Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 How " rested " were you when you took your resting heart rate? Ideally, you should do it first thing in the morning before you sit up or move, and it should be an average of three morning's measurements. You can find your pulse and look at a digital clock while you're still lying down. That will give you the most reliable measurement. At other times of the day, caffeine, stress and activity can mess with your numbers. I want to say that the average resting heart rate is 72 beats per minute with 60-85 being considered normal. Athletes are often in the 40-60 beat per minute range though. Don't ask me how long it takes to lower it. I never really tracked it consistently enough to give a time frame. I do know that years ago when I was out of shape it was in the upper 70s and now it's in the upper 40s. On 9/18/05, ne182105 <no_reply > wrote: > I couldn't believe how high my resting heart rate was. Fortunately, my > blood pressure was normal. When did everyone notice an improvement in > their resting pulse? My friend had a pulse almost 30 points less than > mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hi , I was leisurely walking at the mall, saw a nurse taking blood pressure and pulse rates of shoppers, and decided to have mine taken. My friend's pulse was barely 50...so either he's in great shape, or I'm in terrible shape. lol I know cardio is pretty hard for me, so I shouldn't have been surprised. I'll try taking it again tomorrow morning. > > I couldn't believe how high my resting heart rate was. Fortunately, my > > blood pressure was normal. When did everyone notice an improvement in > > their resting pulse? My friend had a pulse almost 30 points less than > > mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Ah, he was a HE. That makes a difference too. Guys are bigger and have bigger hearts that pump more blood with every beat so their resting heart rates are usually lower. Women tend to have smaller hearts that beat faster. On 9/20/05, ne182105 <no_reply > wrote: > Hi , I was leisurely walking at the mall, saw a nurse taking > blood pressure and pulse rates of shoppers, and decided to have mine > taken. My friend's pulse was barely 50...so either he's in great > shape, or I'm in terrible shape. lol I know cardio is pretty hard > for me, so I shouldn't have been surprised. I'll try taking it again > tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 I knew it had to be something. I'm not in the best shape, but I just cocouldn't understand the huge gap. Of course he left the mall with his chest stuck out, telling me: well I am an avid runner ya know. Boy, male ego. lol > > Hi , I was leisurely walking at the mall, saw a nurse taking > > blood pressure and pulse rates of shoppers, and decided to have mine > > taken. My friend's pulse was barely 50...so either he's in great > > shape, or I'm in terrible shape. lol I know cardio is pretty hard > > for me, so I shouldn't have been surprised. I'll try taking it again > > tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Arturo, It would be interesting to know more about the ingredients of the cake that you ate. Your higher heart rate may not have been due to the sugar, but to the kind of fat in the frosting. Cake frostings consist mainly of sugar and fat of some kind. The fat is what gives frosting its creaminess. Here is one recipe that uses butter and sugar as the main ingredients: http://southernfood.about.com/od/icingrecipes/r/bl30108o.htm However, many commercial frostings cut costs by mixing sugar with Crisco or margarine which have hydrogenated fats, e.g.: http://www.recipegoldmine.com/cakefrost/cakefrost24.html http://www.recipegoldmine.com/cakefrost/cakefrost36.html At a Christmas party last year, I ate a piece of Stollen cake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen) from Trader Joe's and within 10 minutes I felt indigestion. When I looked at the ingredients, I noticed that it was made with hydrogenated fats. I have usually relied on TJ's to have good stuff, but I always check the labels now. I think that CR and ON make you more perceptive to the physical sensations produced by food. In retrospect, I remember several times in my pre-CR days when I felt a disgust for sweets right after eating many chocolates. It was my organism telling me that I had overdosed, but I was not really listening then. Now I realize that at those times my sugar consumption probably outpaced the ability of my pancreas to produce insulin. If you find out the cake ingredients, let us know. Tony > > All > I just wanted to report the observations from charting my biomarkers with C-O-M. In the last two months my resting heart rate has averaged about 65. On two days, March 2, and April 1, the resting heart rate spiked up to 72. This coincided with eating 2 1/2 pieces of cake at the monthly birthday cake gathering at the office. Well, OK, maybe I ate 3 pieces of cake. So I think the increase in sugar consumption caused the heart rate to go up. > Cheers > Arturo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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