Loco~Motion said:I can't believe all you low-carbers are also lifting weights and using balls
to lose weight. My Dr said walking was one of the best exercises a person
can do to lose weight and help the cardio vascular system. I really don't
have the money to but weights and balls with the medical bills we're now
faced with.
To actually do Atkins, you must exercise. You can see the chapter
entitled "Exercise, it's non-negotiable." Meanwhile, back in the real
world, not every LC adherent exercises. But a lot of them do.
I got my Swiss Ball for maybe $15 bucks. It came with a DVD I've
never looked at. My current cube is too small, but I put up with a
year's worth of jokes ("You're really on the ball!" "It takes balls to
sit on that"😉 at work and maybe it helped. I dunno. I got it to work
on my posture. It helped with that. I'm now regressing in my knock-off
Herman Miller chair.
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Quoted message said:So you can guarantee if I can find the ball and weights somewhere cheap I'll
lose weight?
No. If you find them somewhere cheap, it doesn't imply purchase.
Further,
purchase doesn't imply regular use. Lastly, regular use doesn't imply
useful activity.
Given purchase (look for a "Play it Again" franchise near you. You
don't
need new weights. A good swiss ball should be <$20, brand new. They
sell them at Borders, Target, probably Wal*Mart, and lots of other
places.)
Given purchase, regular, useful activity with these, I still cannot
guarantee
a moving scale. Muscle is heavier than fat. If you are diligent, you
will move
the tape measure and the bodyfat percentage. Maybe the scale as well,
but
I can't guarantee that.
That said, you can do wonders with bodyweight. And all that requires
is a
body. Last I checked, you are free to use your own body for less than
even
the cheapest dumbbells.
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Quoted message said:See above. I have too many medical bills to pay to go out and buy weights
and some kind of balls.
Again, get down with the bodyweight exercises. Prisoner squats,
pushups,
etc. Use your own home gym, the one you were born with.
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Quoted message said:Are you guaranteeing that people lose weight lifting weights? The lady
trainer at the YMCA told me weight lifting is for toning, not weight loss.
She said the energy burnt by the few lbs of muscle you put on is negligible
and recommended I see a Dietitian or find some way to do calorie burning
exercise for weight loss.
This question is meant with the best intentions.
"Is it more important to move the scale or the mirror?"
For me, the mirror is #1, the scale is a way to measure progress in
the mirror.
And in overall health. Resistance exercise, Interval Training and
controlled
carb dieting are the way to move the mirror. The scale will move with
it, but
the three create a synergy that will move the fat off your body and
replace it
with lean muscle. Not steroid muscles. But toned, lean muscle.
Your trainer is part right. Lifting little light weighs is for toning.
The energy burnt
by extra ounces of muscle is small (it's real, but it's small). You
should NOT
see a dietician. They are mostly trained with information that is 20
years out of
date and it wasn't particuarly solid twenty years ago. You should go
back to
reread protein power. And find someway to incorporate LC dieting and
resistance
exercises. That's the key.
