Working out and eating right?

[Anonymous]

ok os I really like the elliptical more than the treadmill, though I feel like I get more of a workout on the tread, though I burn more calories on the elliptical. Which of these machines is better or does it not matter? can you trust the calorie count?

i live in the dorms at my college and have gained 7 pounds due to the food. can you guys give me some healthy eating tips. I'm usually a really healthy eater at home but it's been really hard for me at college. What is the best thing to eat after a workout? thanks for any tips!

[CollinR]

No the calorie counter on those isn't very accurate, as far as which machine is better it really depends on how much you push yourself on them, either of them can be better if you work harder on it, but they are pretty even. As far as eating goes, always eat when you first wake up, it's way more important than you realize, I usually have a single piece of high protein toast or light yogurt, sometimes both. Don't have big meals, snack on little things every 2-3 hours, it keeps your metabolism up. Find out how many calories you burn in a day, webmd has a very accurate way of finding that out, keep yourself about 200-300 calories less than what it recommends to maintain your weight, there are 3500 calories in a pound of fat, so you need to cut that many a week out of what you need to lose a pound. Eat things high in protein, beans, almonds, lean meats or jerky, protein shakes or bars, stuff like that, it makes you less hungry throughout the day. Less carbs the better, try to cut out high fructose corn syrup altogether and find things with real sugar in them. You don't need to cut fat out of your diet, it's best you don't actually, you want about 30% of your diet to be protein, 20% fat, and 50% carbs by grams, more protein and less carbs is best though. Vegetables have very few calories so if you're really hungry snack on some (not with dressing). If you want more tips just message me. Best of luck

[Anonymous]

You can't trust the calorie counter on the machine, because it's going by an estimate only. The more accurate ones will ask you for your weight and height and try to estimate calories burned by using those in a formula and keeping track of your heart rate.

But many of them just go by an average per minute burn for an average sized person.

The elliptical will give you an all over better body, where as the treadmill can give you a runners physique.

Healthy eating tips - stay away from the canteen. Stop eating prepared pre-heated preservative laden foods, and learn to cook for yourself. Prepare your own meals. Use spices instead of salting the bollox out of everything. Avoid white breads and pasta, and use wholegrain breads and pasta.