Posts by barb174

This is true, good food has some fat in it and also has important vitamins. Keep a close watch on the fatty foods you eat but don't shy away from them. Cardio will burn the calories faster than weight training but weight training is vital to muscle mass, and as we get older we tend to lose muscle mass, so keep weight training in the mix. And if you are hungry at night, which I usually am around 9:30, I eat a healthy sports bar. It has the carbs to curb the craving for more food.

Don't forget that while exercising you are also gaining body muscle, which also has weight tagged to it. A lot of people think that if they gain weight or don't loose any, that their diet and exercise is failing. Body muscle and weight loss go hand in hand. One week you are up 1 pound (muscle gain) next week you lost 2 pounds (not eating fatty, fried foods). Go with the flow, make sure diet and exercise are in correct ratio and you will see the pounds drop. Work it!

Yes, calories you burn are very different than calories you eat. You are probably eating too many fatty foods ie., red meat, cheese, nuts. Try sticking to 25% protein, 65% carbs and 25% fat. Carbs will burn off faster than fatty foods because you need them for energy. Fatty foods, if not burned to almost equal ratio, will be stored. Stick around 2000 calories burn a day, 1250 to 1450 calorie a day intake (food). Don't forget, you don't need to work off 2000 calories by exercising, just walking around at work you're burning calories, or mowing the lawn, that all gets added into the 2000 calorie a day burn mix. Burn at least 300-500 calories on the days you do work out. Once your metabolism gets going, because of regular exercise, the days you don't exercise you will still be burning calories/losing weight. Cardio 4 days a week 30 minutes, weights 2 days (can combine weights the same days you do cardio, 30 min). Eat more carbs less fats (carbs with protein for muscle too ie., chicken, fish, beans, rice). More CARDIO, less fat! Good luck.