Posts by kellykirksey

oh and since you all need more education.

http://www.pbpfit.com/facts.html

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/64/72532 .htm

 http://athleticadvisor.com/Weight_Room/fitnes s_myths.htm

want more? 

Original Post by strikez:

Original Post by kellykirksey:

Original Post by strikez:

Original Post by kellykirksey:

It's because you are gaining muscle in exercising. It's a good thing. A common myth is that muscle weighs more than fat...Not true. It is more dense, but weighs the same. So that is why you are looking better. Things will even out and you will have whoosh probably overnight sometime. Keep up with what you are doing and watch your clothes and not the scale.

Do you make this stuff up? A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of lead. I wonder how density fits into this equation? Muscle weighs more than fat because it is more dense (or more mass per unit of area) and thus the whole gravity thingy kicks in from there.

Talk to ANY trainer. It's a myth...Do the research. It weighs the same YES it's more dense, but that makes it smaller. That's pretty rude by the way to accuse someone of making something up.

I am a scientist - when I need to talk science, the last person I ask is a trainer. I do research, all day every day. It is even ruder to proclaim something is a myth, without a viable source.

 well then I bow to the scientist...You should write books on nutrition with those qualifications...

Original Post by strikez:

Original Post by kellykirksey:

It's because you are gaining muscle in exercising. It's a good thing. A common myth is that muscle weighs more than fat...Not true. It is more dense, but weighs the same. So that is why you are looking better. Things will even out and you will have whoosh probably overnight sometime. Keep up with what you are doing and watch your clothes and not the scale.

Do you make this stuff up? A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of lead. I wonder how density fits into this equation? Muscle weighs more than fat because it is more dense (or more mass per unit of area) and thus the whole gravity thingy kicks in from there.

 Talk to ANY trainer. It's a myth...Do the research. It weighs the same YES it's more dense, but that makes it smaller. That's pretty rude by the way to accuse someone of making something up.

Actually you do burn more than you would just sitting at your house. It's true though you will lose weight, but it's water. But, when you do burn more calories. It's not as significant as the article below, but it does help a little. It should not be a substitute for exercise, cause that burns way more. But it's nice that you can sit, enjoy, and even burn a little more. But yeah, any weight you lose will be from water mostly if not all. 

Here is the general consensus of what I have read.

A Sauna assists in weight loss in three significant ways:

1. It effectively reduces heavy metals which have been directly related to metabolic imbalances in the body causing poor digestion and weight gain.

2. It decreases fat stored (lipophilic) toxins. Often weight loss cannot be accomplished unless these toxins are first removed.

3. Although weight loss due to perspiration (water loss) is quickly regained, sending more blood to the capillaries and converting fats and carbohydrates results in as much as 600 calories burned during one short sauna session.