Burn Fat before Surgery???

[Kevin]

Should I be burning fat before surgery? I'm 5'5 and 132lbs with 17.9% fat index.

I am running on treadmill 40 mins to 1 hr a day. I am afraid I am burning muscles and calories instead of fat!

The problem is when I do brisk walking my pulse rate goes up 140 and when I jog/run it goes up to 160. I have read that anything above 130 will cause you to burn muscles instead of fat!

[atm311]

Keep it to a brisk walk, and you should be fine...you'll burn more fat that way...although 160 is borderline muscle buring...I'd recomend staying below 145 for fat buring.

[nukem2k5]

What exactly constitutes a brisk walk?  I've been jogging 2 miles every day.  I started doing an hour on an elliptical machine but got extremely bored so I've decided to start jogging around my neighborhood.

Should I be doing fast walking instead, like I see all the women doing?  My girlfriend said she read that you start to burn muscle after about 13 miles of jogging/running, so I guess my 2-3 miles should be ok.  Any thoughts?

I find it more entertaining to jog around my block than sit around on a machine watching shitty TV show reruns.  My 2 cents.

[boobhater22]

I always have a walkman and listen to music when I exercise, so it is only boring if you fail to make it entertaining!

Also check ou tthe public library for books on tape!

[Zardoz]

I have lost ten pounds in a month, should we be losing weight, or getting the op at a nice, plump size?

[Zardoz]

Oh yeah dude, you're so skinny.....you can't burn that moob off with excercise! Just chill till your op, then build some muscle I'd say. Not that you'd need muscles.