Sorry.  That's an hour of exercise a week!  Not a day...

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> Emilio > Can you still afford an active lifestyle with this levels  
> of calories? Me, I could barely shift from the couch to bed and  
> viceversa... which makes me think I'm not a very efficient machine.   
> I don't know for sure, but I suspect I'm on a 2.500 calories per day  
> regimen and I don't loose nor gain weight so for my build and  
> lifestyle should be ok.  What's your weight and height, if I may ask?
>
> I am 5'9 and 170 pounds.  My ideal weight is 155-ish.   Let me tell  
> you about my activity levels.  I believe there is some very strong  
> evidence that hunter gatherer men followed what we'd call a high  
> intensity workout model.  Very intense effort every few days  
> followed by mostly lazing around doing nothing,  So that's what I  
> do: I work out twice a week at high intensity.  Don't scoff.  I have  
> no problem jumping up and running a half marathon with little  
> training -- or doing a sprint triathlon.  The goal of exercise for  
> most people is a) weight loss; and b)muscular toning or size.  But  
> if only an hour of work a day -- combined with a paleo diet gets you  
> there -- why in hades would anyone spend the hours upon hours at a  
> gym or out on a trail?  That slogging away is such an enormous waste  
> of time and energy, IMO.  And the injuries...
>
> Sorry for the tangent.  Bottom line is I don't get fatigued -- as  
> long as I'm getting enough electrolyes in the form of salt,  
> magnesium and potassium.
>
> Jim Swayze
> www.fireholecanyon.com
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