losing weight

[dannymitchell]

I am 5'8 and 175lbs. My doctor suggested last year that I start doing cardio regularly because I was borderline in getting high cholestrol. I've been going to the gym about 30 minutes a day / 4-5 times a week doing cardio on a stationary bike.

I work up quite a sweat but I just noticed that different bikes of the same model has different resistances. For example, one bike's resistance 5 would equal another bike's resistance 11. This throws off the calorie meter because I think it calculates how many calories you've burned by the resistance number and the rpm's. For one machine, I burn about 280 - 300 calories in a 30 minute workout according to the calorie meter. On the other machine, I burn about 160 calories.

I've been going to the gym for the past 5 weeks. Since i'm sweating so much, how many calories do you think i'm actually burning in these 30-minute cardio sessions?

Also, I've been eating chicken sandwiches at Burger King a lot. I order it with tomato and no mayo. I've calculated that 4 of these adds up to only 1800 calories. Do you think it's safe to be eating 4 of these a day with no fries and a diet drink if I'm trying to lose weight?

[booze]

you can be eating much better food than burger king IMO. tuna, chicken, brown rice, GLV's, salads, WW bread are better alternatives...if you can eat that [img]smile.gif[/img]
id start a lifting routine too..

[Jean-Paul]

Ditto on that. Avoid those BK sandwiches. Start by reading this: http://forums.jpfitness.com/noncgi/u.../t/000394.html

[castufari]

Life isn't a Subway diet. Cook your own food. It's cheaper and you'll know exactly what is in it. Read the link JP posted, too. If you don't already have an exercise plan, start one. Last year I swam for 3 months, 5 days/week. I lost a couple of pounds. After a job change that meant I could no longer take long lunches I started hitting the gym in the morning, 3 times/week. I've lost about 15# in 2 months.