Q & A .... I'M NOT LOSING WEIGHT

A Question
Between You and Hester F. Roodt


Hester F. Roodt
July 16 at 10:20pm
Hi Joanne,I have a question I need to ask somebody who is informed about these things. I've been training really hard for the last month and watched my diet with a hawk's eye and yet I have not lost a single pound. I have, however, lost a few inches around my mid section and butt. I'm very happy about that, but I can't help to wonder how long these things take.I mean, how long do I have to excercise in order to get to my goal weight (and look) of 120 pounds (I'm currently 137)? I need a time frame to help keep me motivated, 'cause at the moment it just feels like i'm swimming in the dark.I understand you are probably busy and I don't mean to bug you. But if you could spare some time to answer me I would be very greatful.Thanks in advance and I hope you have a wonderful day!!H
Joanne Lee
July 19 at 7:22am
Hmmm there are so many ways I can answer this, but if you need numbers ... one pound of fat = 3500 calories so you have to do a combination of reducing calories and burning calories to get to your target weight.If you just diet youll mess up your metabolism and you'll rebound. If you just exercise and dont watch your diet you wont see the pounds come off.So as a real gestimate eat between 1500 and 1800 calories a day, dont eat processed (or that BS diet food) food and exericse to burn off 3000 calories a week. So say weight training is about 400 calories per hour (kicking ass) and cardio is say 600 calories per hour .. take an average of 500 cals per hour .. so thats 7 hours of exercise per week .. you have to judge your own intensity .. but if its easy you're cheating yourself.check the sodium in your food, try and keep it under 1500 mg a day - youll see weight come off just by doing that (sodium holds soooo much water)I have E books on my site about cardio and metabolism and carbs that might help you understand the processjo x


Hester F. Roodt
July 19 at 11:50pm
Thank you so much. I can now see where my problem lies. My workouts have been way too easy and I have a high sodium diet. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about that. I live in Korea and their food has alot of soduim. But I can do the rest and by the time I get back to SA my diet will change completely again. Thank you for taking the time to answer me. Have a nice Sunday.H :-)