Comments on: How to Lose 5 Pounds

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:36:12 +0000

Thanks Laurel, I’ll go check it out …

By: Laurel Silverman

Laurel Silverman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:54:01 +0000

I am a huge fan of the FREE Lose It App for the Iphone. Calculates calories, exercise, and budgets it for your goal. Really easy to use.

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:59 +0000

FYI guys, sorry for the delay, there was a death in my family and I’m just getting back to my blogging schedule …

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:21 +0000

Hi Janice,

I disagree with 6 days of resistance training, even with splits you’re going to burn your body out and open it up for potential injuries. By doing cardio 4 to 6 days per week you’ll maximize your calorie burn. The idea is to do the resistance training under that to keep muscle mass for atrophying and to keep your metabolism burning high.

You need both to work together, but not the point of burnout, high resistance training carries a higher degree of injury.

:-)

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:28 +0000

Lisa I’m with you!! I’ve been working on it ’seriously’ the past week and feeling great 7 days in! No weight change, but my body feels different!

By: Janice - The Fitness Cheerleader

Janice - The Fitness Cheerleader — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:51:29 +0000

That seems like a fairly aggressive way to start a weightloss program, though I completely agree that in order to lose weight you need to do resistance training – I may be inclined to say you need 6 days of esistance training and only 3 days of cardio. The resistance days could be upper body circuit workout one day, then an upper body circuit workout the next. The circuit provides the cardio you need while each muscle group has 48 hours to recover between sessions.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:26:57 +0000

What would just suggest in terms of reps for free weights? Just want to get an idea of if I’m doing enough. Thanks!

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:45:38 +0000

In the past, I used Weight Watchers (and was successful). Since that is a points system, I would say that the calorie range was 1200-1500. It is difficult to be petite and overweight–125 lbs. is A LOT on my small frame. I would say that I have 20 lbs to lose, total. I’m looking forward to being serious and giving your program a shot!

Thanks again for your help!!

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:50:49 +0000

Hey Angie,

If you think 1075 is too low and that does seem pretty low then I would start with 1,200 and see how it feels. You are petite which definitely changes the calories you’d need than, say I would at 5′7″. When you’ve dieted before what was the calorie count you used?

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:40:27 +0000

Thank you for this! What an amazing post–I love that you were very specific about how much to work out. I often hear that you are supposed to work out an hour per day. However, it doesn’t say whether or not that is all cardio. I am definitely going to give this plan a try!

On the question of calories: I’m 4′11″, 125 lbs. Figuring my base calories: 1375. So, in subtracting 300, I am eating 1075–that doesn’t seem like enough.

Thoughts?
Thanks for your help!