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Naked Workout

Naked Workout

Lisa Eirene

About Lisa Eirene Lisa lost 110 pounds through calorie counting and exercise. She swims, bikes, runs, hikes and is enjoying life in Portland, Oregon. Her weight loss story has been featured in First Magazine, Yahoo Health, Woman's Day and Glamour.com.

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11 Comments

  1. Beth @ Beth's Journey

    For a while there, every single workout I did was using either my Polar, Garmin, or both. Now, I try to use my Polar when I work out at the gym, and only use my Garmin for races and not just every day runs. I find I get too focused on my pace/heart rate and it kind of takes the joy out of working out for me. Sometimes though, like this morning when I wore my Polar, it helped me a lot because my heart was POUNDING even though I didn’t feel like I was working that hard for part of it. It helps to know what your body is doing for sure!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      A little part of me DID just enjoy running and not focusing on how many calories I burned. There are many times where I’ll feel really good about my run and then check the calories and feel deflated. Like if I hadn’t burned a certain amount, the run somehow wasn’t good enough??

  2. Samantha

    I always work out without a device but not becuase I want to but because I can’t find one here in France. I have tried ordering them off of amazon but they say they are no available in to ship to my address. 🙁
    I can’t wait to move home and buy one right away!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      That’s a bummer! You don’t have anyone back home to mail it to you?

  3. Roz@weightingfor50

    There is something VERY VERY soothing about a crackling fire in the fireplace. (and I admit, I LOVE the smell too) All the best for your Thursday Lisa.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      It’s sooo needed sometimes! It makes the house feel homey and comfortable.

  4. Lori

    I don’t work out with anything anymore. I used to have a heart rate monitor, but I stopped wearing it a couple years ago. I had one of those GoWear Fit things, which I really liked, but then I just decided I didn’t need it anymore. I ballpark calories burned now and I probably am pretty close.

    I miss our fireplace! We had one in our old house and I loved it!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I feel like I work out harder when I have my HRM. I don’t know why….

    2. Lisa Eirene

      P.s. I bet you want a fireplace now that you have snow! Wow. October is too early!

  5. Deb

    I go “naked”… I sort of use the HRM built into the machines at the gym but I don’t follow it very well. Just kind of peek at it when I get going good and again towards the end of things.

    For a while I did seriously considering buying one that would track calories burned and all that though.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      The machines can be a good guide for estimating. I prefer using my HRM over those because it’s more accurate, and it means I’m not stuck in the gym…I could go for a bike ride/hike/run outside and know how many calories I burned.

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