12-14-11, 10:33 AM | |
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I have an acquaintance who is obese and a while back she went back to work as a teacher after being a SAHM for a few years. I was trying to talk to her about exercise and she said that her new job would be plenty of exercise because she would be moving around a lot more during the day. She has been back at her "active" job for several years and doesn't appear to have slimmed down at all. I think a lot of people fool themselves into thinking that NEAT counts as exercise and they will lose weight from it, and forego exercise because of this myth (which seems to be perpetuated by the media: take the stairs! park farther away!). No doubt it is better than nothing, but it doesn't appear this is very effective for weight loss.
But I know more than one person who has lost weight just by walking around the neighborhood. I posted about a young man I met several weeks ago who doesn't walk very fast or very far (about a mile?), yet I have seen him transform his physique over the last 3 years. |
12-14-11, 10:44 AM | ||
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12-14-11, 11:54 AM | |
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Thanks so much for everyone's congrats! Christina, Debbie, Sophie, Lucia, Paine, Lyn, Amy, Tiffany, and everyone else. VFers really are the best.
Before I started Leslie, I always had good cardio capacity, from all the fusion workouts I did and from teaching (walking all the time). But I think the difference for me was switching to long, steady state cardio. That seems to be the key. Everything else is my life has remained the same; I eat super clean, but did before Leslie too. I was not doing TA at the time I first noticed the changes, and yoga did not produce any lower body changes, only upper body. So through process of elimination I've realized it's the long cardio sessions. The workouts I did before had carido; lots of fusion with cardio woven throughout, like Ellen, etc. But I never got these results with those. For what it's worth. |
12-14-11, 12:28 PM | |
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Update::::
I haven't weighed myself for about six weeks, but I decided to step on the scale to see if any of these physical changes are registering, and they are! I have now lost a total of 47 pounds! I dropped two more pounds, and this was me weighing myself AFTER breakfast, just now. At the risk of deifying Leslie, I have to say it's all because of my staying dedicated to that long, steady state cardio. And I wasn't even trying to lose anymore as I had reached my goal. Doing the happy dance ... |
12-14-11, 12:43 PM | ||
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