Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
Did anyone else see the recent episode of "Ruby?" How do you feel about what the fitness guru guy said? (that she should not be using weights and that using weights to help lose weight is a big no no.) I just disagree with this dude in so many ways. Everything I hear and read (not that you should believe everything you read and hear) says that resistance training speeds up weight loss and helps keep it off. But I guess I was frustrated with Reese for not suggesting other ways to exercise and change up her routine to keep from getting bored and to lower the strain on her joints. I guess I am glad she is going out to try new things though, but I will be interested to see what difference not doing weights makes.
I love Reese and he and the other lady was right. It comes down to this- she is going to burn much more fat with each step that she walks. She has to move 360 pounds with each step, as opposed to sitting and pedaling her feet on the thing she had at home (at the very end of the episode they showed that). Fat burns calories, and unless she is planning on taking steroids or testosteone, she will NOT bulk up. She needs muscle to help her support the weight when she exercises. She needs muscle to help burn the fat. And I feel like she was out of line to act like she hasn't had a TON of success with Reese. She lost 120 pounds from HIS workouts! I feel bad for her, and for him. I wish I could fly him out here and work out with him myself! ;)