sabaray, tell me how 1283 calories isn’t terribly good on the calorie front? Especially with 50 minutes worth of exercise? Isn’t that practically a starvation diet?
<p>Starvation diet? No, not really. I am targeting a two pound weight loss per week. I am older, female and have a family history of diabetes that I am trying to beat back. Livestrong is recommending a caloric goal of 1120 to help me meet my goal. Some days I do better than others. I’m not hungry and I feel better than I have in a long time. If I get in better shape then I suspect I’ll want to eat more. Right now, though, I think I’m eating just the right amount. So many of my calories before were really empty ones (think a dozen donuts); I don’t want to slide back into that habit. Already did once, not going to happen again.</p>
<p>I don’t know how Amazon does it. Shipping is a killer on dumbbells or kettlebells, but their plain black kettlebells with 2 day prime shipping are a great deal. </p>
<p>WalMart stocks vinyl coated Golds Gym brand in 10 lb ($19), 15 lb ($25), and 20 lb ($35) kettlebells.</p>
<p>TJ Maxx always has some small ones, cheap.</p>
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<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>Even if you outgrow that 10 lb kettlebell for some things, there will be others where it is just fine. For example, a squat/press combo move would be very tiring and requires a smaller weight. And, there is always the dreaded T-Pushup!</p>
<p>How’d I do on this? $23 with free shipping on a [Brooks</a> long sleeve 1/2 zip tech top](<a href=“http://i.stpost.com/brooks-podium-ii-pullover-zip-neck-midweight-long-sleeve-for-men-in-gunmetal-empire~p~5339d_03~1500.3.jpg]Brooks”>http://i.stpost.com/brooks-podium-ii-pullover-zip-neck-midweight-long-sleeve-for-men-in-gunmetal-empire~p~5339d_03~1500.3.jpg) in gray…</p>
![http://i.stpost.com/brooks-podium-ii-pullover-zip-neck-midweight-long-sleeve-for-men-in-gunmetal-empire~p~5339d_03~1500.3.jpg]Brooks](http://i.stpost.com/brooks-podium-ii-pullover-zip-neck-midweight-long-sleeve-for-men-in-gunmetal-empire%7Ep%7E5339d_03%7E1500.3.jpg%5DBrooks){kind=link}
<p>Sierra Trading Post had some crazy closeouts plus an extra 30% off.</p>
<p>I’ve got the same thing in dayglo yellow from the LLBEAN Black Friday sale. Sure wasn’t close to $23. Really nice tops.</p>
<p>For some reason, I think kettlecorn when I read kettleball.</p>
<p>I am a 50 year old women (5’8" and 132 lbs). I run an average of 7 miles a day lifting weights every other day. To maintain my weight, not lose, I have to settle for about 1300 calories a day.</p>
<p>BC - with your calorie counts and tennis/cardio workouts it seems like the lbs. would be melting off. Seems like you are well under net 1000 calories each day.</p>
<p>iDad- good job on the Brooks top! BCEagle- that’s because if you do enough with kettlebells you can EAT kettlecorn!</p>
<p>china- You are running 49 miles a week and only eating 1300 calories a day? That doesn’t make sense to me.</p>
<p>iDad- are the Walmart kettlebells pretty colors? That’s very important! Also, I think the one I ordered is contoured a little bit. [Amazon.com:</a> GoFit Contoured Single Vinyl Coated Kettlebell With Bob Harper Training Dvd (Yellow, 10Lb): Sports & Outdoors](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044RQR4I/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044RQR4I/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)</p>
<p>I may hit up Walmart (which I hate) in the future.</p>
<p>Momofwildchild (I love your username) - It doesn’t seem right. I know! However, if I add any extra it shows up right up on the scale. Ug. Ug. </p>
<p>I love food! I am all set to try out a bunch of recipes from the Stanley Tucci cookbook. I will watch my calorie count though, drink lots of water with dinner and eat plain unadorned salad with the meal.</p>
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<p>I checked a running calculator and 7 miles should be about 700 calories for your weight. It’s hard to imagine metabolic costs of 600 calories per day. Perhaps you’re exceptionally efficient in your running and only burning around 70 calories per mile.</p>
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<p>I have played very little tennis in the last six weeks since the ankle injury. I have practiced about once a week but only played a set last week - something that I haven’t done since the injury. Playing sets uses up a lot more energy than practicing. In practicing, you mostly hit the ball fairly close to the other person. You may be practicing a particular shot for five minutes so you know the direction and rough area where the ball will be coming from so you can prepare early and focus on execution. In a match the other person wants to make it as hard for you as possible which means that you may have to regularly cover great distances. You also have to serve which is a stroke that uses up a lot of energy.</p>
<p>I don’t think that the running is burning that many calories. Your body gets used to it and becomes efficient and you burn fewer calories as you lose weight.</p>
<p>I am losing weight though. I still find it amazing how efficient the body is.</p>
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<p>And it resembles a kernel of corn.</p>
<p>Chinablue, that definitely sounds like there’s something else going on there. If you are sure of your calorie count, that doesn’t sound right. Have you had your hormone and thyroid levels tested?</p>
<p>I agree, ChinaBlue, I exercise way less than you and am 5’-6". I maintain weight at around 1500 a day.</p>
<p>There’s a guy in the office with a cart delivering Girl Scout cookies. He has a LOT of boxes of cookies on his cart. It would have been a fun exercise guessing the number of calories in total. I may have to work extra hard to avoid them if people leave them in the kitchen.</p>
<p>Probably one of the few things I can resist is any Girl Scout cookie. They just aren’t that great.</p>
<p>^^Same. I’ve never understood the attraction to GS cookies. I was “Cookie Mom” for three years yet we actually purchased very few! I’d even choose Oreos over GS Cookies.</p>
<p>Another former cookie mom here. I don’t crave those things, but I’d have to consciously resist a thin mint if they were sitting opened before me.</p>
<p>On running and calories. Someone who has run enough to be able to average 7 miles a day has run enough to be so efficient that the normal calorie counts wouldn’t apply. Also, a calorie is not a calorie when it comes to food. 1300 calories of this might store body fat, while 1300 calories of that wouldn’t. Each type of exercise and each type of food has a different impact on each individual person. That’s why the whole calories in/calories out is such an oversimplification.</p>
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<p>I think the WalMart Gold’s Gym kettlebells are in bright colors! I hear ya. Going to WalMart is always a trip. But, I refuse to pay a $10 co-pay on my prescription at the drug store, when I can buy the same thing for $4 straight-up cash money no insurance billing at WalMart. So, once a month, I make a list and stock up on all those things that WalMart always stocks. I’ve gotta give them credit. They have a great selection in a lot of departments, including their fitness department.</p>
<p>The last thing I need is another jacket, so I resisted the temptation, but Sierra Trading Post had both the Brooks Essential Run jacket (in Nightlife yelllow) and the ultra-light LSD jacket (in a bunch of colors) for $34.</p>
<p>Thin mints are really the only kind of GS cookie I like - straight from the freezer, no less. Can’t buy them or I’d eat them all. I’ve noticed that a lot of folks are making deluxe desserts themed after the cookies - Samoa cheesecake, anyone? </p>
<p>Going to order my kettlebell this afternoon. Sabadog is going to find this highly entertaining. He might have to be crated for his own protection. I am also tempted to buy a Jillian Michaels DVD I saw on Amazon - “Shred” that uses the kettlebell. Can always move up to that.</p>