OH!

YOU GUYS!

I DO have a Dreamwidth blog!

Apparently, sometime after the circus closed, I backed up my blog to both Wordpress AND Dreamwidth!

My Dreamwidth is here: https://taz-39.dreamwidth.org/

That said, it looks like I ONLY copied over circus-related entries.

So here's what I think I will do (and perhaps this is WHY I made two circus-only blog copies): I'll keep Wordpress as my memento-circus blog, and update Dreamwidth to crosspost from LJ (whether manually or auto, whichever is possible) and that will be my backup in case LJ gets canned for being small or for being Russian.

So there ya go! See you either here or there!

PS: My Wordpress is here: https://taz39.wordpress.com/
Remember that this one will not be updated, but will remain a record of my time in the circus.

RMR and Good Riddance Fitnescity

I was able to finally take the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) test in Austin yesterday morning.

It's been a really stressful week, and I was tired and had been fasting for the morning of the test, so I forgot to take a picture of the machine. Plus I didn't really have a good opportunity, the technician jumped into the test right away. Here's what the machine looked like:

(stock image)

It measures how much oxygen your body is processing, and this tells the doctor how many calories you are burning at rest.
It also analyzes exhaled air particles and can tell from that what types of calories you are burning (i.e. are you burning fat, or muscle).

I sat in a comfy chair for about ten minutes, trying to stay relaxed and breathing regularly in and out into this tube.
There was a window and there were some jackdaws messing around outside, so I found it easy to stare mindlessly at their antics and breath normally-yet-deeply. Before I knew it the test was over and I had my results.

My Resting Metabolic Rate is 1210 calories.
That is how many calories my body needs to survive at the most basic level.




How many calories I should eat depends on my activity level.
Taking a base level of 1210 and setting an activity level on Fitnescity's site, I received an estimated calorie intake of 1664.
That is pretty much in line with what the dietitian said, which is great.
If my activity level changes, I can eat more or fewer calories.

There are calculators online that will estimate this stuff for you.
But sometimes I'd rather know.
Sometimes "I've done my own research" is not the best path to go down, at least not long-term.
The RMR is very accurate, so I know for certain now what my metabolic rate is and can use that to help myself out going forward.

In addition, the test showed that my Respiratory Exchange Ratio is 0.82.
This means I am processing both fats and carbs equally (in fact extremely equally, 0.82 is smack-dab in the middle).



I don't really know if that's a good or bad thing, but it seems to be just plain normal and shows that I have a balanced diet, maybe.

Welp, this was all fun to do.
I'm glad to have gotten the information and learned a lot about what my body does with what I give it.

And here is my super-critical review of Fitnescity (CLICK HERE to read)