There, That Wasn't So Hard...
This morning, I weighed in at 208.5 lbs, down from 223.5 only six weeks ago. Originally, I was aiming at 2000 to 2100 calories; but Chris Aceto's book made me realize that was too low for my size, so I did eat more and averaged from 2500 to 2600 per day for these past Six Weeks Of Burning Fat. Actually, I've had my basal metabolism measured twice in the past two years and that showed I burn around 2200 calories per day just for being Rick. Also, when I did the heart rate calculations in Aceto's book, they pointed me towards 135 to 140 BPM as my best heart rate range for fat loss at my age. So, I didn't cut my calories so much (at all?), I didn't have to do exhaustive levels of cardio (staying near 155 BPM required me to peddle like a madman), and I was able to lose 15 lbs in six weeks.