Cardio and diet=weight loss?!


Question:

Cardio and diet=weight loss?

i am on a diet to lose 10 lbs. (i already lost 15). after a while, i stopped losing. however, i didn't exercise at all while on my diet, because i hate doing it. if i do 1 hour of treadmill a day (run every 2 minutes, walk every 2 minutes) and repeat, will the weight come off? how long should i expect to see results? it's mostly the tummy area that needs to be lost.


Answers:

You lose weight when you burn more calories in a day than you take in (i.e. eat). So if you are staying steady in your weight, and you increase your exercise and don't increase your food consumption, you will lose weight.

How fast you lose it will depend on how many calories more you burn a day. You have to cut or burn about 3500 calories to lose a pound. If you were to cut or burn about 500 more calories a day, then you could lose about a pound a week.

One of the tricks to increased exercise, however is the trap that you think that because you have done exercise, you deserve to eat the at bowl of ice cream for dessert. Remember, you are trying to reduce the ratio of calories eaten to calories burned. If you burn 500 calories in a workout, then go eat 600 calories in a sundae, you will still gain weight.

WeightWatchers teaches that it is healthy to lose between .5 pounds and 1.5 pounds per week. I think that is a pretty good measuring stick. If you are losing more than 1.5 pounds a week, chances are you are doing it in a way that is unhealthy and won't be easily sustained in the long run.

If you want to firm up your abdominal area, try doing exercised that will work the muscles in that area: sit-ups or an ab machine are popular ways to do this.

Good luck in losing 10 pounds. It is also good to remember that weight comes off faster in the beginning, then takes more time as you get closer to goal.

You can do it!!




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