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That's how my March went.. very little weight loss. This month has been better.. I hope the rest of this month is better for you... and that May is fantastic.Well, this has not been a good month. Was up a couple lbs, but managed to get back down to where I was at the beginning of the month. Been having trouble sticking to my diet plan. What makes it worse is that it seems like I'm at the weight I usually plateau at.
Started working out again so that is good.
Stick with it! Health isn't always about losing weight in the moment. I essentially haven't lost any weight this month. But my pants are getting looser and I did a measurement waist. For the first time in a very long time...my hips and waist are the same size!Well, this has not been a good month. Was up a couple lbs, but managed to get back down to where I was at the beginning of the month. Been having trouble sticking to my diet plan. What makes it worse is that it seems like I'm at the weight I usually plateau at.
Started working out again so that is good.
Accept for upcoming birthday, I'm doing another zero sugar/junk/snacks/takeout period through May. Too much "I'll just have a ----" lately.
Haven't listened to this one yet. I might give it a go this week during a work out. But my understanding with cardio exercise (in a nutshell and not very scientific) is that the more cardio you do your body adjusts its metabolism to compensate. So if you are doing just cardio for weight loss, you are always having to up your cardio game...run farther, run faster, increased incline, etc. At some point it just isn't feasible anymore. That's why weight loss is better addressed through diet and cardio is a tool to help weight loss.I just listened to a podcast about running and weight loss and moving away from homeostasis. It’s been interesting to run 30-40+ miles a week and not lose a pound, if anything the opposite.
While not the best podcast series i listen to, but interesting enough that i listen to it when a new epIsode pops up.
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running: Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness
Are you stuck in a metabolic plateau? We run, eat less, maybe lose some weight, plateau, run more, eat less. The weight stays the same (or goes up!), but the belly or the thighs or the arms even get softer. What ends up happening is that the body fat stays stubbornly put but muscle growth stops...runnersconnect.libsyn.com
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running: Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness on Apple Podcasts
Show Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running, Ep Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness - Apr 19, 2022podcasts.apple.com
I couldn't agree more. The cardio is to get our hearts sound and get some muscle work as well. But I'm not trying to do a diet anyway. I know what I have to do and have been doing it since the middle of January: making a life change. I'll be 69 in May. I've had to do several large weight losses over my life... starting in my early 40's. I don't think I have another large weight loss in my system. It's annoying. I know many of us have made plans... got where we wanted and then relaxed and ended up in the same place a few years later.
Good luck! Have a nice trip.
What brings you to PA? What part are you going to?
I don't suggest anyone try Sam's Diet. Not even Sam.
From what I have heard on a couple different podcasts that I listen to, the key to cardio as a weight loss tool depends a lot on what you eat prior to the cardio. Your body wants to burn carbs first, so if you carb up before every cardio session, it will just burn those and be done. But if you limit them (not cut them out entirely) then your body will learn to burn fat as energy as well. This will make you what the researchers are calling metabolically flexible. This will help with both weight loss and cardio performance. There is a lot more energy in fat than carbs. When it comes to races, you can still carb up, but once you burn through those fast burning carbs, your body will switch over to the more slow burning fat so that you can keep going.
