heart rate monitor questions

[chkpea]

I have been running and trying to eat better. I am not losing weight. someone mentioned to me that I should try and get a heart rate monitor as I am probably going to fast - and hence no weight loss. So, what is the best quality one and the best priced one? I can't spend oodles on one.
thanks

[e.naomisandoval]

I'm not an expert but I was told to get a certain brand and at least a certain level so I did. It cost oodles. Like, over $100. The strap can go in the washer but not the dryer. Guess what happened? Yup, strap got dried. It doesn't work very well now. I'd need a new strap to get it working properly.

So I started doing a different workout and the guy whose program it is answers questions. I asked something about the HRM and he scoffed. I was a bit taken aback at the time but now I get it.

His motto is, "You can't out-train a bad diet." The way I transformed was by ditching the HRM, cutting calories to a deficit, and cutting way back on exercise. I used to shoot for 3000-4000 calories/week and I lost about 1/2 pound every month or two. It just wasn't happening. When I started counting calories, I lost an average of a pound a week for 12 weeks.

Also, I stopped logging workout calories into my calorie tracking. There is no sense eating more to make up for a workout.

I am not sure I'll ever bother with my HRM again. Um, it's for sale, I guess! If you wanna go get a strap! LOL! That's about $15 or so. Not much of a sales pitch, eh? I don't really wanna sell it to you!

[mommajb]

w/o the strap you could shove it your workout bra brand


I run with the garmin 305 which does have a hr monitor but I wear the monitor rarely.

[e.naomisandoval]

That is brilliant! Except the strap has the sensors. The monitor bit snaps into the strap. But great idea!

[KarenEMT]

You are not going "too fast" for weight loss. The "fat burning zone" is a myth. I go for HIIT for my chosen sport and definitely burn more calories doing that versus buzzing along in the "fat burning zone."

Here's one article on that:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news...-myth-debunked

I had to get a replacement strap for my monitor and it was pretty cheap (I have a Polar)

[e.naomisandoval]

Originally Posted by KarenEMT

You are not going "too fast" for weight loss. The "fat burning zone" is a myth. I go for HIIT for my chosen sport and definitely burn more calories doing that versus buzzing along in the "fat burning zone."

Here's one article on that:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news...-myth-debunked

I had to get a replacement strap for my monitor and it was pretty cheap (I have a Polar)

Yes, HIIT is the way to go! For sure! And mine is Polar too, but I don't need it anymore! HIIT, strength training, caloric deficit thru IF: it's all working.