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Author Message moo Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:32 am    Post subject: running is great for losing weight right? I haven't really had a running routine before but I found a program called From Couch to 5k where its a slow progression. In the first week you're only running 60 seconds, but around week 9/10 you'll be running 3 miles. I'm wondering if I'll see a decent amount of weight loss in that time if I also add in weight training too. Back to top cass Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: Yes, it helps you lose weight overall and faster. Back to top sherv Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: Yes, it'll do the trick.But not if you're running for 60 seconds. Grow some ovaries and hit the tread/streets. Back to top Fancy That Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:37 am    Post subject: you will lose fat and gain muscle (which weighs more than fat). But overall, you will be a world better off in all ways. Back to top Doug Bies Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:40 am    Post subject: yeah that would be a great routine to get you into running, and show you some great results. you will burn more calories if you do weight training also, but muscle weighs more than fat so dont be suprised if you do not lose a ton of weight and become more muscular. Back to top snowy Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:40 am    Post subject: No, walking is. Walking actually uses more muscle power, and more muscles. Running jars you. Just walk. Back to top @skerjam1007 Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:42 am    Post subject: ya of course.But remember not to over tire yourself too much.anyway running isn't everything,you'll have to go on diet too.you can't eat so much oily food and go running next morning.you'll be gaining more weight than losing them.(Mind you ..don't go eating nothing either.you'll get sick!) Back to top abdolly Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:48 am    Post subject: sure you will also remember diet i don't care how much someone exercises if you eat too much your not gonna lose speaking from experience. i need to get on with the show myself. being constant is the key word. cardio and weight training together and with proper diet, you will achieve results.weight train every other day you can do it Back to top minootoo Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:49 am    Post subject: All answers are good.Your slow approach is very good but instead of running you should start by walking and slowly increase the speed once you reach 5 k mark. Then start the running routine first slow then fast. Then as fast as you can. To get good ranking, if it is your goal.You wrote "if I also add in weight training too". It may add weight and if you are not very care full you can get mussels bond. Free hand mussels toning exsecises are the answers.Do not "JOGG". It is high impact routine and it is out of favour because of bone and joint injuries. It does burn few more calorie but it is not worth the suffering at latter age.*************************Tips for Loosing WeightByminootooYou must count calories and at least in initial stages write down what you are going to eat and when then stay on that list. Your total calories for the week must not exceed, 1500 x 7 = 10,500 calories this will give you leave way to indulge at special occasions like wedding and parties, but you must write down what you eat and account for the calories latter and adjust the total intake next week.Please read my article on this subject and follow them.While at it build your body too, while reducing by doing body parts specific exercises.If you are not too old, then best way to reduce your weight is to increase your height.Vegetarians have a big advantage, in loosing weight, it cost less and they can satisfy the hunger more easily, some vegetables have only 1 calorie per pound, so they can fill themselves up with it before enjoying each meal, and never go hungry. Most people should take one a day water soluble multi-vitamins when on this program; they can be purchased at the pharmacy near you. http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&... http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi....***********************Quic k Weight LossBy minootooIt is not recommended but it may be required in some rear case. One such case is before going in for some surgery.So here it is.1.A doctor must approve it. Or. You had recent physical.2.You must take vitamin supplement equal to or batter then Multi vitamin for Man or woman, over 50 years, even if you are much younger.3.Must not be on this diet for more then 1 month without doctor’s permeation.4.Must know that it is considered a starvation diet.5.Drink at lest 1 gallon of water but do not drink more then 1 ½ gallon of water per day.6.Exercise 2 hours per day.7.Keep total calorie at 1000 per day, all vegetable and fruits; avoid fat (2% max calorie in fat).8.Make sure you eat vegetarian proteins such as lentils and pulses (American call them cereals, but not break fast type that contains mainly crabs9.Please note. If you use non vegetarian diet you will use up calorie, and will have hunger prangs. This is the main reason for vegetarian diet. Other then that you can use any thing.***********************Exercise 2 hours per day:You do not need to join a gym.15 minutes walk before each main meal, 15 minutes walk before bed time. Walk any where office, home apartment, side walk, road (if safe). Walk at good clip (fast as fast as you can).1 hour of other free hand exercises, break it up in 15 minutes, if you can if you like or must.A.Include free hand upper body exercises.B.Do seat ups.C.Do crunches.D.Do standing bends (try to touch the ground with legs spread to maintain balance)? Make sure you do not tip over. Do not have to touch the ground but must try to go as far as you can.E.Through the waist tilt your body slightly back, stay close to the wall so you do not fall back ward, be very care full, not to injure the back or back bone at the waist. F.Do some side bend, by bending at the waist keeping your hand on the side of thighs, may want to spread the legs for balance. Go alternate, do them left, right, left right.G.Do push ups.H.Do chin ups (if you can and have a bar available). Once this period is over, or once the weight loss is achieved then go back to other articles for maintaining the weight loss or for further loss as needed per Body Mass Index or at 1500 calorie level. At this level if you are non vegetarian then you can add 500 calorie of non vegetarian food without getting huger prangs or worry about putting on the weight. ***************************Increasing the Height By minootooIn rear cases, you can increase the height up to age 30.Cycling is good exercise and fun too.You need to adjust the seat so that when you paddle from seating position you will actually stretch your legs, it is a difficult position but doable. For safety you need to be on track and not in traffic, safety first.The FEW things I did at least helped me.Swimming. Not just playing in water, but serious laps type swimming, do not try to beat the clock but steady full strokes swimming. Remember slow and steady wins the race.Stretching exercises on floor.Find them on line.Chin ups.Full stretch type.Swinging from a rope.Full stretch climbing.In other words do things that require stretching.STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCHPSIn the morning after good night sleep every one is about 1/2 inch to 1 inch taller. This is because the soft tissue between the bones recovers during the time when there is no weight on them.Older people loose height due to bone loss. I was 5', 7'' I am only 5', 5".Issue of Genes: You know only the active genes but genes can stay dormant for generations.I believe that every one has some tall height genes, dormant or active; I again believe that certain exercises can activate those.Again Swimming: You will start out with half a lap and build up day by day, half a lap at a time. Then you will swim non stop for 1/2 an hour.The speed is not important but you must use various strokes and do them correctly, completely, slowly and perfectly. This way you will have full stretch, and its benefit.Eating healthy foods and taking rest as specially sleeping soundly at night is very important. Most people need 8 hours of good sound sleep per night, some need more and few get by with 4 hours only.In the mean time use high hills and take advantage of hair-do, wardrobe can do wonders too; vertical striped clothing can create a taller look for most people.Hormones:Under strict supervision of a doctor they do wonders but the side effects are delayed and unpredictable so doctors do not like to use them.Surgical Procedures:There are surgical procedures but most doctors will not do them till the person is 30 years or so. They also have to be very short.******************************************Life Style Change Program for Loosing WeightByminootooWho needs to loose weight?Answer is simply not every one, only the over weight person.Who is over weight?This is simple, it is easy to find out and it is available on line, it is call Body Mass Index, and calculations are simple. According to this calculation if you find your self say only 10 pounds more, you may not be over weight. Remember every one is slightly different and you can just watch it, on your own and not let it get out of hand.What is the reason for being over weight?This is also simple, have doctor check you out for any physical or hormonal abnormalities. The doctor should be advising you of your ideal weight even though you have already figured out the ideal weight and you are seen a doctor because your weight is not where it should be according to BMI.Basic understanding of loosing weight.Every one uses calories at all time. There may be some exceptions to this rule, for most of us; the rate of use, even when we are resting, we use 65 calories per hour minimum. This comes to1560 calories per day. The actual range is between 65 and 100 calories per hour. This is consistent with heart rate of 60 to 80 bits per minute.Simply put any person eating only say 1500 calories a day will not put on any additional weight. At this level of calories consumption the person should loose some weight over long haul, depending on the individual rate of metabolism.What is a healthy weight loss?When one tries to loose weight, one should loose excess fat; there should be a healthy loss of weight. Loosing muscles tissue is unhealthy.How much is one pound of body fat?One pound of body fat weight is approximately same as one pound of butter. If you look at a one pound package of butter, you will see it contains between 3200 to 3600 calories. This means that each time a person burns 3600 more calories then what the person takes in, the person will loose one pound.How many pounds should a person loose in a month?Any one that is trying to trim down can figure out how long it took to put on the excess pounds. The fact is; it did not happen over night. It usually creeps up, but the person realizes one day suddenly.This is why a person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Do not wait for New Year.Taking above in to consideration a person should not loose more then 2 pounds per month. If a person looses any thing more then that, chances are that the person will not be able to maintain the weight loss. It will take extra efforts to loose and it will take extra efforts to keep it off. Remember slow and steady wins the race.When an overweight person should start loosing weight?At once. The person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Again do not wait for New Year.How does body react to weight lose?Any time there is depletion of fat beyond certain level, the body reacts by slowing down metabolism, so that it can build up fat. If the body is use to say 2000 calories per day and detects only 1500 calories per day for considerable length of time it reacts to the situation by reducing the rate of metabolism. When this happens one need to help body by increasing activity. Usually takes about four weeks for body to react.What is the relationship between body and body fat?Under ideal condition fat act as a reserved energy source for our body. Certain level of fat is good for healthy living and even may save our life in certain life threatening situations. Every one should have minimum required level of fat on their body.What if there is no weight loss at 1500 calories in take level?This is a rear occurrence. Do not panic. The body has slowed down the metabolism to such a great extent that you must help it. The only way to help is to increase activities, this means you have to exercise. You do not need to join Gym but you can go on an an half an hour walk every day or batter still engage in a power walk for same duration. Power walk burns 250 calories per hour and walk burns 100 calories per hour approximately.What is the importance of body fat for a female?Females require little more body fat then men. In the absence of certain required level of body fat, females are not able to function properly; in particular they may not be able to conceive. You can find lot more about this on internet.At 1500 calories intake per day what one must drink and eat?DrinkOne gallon of liquids most of witch should be in the form of water (zero calories).Calories should be accounted for all other liquids.Why water?Water is a universal solvent, means it dissolves almost every thing at least in very minute quantities. This helps purification of body.EatWhat should be your proportionate in take of fat, Proteins and Complex Carbohydrates?This depends on what your need are.1.Need to reduce fat.Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.Complex Carbohydrates: 30 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.Proteins: 60 percent of 1500 calories per day = 900 calories.2.Need more energy.Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.Complex Carbohydrates: 40 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.3.Need to reduce weight only.Fat: 25 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 375 calories.Complex Carbohydrates: 25 percent of 1500 calories per day = 375 calories.Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.4.Need to increase muscles bulk, but still reduce weight.Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.Complex Carbohydrates: 15 percent of 1500 calories per day = 225 calories.Proteins: 75 percent of 1500 calories per day = 1125 calories.Exercise the muscles you want to develop, you can find right exercise on line, recommend use of light weights.Foot note: To take fat is so important, while reducing even fat, that it is included in all cases. If the fat is completely cut out, body will think of producing the fat, and will produce the fat by reducing metabolism, without fat in take, you may actually again weight even at lower than 1500 calorie level. You will feel run down and lethargic.How one must, drink and eat?DrinkEvery one may not be able to follow this regime.A 16 oz glass of water fist thing in the morning will be very healthy start.If you need to stabilize your stomach before eating, you can have a glass of water just before each and every meal. This is the easiest way to meet your quota of gallon of liquids.EatTo day almost half the world is starving.In western culture. Standard healthy practice for long time was three warm square meals per day. No eating in between, but children were allowed night cap.All that has changed, present thinking is 5 to 6 times per day. Any way what practice one follows is up to them; to each his own.Another best practice will be a glass of water before bed time, nothing to eat for two hours before bed time.How do I know the calorie count for various drinks and food?If you are buying packaged items it is on the package.Go on the internet and find the calorie information.Lots of cook book now a days list calorie per serving.Use your best guess, in this method use higher figure then you have guessed.References: http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv1-mdp&p=Calories+chart http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htmI have written a few articles on this and related subject so please read them and do as you please. Back to top Andrew Yahoo User Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:52 am    Post subject: I heard jogging is a good way to loose extra pounds when you for at the least 1 hour every day. Back to top

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