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Weight Loss Forum / WeightWatchers / May 2005Working out too hard?
I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times per week every week doing an hour of cardio workouts each time in order to increase my fitness and most importantly to me lose weight. Reading various information sources on the web, it would appear that I should have lost a lot more weight than I have, and I have been eating sensibly too. I've lost just over a stone since I started, but for about 4 months I've stayed about the same weight give or a take a pound or two. I now weigh in at around 103KG - I feel much better, i am slimmer, but still chubbier than I expected to be after so much hard work! I do a combination of Rowing, Cross Trainer, Treadmill and Cycling machine exercises totalling up to about an hour in each session. A factor that also seems to be doubted is 'ideal heart rates'. My heart rate does usually reach the high end of the cardio training zone (150-160BPM), but recent information seems to suggest I should be taking it easier in order to gain benefits (Around 120BPM). Is there any truth in this? Or is there no gain without pain? I still believe I have an irritatingly low metabolic rate compared to others I know that can eat pies, pizza's and drink beer in excess and still just have an ever so slight podge! Any information would be most greatfully received. Thanks. > I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times > per [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks. i went to the gym for a good 8 months, at least 2 times per week, usually 3 and i did not lose 1 gram. i felt better blah blah, but weight loss has never come from excercise for me. are you male or female? Don't mean it to sound 'harsh' but it's nice to know there's someone who's put in some effort and not found the supposed 'magic' that should come from sweating your a.s off thrice weekly! I'm a male. >> I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times >> per [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > are you male or female? > Don't mean it to sound 'harsh' but it's nice to know there's someone who's > put in some effort and not found the supposed 'magic' that should come > from sweating your a.s off thrice weekly! > > I'm a male. hmmm, i thought that excercise for no benefit was a female's domain. bummer dude for you! at leaset deep down in side we can feel morally superior to those who are not moving it! christine >>> I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times >>> per [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> >> are you male or female? >I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times per >week every week doing an hour of cardio workouts each time in order to [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >I know that can eat pies, pizza's and drink beer in excess and still just >have an ever so slight podge! To lose weight you must expend more calories than you eat. The easiest way to do this is limit what you eat, but you can help things along by doing exercise. Walking for an hour is maybe 300 calories, so doing that 3 times a week is 1000 calories at most. 1 pound of body fat is about 3500 calories. So if you pound the pavements for an hour 3 times a week you will lose 1/3lb. It doesn't take much (1 coke per day?) to offset that advantage. So it's generally accepted that doing cardio is really good for fitness but lousy for losing weight. Weight training is slightly more effective than cardio. Ray I found myself stalling at around 44-46 pounds lost, gaining and losing the same two pounds for a month or more. I joined a gym and have been doing strength exercises with a little aerobics three times a week. I do not add any exercise points I may earn into my daily food allowance. In the three weeks since I started, I've lost over nine pounds. Works for me. I've also come to love the feeling of warm, loose muscles at the end of a workout. 336.2/281.8/136 > I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times > per [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks. My own experience is that exercise alone does not result in weight loss. Yes, I feel better and stronger, and my clothes fit better with exercise. But I don't lose weight. Weight loss comes from eating less. Eating less combined with exercise helps to lose weight a little faster, more consistently, and also helps to tighten and tone the flabbier areas. That's my 2 cents. -- Linda P >I've been going to the gym now since 2nd January this year going 3 times per >week every week doing an hour of cardio workouts each time in order to [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Thanks. and I think the exercise increases metabolism and if you do not watch your intake, both quality and quantity you may actually overeat due to exercise, Lee > My own experience is that exercise alone does not result in weight > loss. Yes, I feel better and stronger, and my clothes fit better with [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > >Thanks. Yes, that's the part I neglected to mention. It's easy to fool myself into thinking I can eat significantly more when I've exercised, emphasis on significantly. Yes, I can eat a little more but not twice as much. -- Linda P >and I think the exercise increases metabolism and if you do not watch your >intake, both quality and quantity you may actually overeat due to exercise, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> > >> >Thanks. > and I think the exercise increases metabolism and if you do not watch your > intake, both quality and quantity you may actually overeat due to exercise, > Lee That is a very cogent point. I've heard so many times, "I ride my bike 150 miles per week, but I can't lose 1 lb". I suspect it's because they increase their food intake proportionally to the exercise. Or, they "reward" themselves with high calorie treats after a 20 mile ride...I've been known to do this myself with chocolate (my nemesis...my love). Personally, I lose most easily when I crank up the exercise. When I get up over 150 miles per week on the bike (8-9 hours), weight comes off without much effort, but that's clearly not the case for everyone. However, even when I'm on the bike a lot I still have to be careful with what I eat, because it's really easy to subvert a good exercise program with just a few poor food choices each week.  SignatureGG http://www.WeightWare.com Computer-Assisted Weight Management > > My own experience is that exercise alone does not result in weight > > loss. Yes, I feel better and stronger, and my clothes fit better with [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > > >Thanks. |
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