Falling out of love with your love handles!

I finally have fallen out of love with my love handles. No longer will I allow that affair interfere with my life , health, happiness and well being!

To lose those love handles, you need to maintain your heart beat in the range of 70-75% (220 minus your age)

This is called the lipolysis zone.  So if you maintain your heart rate in that range and exercise for at least 30 minutes, 3-5 times a week, those love handles will start to melt off.

For example, say you're 58:

70-75% of (220-58=162)  would come out to be 113-122.

So when you exercise try to maintain your heart rate between 113-122 bpm

To determine the percent of a number do the following steps:

• Multiply the number by the percent (e.g. 87  x  68 = 5916)
• Divide the answer by 100 (Move decimal point two places to the left) (e.g. 5916/100 = 59.16)
• Round to the desired precision (e.g. 59.16 rounded to the nearest whole number = 59)

And to be on the safe side, it's recommended that you don't loose more 1.5 lbs. per week for health reasons.  It'll interfere with your hormonal/metabolic system.  Don't over exercise (exercise strenuously for more than 1 hour in the beginning and try to get a week's exercising done in one afternoon!), it'll put stress on your body and you probably will end up hurting yourself.  Plus, you'll be so sore for the next several days, too.

As we get older, we especially need to exercise so we can keep our joints moving freely. As the old saying goes: USE IT OR LOSE IT!