I'm no physiology expert, so don't beat me up; but I believe the Sleeping & Resting components are supposed to align with your BMR and essentially be the number of calories you burn daily without doing anything but breathing. I also concur with Losin25; I only enter exercise for the periods that I work out. If I happen to do something during the day that burns extra calories, then it's just gravy. For me, only entering workouts keeps me focused on "Just keep showing up, keep pressing play" (as Tony Horton would say). [b]Fitness and healthy living is a choice[/b]; if I review my exercise log and don't see any workout entries, then I feel that I've not made the proper choices to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Again, I don't mean to project, but this is how I approach it for myself. Good luck to you.

If you're doing that much cardio with some strength training, chances are you're running on empty and need some rest too. Just speaking from my experiences, I would recommend: - at least one day of rest per week. - balance the cardio and resistance training a little more. Perhaps 3 of each per week (total of 6 workouts with a rest day) or maybe 4 and 2. - ensure you're eating enough and eating the right foods. - look into supplements if you continue to workout that much (like Kokusho & Panther stated). These will provided the needed proteins and other necessary nutrients that you probably aren't getting from your diet. No one I know works out that much or that hard without supplementing. I love and have been doing HIIT for about 1.5 years and learned to integrate resistance training to ensure my muscle mass doesn't erode from intense cardio. I'm 40 years old and in the best shape of my life. Keep up the good work - HIIT gives results!! Good luck.

That sounds great Susan. I know what you mean about the love/hate relationship. I love the Arc trainer, no impact on my joints and provides a great warm up. I typically use it for 15 minutes before my HIIT and I've noticed that I can push my body harder during the workouts after getting a proper warm up. Keep up the good work, your rewards await you.

Everyone looks great!!! k8 - you're a true success story, congratulations.

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I'm 6'2" and weighed 210 last summer when I realized that I needed to change. I was introduced to high intensity interval training (HIIT) and found that I love it. Over the course 5.5 months, I lost 35 lbs and feel so much better. I'm no longer tired all the time, I have more energy, my stamina is better, and I'm comfortable with my shirt off (I'm a guy). I'm done losing weight and maintaining between 175-180 lbs. But to continue my participation with HIIT, I'm looking for a partner that I can share goals, objectives, results and success stories. Is anyone interested in partnering/sharing in HIIT? If so, give me a shout. Thanks.

I would concur with k8. If you plan on doing HIIT (high intensity interval training), I would recommend using a heartrate monitor. I do HIIT and love it. Tremendous results and they come quick, if you're committed to it. My personal opinion is that there are two keys to HIIT: 1. maintain your form throughout the exercises. If you can't maintain your form, stop or you may injure yourself. 2. use a heartrate monitor to track exertion levels. You should monitor your heartrate as HIIT is designed to spike your heartrate and bring it back down. You definitely don't want to go out of your zone and hurt yourself. In terms of frequency, you may want to start with 20 minutes and 1 or 2 times a week - whatever you can do while maintaining good form and staying in your heartrate zone. Once it starts to become easier or requires less exertion, increase the duration and/or weekly frequency. I'm not a personal trainer or anything, but these are just my thoughts. Good luck to you.

Similar to for2ne, I weigh myself every morning when I wake up - before I eat anything or do any exercise. For me, this provides the same environment for weighing in and determining how my diet and exercise factored into my weight change over 24 hours. My graphs does have fluctuations (but it's over a 10 lbs range, so it may appear slightly exaggerated), but it is trending down to my goal of 175 lbs.