How much weight can I lose on the elliptical trainer?
As Brad noted, the amount of calories burned on the elliptical, or during any physical activity for that matter, depends on your weight, intensity of exercise, and many other factors. If you are looking to achieve effective weight loss, you’ll need to be able to track calories burned vs. caloric intake. Many people use a simple food/exercise journal for this purpose. The only problem with these is that the amount of calories burned during exercise can be tricky to estimate, due to the varying factors mentioned above. There are several products on the market that can help solve this problem, such as the BodyMedia FIT, which is an armband that determines your individual metabolic profile based on thousands of data points, and tracks all of the calories you burn throughout the day. With this program, you are also provided an individual online profile on which you can track your daily caloric intake, see your calories burned, and get a good visual of your progress and the steps you need to
