more bang for your buck

[more/a bigger etc.] bang for your buck

  (American informal)

if something that you buy gives you more bang for your buck, you get more value for your money by buying thisproduct than from buying any other

Usage notes: 'Buck', in American English, is an informal way of saying 'dollar' (= a unit of money in America).

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One can get 'more bang for your buck' by getting an extra value from something.  For example, I have recently been using my home elliptical machine, for 90 minutes at a setting of '15.'  This level has been burning calories in the neighborhood of 1500 for the 90 minute session.

Last evening, I had only 30 minutes to spend exercising. I set the 'resistance' to '20' which was much more difficult than what I have been recently been doing.  After a 32 minute workout, the machine had recorded that I had burned 737 calories.

In other words, although I had REDUCED my workout time by 67% (90 minutes compared to 30 minutes) - I had only REDUCED the effectiveness of the workout (calories burned) by approximately 50%.  In still more words...I got more bang for my buck.

In the future, I will consider shorter workouts at the higher level, and I might continue longer workouts at the lower level. My goal would be to consistently complete a 90 minute workout at the higher level. It's good to have goals.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, March 27, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal	480	96	6	12	630	33
Food Lion - Essentially You Vanilla Almond Cereal	440	100	6	8	600	36
	920	196	12	20	1,230	69
L U N C H
2 Egg Omelette With Ham and Cheese	460	2	25	39	972	2
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	650	52	26	40	975	40
D I N N E R
ORGANIC BABY SPINACH	20	0	0	2	65	0
365 - Hearts of Palm: Salad Cut, 1 cup	50	10	0	4	580	0
libby's - Sweet Corn, 0.88 cup	105	16	3	4	350	12
Roundy's - Asparagus Spears, 1.75 Cup	70	11	0	7	1,225	11
Eggs - Hard Boiled - Large, 1 egg	78	1	5	6	62	1
Ham slices - Ham pieces, 3 oz	160	4	10	14	1,000	2
Bacon - Real Bits, 3 tbsp	75	0	5	9	660	0
Polish Kielbasa Sausage, 7 oz (56g)	595	7	53	25	1,995	4
	1,153	48	75	70	5,937	29
S N A C K S
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	260	35	15	9	350	13
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bar	190	29	6	4	160	12
	640	114	22	14	514	63
Totals	3,363	410	135	144	8,656	201
Your Daily Goal	3,859	482	128	193	2,300	144
Remaining	496	71	-6	49	-6,355	-56
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,929 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	90	1,423
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	32	737
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-231
Daily Total / Goal	123 / 30	1,929 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1483 / 210	17,565 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3363 calories

total calories burned (two hours total exercise) 2160 calories

total net 1203 calories

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fitbit day 207

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