be well advised to eat their activity points as long as they are losing. It is WAY counterproductive to get in a hurry and end up burning muscle along with fat. It is very hard for a person to burn more than 2 or 3 pounds of fat a week without burning muscle along with it. It is true that these folk will have to cut their points down the road to continue to lose, but if they want to end up eating anything at all when they get close to normal they better take their time, lose it slow, and try and save all the muscle they can. -- Lesanne "Willow" <bourgeois_melaniespamstuff(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NY3ef.17904$tV6.14436(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > How do you calculate your activity points? > > The more I read in here the more I'm amazed at the amount of activity > points > some people give themselves.. I know I'm here as a member not as a leader, > but I see trouble brewing for later on.. > > 1 AP is loosely calculated about 100 calories burned.. to earn 1 AP I have > to walk at a good clip for 15 minutes.. to get 2 I gotta go for 35 > minutes.. > > I'm talking walking at a fast pace.. > > On my big work out days I can get 9 to 12 APs.. I'm talking big work > outs.. > high intensity training.. I'm well aware of the fact that you have to take > weight into account.. but also you gotta take into account the breaks you > take and how consistent your level of activity is.. > > Your not helping yourselves by over estimating your APs.. even if you're > loosing now.. later on it might bite you in the behind.. be carefull ! > -- > Will~ > > "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." > > Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. > > >
From: jojo on 14 Nov 2005 14:22 I have been wondering about this. I won't get to count activity points till next week..but was wondering about that. My leader said 30 minutes of brisk exercise was one point. jojo "Willow" <bourgeois_melaniespamstuff(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NY3ef.17904$tV6.14436(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > How do you calculate your activity points? > > The more I read in here the more I'm amazed at the amount of activity points > some people give themselves.. I know I'm here as a member not as a leader, > but I see trouble brewing for later on.. > > 1 AP is loosely calculated about 100 calories burned.. to earn 1 AP I have > to walk at a good clip for 15 minutes.. to get 2 I gotta go for 35 minutes.. > > I'm talking walking at a fast pace.. > > On my big work out days I can get 9 to 12 APs.. I'm talking big work outs.. > high intensity training.. I'm well aware of the fact that you have to take > weight into account.. but also you gotta take into account the breaks you > take and how consistent your level of activity is.. > > Your not helping yourselves by over estimating your APs.. even if you're > loosing now.. later on it might bite you in the behind.. be carefull ! > -- > Will~ > > "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." > > Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. > > >
From: Stormmee on 14 Nov 2005 15:26 I do a lot of walking in stores as my activity so I use the on line numbers, unless I feel like I am ready to have a heart event I count all walking as "leisure" walking. I never count regular things except for this walking. NO housework, or any of my paid work which can be extremely physical, *lifting 24 count cases of 20 ounce water and similar* The one exception I make to housework is scrubbing the carpet because I do it with a brush by hand and moving furniture, since I do both at the same time I count it, also at leisure walking points, if I keep track of the time fine, if I forget to log the breaks I count up the minutes then subtract 25 percent. If I didn't have etools I would live by the slidey thing, Lee Willow <bourgeois_melaniespamstuff(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NY3ef.17904$tV6.14436(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > How do you calculate your activity points? > > The more I read in here the more I'm amazed at the amount of activity points > some people give themselves.. I know I'm here as a member not as a leader, > but I see trouble brewing for later on.. > > 1 AP is loosely calculated about 100 calories burned.. to earn 1 AP I have > to walk at a good clip for 15 minutes.. to get 2 I gotta go for 35 minutes.. > > I'm talking walking at a fast pace.. > > On my big work out days I can get 9 to 12 APs.. I'm talking big work outs.. > high intensity training.. I'm well aware of the fact that you have to take > weight into account.. but also you gotta take into account the breaks you > take and how consistent your level of activity is.. > > Your not helping yourselves by over estimating your APs.. even if you're > loosing now.. later on it might bite you in the behind.. be carefull ! > -- > Will~ > > "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." > > Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. > > >
From: Stormmee on 14 Nov 2005 15:27
I think the question wasn't eating the points, I think it was accurate calculation of said points, Lee who eats every one she can justify, Lesanne <larnim48(a)nothotmail.com> wrote in message news:E65ef.23883$jN6.22574(a)tornado.texas.rr.com... > As someone who has gone from morbidly obese to a normal weight I can tell > you these people would be well advised to eat their activity points as long > as they are losing. It is WAY counterproductive to get in a hurry and end up > burning muscle along with fat. It is very hard for a person to burn more > than 2 or 3 pounds of fat a week without burning muscle along with it. > > It is true that these folk will have to cut their points down the road to > continue to lose, but if they want to end up eating anything at all when > they get close to normal they better take their time, lose it slow, and try > and save all the muscle they can. > > -- > Lesanne > "Willow" <bourgeois_melaniespamstuff(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:NY3ef.17904$tV6.14436(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > > How do you calculate your activity points? > > > > The more I read in here the more I'm amazed at the amount of activity > > points > > some people give themselves.. I know I'm here as a member not as a leader, > > but I see trouble brewing for later on.. > > > > 1 AP is loosely calculated about 100 calories burned.. to earn 1 AP I have > > to walk at a good clip for 15 minutes.. to get 2 I gotta go for 35 > > minutes.. > > > > I'm talking walking at a fast pace.. > > > > On my big work out days I can get 9 to 12 APs.. I'm talking big work > > outs.. > > high intensity training.. I'm well aware of the fact that you have to take > > weight into account.. but also you gotta take into account the breaks you > > take and how consistent your level of activity is.. > > > > Your not helping yourselves by over estimating your APs.. even if you're > > loosing now.. later on it might bite you in the behind.. be carefull ! > > -- > > Will~ > > > > "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." > > > > Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. > > > > > > > > |