Tuesday, July 24, 2007

What Women Need To Know About Seeing Fat Loss Results

Q.
I've been exercising daily for an hour for a month now, why can't I see my results?

A.
I can understand how frustrating that can be. You workout hard and you don't see results.

First off, what are the results you are looking for? If you are looking to lose scale weight then you will always be heartbroken. Step away from the scale, in fact if you have one I suggest you put it in the closet or better yet throw it away. Many women have a scale mentality. My goal is to change that and educate women that muscle weighs more than fat. You can weigh 150 lbs and be a size 4, 6, or 8, it really doesn't matter. You need to go by your clothing size and body fat.

If you understand that about the scale and you are not seeing the results in the mirror and in your clothes as you would like then I would look to see first what your nutrition looks like. I get 99.9% of women that have this challenge and it's mostly diet related. It typically because they aren't eating enough! That's right, not enough calories. If your not eating enough your body actually holds onto body fat making it impossible to see any changes even if your exercising like crazy too. As soon as you eat the right amount of calories for your body to lose fat then you will start to see and feel the changes. I show women how eating more frequently throughout the day will help your body to be more efficient in burning fat.

Now, let's also look at what your workouts are like. Are you training with enough intensity (meaning the last couple of reps are the most challenging) if not then that is huge in not seeing any changes and are you taking long breaks in between your workouts? This diminishes the fat-burning affects.

What about cardio? Are you leisurely walking on the treadmill for about an hour? If so, you can change up the pace by doing a shorter cardio session with intervals that will have your body burning more fat!

If you aren't seeing changes about every 3 weeks then you need to adjust your entire nutrition and training program.