Etana, I'm guessing if I do no exercise in a day I burn around 2200 cals. Plus that's pretty consistent with that harris benedict formula. Until I got that GoWearFit I didn't realize how active I really am, and that's taking out any extra exercise. I'm a homemaker but I'm up and down all day long, doing errands. I dance a couple times a week pretty hard too.
So far this past month my exercise has consisted of daily walks. I started at 30 min, 1x a day and have worked up to 45-60 about once a day with generally a 2nd "exercise" of sorts in the evening, either another walk, bike ride or dancing. A few times a week I do a harder cardio workout at the gym, easy intervals for 45 min on the ArcTrainer (70-85% HR.) I've done a little bit (maybe 1x a week) of weight work on machines to get the joints moving. Nothing serious. Leg presses, extensions, curls. Back work is machine row and lat pull-downs. Any chest work has just been very light flies (mostly for stretching.) Some shoulder presses, very light 5 lbs dbs (I'm not allowed to do that any more.) A few light bicep curls. I've done no ab work. No lunges or step ups yet.
That's it, and I definetly have a slow recovery rate these days. My deficit is averaging right around 1000 cals but my cals are averaging 1600, so I don't think that's too low.
I'm trying to move into things slowly and learn to tailor my workouts for the body I have today, not what I had 10 years ago.
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