3 Reasons Why You're Not Losing Weight
1: Overestimation of calorie burn. Machines at the gym can be as much as 40% INaccurate! So if you've just spent the past hour on an elliptical and it says you burned 700 calories don't think you can go have an ice cream sundae. Chances are, that sundae is going to do some serious damage to your weight loss efforts and be well over the 700 calories which you thought you burned!
2: Underestimation of how many calories you're actually eating. If you taste everything you're cooking or lick cake batter out of the pan, you can easily pack on extra calories without thinking about it. And usually, unless you're a pro at measuring your food by sight, you will most likely overdo it. If you read food labels the recommended portions are typically very small but often all we need to consume.
3: Muscle vs. Fat loss: The is a big one ladies! At around age 20 (yep, that young!!) your metabolism starts to decrease (muscle mass decreases) by about 1-2% per decade. While that may seem like no big deal, it means you'd have to eat about 150 calories less per day at age 30 to be the weight you were at age 20. So imagine what happens at age 40, 50 and above! While it's not the only answer, strength training is the most helpful component of exercise to combat this effect. The more lean muscle you have, the more fat you're able to burn. Muscle is extremely metabolically active which means it can burn fat even while you're at rest. So is that hour on the treadmill or elliptical a waste of time? Well, kind of. While cardio exercises are important for overall cardiovascular health and burning calories. Only a combination of cardio and strength will accelerate fat loss and keep you burning well after your workouts. Too much cardio is going to eat that muscle away.
For more on this, join me for our group fitness classes where strength meets cardio in a different class offering every night. And coming soon, mornings too!
For more on this, join me for our group fitness classes where strength meets cardio in a different class offering every night. And coming soon, mornings too!
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