I was talking to a lady the other day who was 5'3'' and 135
pounds. She came into the office because at 44 years of
age, she was having trouble getting her weight down. She
told me that she was doing everything right to lose weight
but nothing was happening.
I asked her what she had been doing and realized that even
though sometimes people think they know what they are doing
when it comes to exercise and weight loss; often they don't
have a clue.
She told me that based on the fact that she wanted to lose
2lbs a week that she needed to burn off 1000 calories extra
a week to meet her goals. She had cut her calories to below
1000 a day and was lifting light weights so she didn't bulk
up. It was then I knew where her problem was. To lose two
pounds a week you actually need to create a deficit of 7000
calories over the period of a week through both diet and
exercise. One pound of fat contains 3500 calories. To lose
two pounds in a week, 7000 calories is the amount of
calories you need to burn off. This large number is why
people have such a hard time trying to drop weight with
diet alone. It's very hard to cut that many calories out of
your diet unless you are eating way too much to start with.
What you do to make it easier is exercise part of it off
and eat only what you need to maintain your healthy muscle.
This combination approach not only makes the dieting aspect
easier to handle but the exercise also remodels your entire
physique for a total body transformation.
The funny thing is, most people I coach refuse to eat
ENOUGH of the right foods and this causes the metabolism to
shut down. This means a rapid stop to any fat burning and
weight loss. Sometimes when people go too low with the
calories and the body rebels. Its says, "Your not feeding
me, so I'm not letting go of the only calorie storage I
have, my fat".
The other consideration and benefit of resistance training
when losing weight is an increased metabolism created by
maintaining a toned muscular body. The most common hurdle
for females trying to lose weight and hitting the gym is
that they lift too light out of fear of putting on too much
muscle. Please put that fear aside.
Muscle growth is created through anabolic hormone systems
in the body, specifically testosterone. As a female, you
have less of this than a man and putting on enough muscle
to make you look un-feminine, is a rare case. The women you
see in the magazines are usually using drugs. So please
don't look at them as the norm of what happens when a women
lifts heavy weights.
I hope this helps a little and trust me when I say that if
you are looking to change your body, make sure that you're
efforts are based on solid facts and information from a
professional. It really is a shame to spend all that time
and effort on a strategy for weight loss based on myths and
misinformation.
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pounds. She came into the office because at 44 years of
age, she was having trouble getting her weight down. She
told me that she was doing everything right to lose weight
but nothing was happening.
I asked her what she had been doing and realized that even
though sometimes people think they know what they are doing
when it comes to exercise and weight loss; often they don't
have a clue.
She told me that based on the fact that she wanted to lose
2lbs a week that she needed to burn off 1000 calories extra
a week to meet her goals. She had cut her calories to below
1000 a day and was lifting light weights so she didn't bulk
up. It was then I knew where her problem was. To lose two
pounds a week you actually need to create a deficit of 7000
calories over the period of a week through both diet and
exercise. One pound of fat contains 3500 calories. To lose
two pounds in a week, 7000 calories is the amount of
calories you need to burn off. This large number is why
people have such a hard time trying to drop weight with
diet alone. It's very hard to cut that many calories out of
your diet unless you are eating way too much to start with.
What you do to make it easier is exercise part of it off
and eat only what you need to maintain your healthy muscle.
This combination approach not only makes the dieting aspect
easier to handle but the exercise also remodels your entire
physique for a total body transformation.
The funny thing is, most people I coach refuse to eat
ENOUGH of the right foods and this causes the metabolism to
shut down. This means a rapid stop to any fat burning and
weight loss. Sometimes when people go too low with the
calories and the body rebels. Its says, "Your not feeding
me, so I'm not letting go of the only calorie storage I
have, my fat".
The other consideration and benefit of resistance training
when losing weight is an increased metabolism created by
maintaining a toned muscular body. The most common hurdle
for females trying to lose weight and hitting the gym is
that they lift too light out of fear of putting on too much
muscle. Please put that fear aside.
Muscle growth is created through anabolic hormone systems
in the body, specifically testosterone. As a female, you
have less of this than a man and putting on enough muscle
to make you look un-feminine, is a rare case. The women you
see in the magazines are usually using drugs. So please
don't look at them as the norm of what happens when a women
lifts heavy weights.
I hope this helps a little and trust me when I say that if
you are looking to change your body, make sure that you're
efforts are based on solid facts and information from a
professional. It really is a shame to spend all that time
and effort on a strategy for weight loss based on myths and
misinformation.
----------------------------------------------------
Discover How to Turbo-Charge Your Metabolism, Sculpt Your
Body, Burn Off Body Fat and Develop Unstoppable Motivation
... Guaranteed! Free
Details==>http://www.fattofitbook.com/weightlossnews.shtml
