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Hi Stacey,
I get this question often and it is an important one. The magazines make it seem that if you get the “right exercise” or the “right combination of exercises” it should only take a couple days a week of activity to eventually reach your goals. The research shows that it takes about 2,500 cals/wk to trigger real wt loss. That’s quite a bit, meaning 60-90 minutes of exercise per day - 6 days/wk. The exercise plus a healthy diet, with portion control that cuts say 500 cals per day from your current diet (assuming that's not too much of a cal deficit), would yield about 1.5-2 lbs of wt loss per week.
The contestants on “The Biggest Loser” experience dramatic results in record time. However, we all know that have a full time trainer, chef, no family or work obligations and exercise 3-5 hours/day. It doesn’t really matter who you are or how heavy you are – on that kind of regiment anyone will see significant results – quickly.
It really depends on your goals and level of motivation and most of all your game plan. I hope you are able to use the 6-week journal to develop your game plan (motivation/goals/obstacles, meal plan, exercise plan, weekly success tracker). The journal provides the basis for your plan. Most people I work with jump the gun, meaning they want to know how much exercise or how little to eat. That’s the second step. First, we need to develop a plan that meets your goals, motivation and lifestyle. Once that is in place then it becomes much easier to deicide what to do and how intensively.
Give me a call or e-mail if you want to review your plan. I would more than glad to help.
Cheers,
Mike Carville
Stacey
Some weeks I lose up to 2-3# other weeks nada. I take it day by day and try to stay focused on the journey. I am down 9# in 5 weeks. Keep the faith, you can do it. Janie
Janie
Not losing as much wt as I hoped. I know I need to focus more on diet but how much exercsie do I need??? I try to make it into the gym 2-3x week.
Stacey