Jillian Michaels

MissLadyInWaiting

[ Okay, so I'm subscribed to receive an email from Jillian Michaels weightloss seight and i saw this question + thought i would share it with everyone i know it's not that healthy to lose more than 2lbs a week but i thought i'd give it a try, you know to just kickstart my weightloss. ]

Q: I love that I have the information I need to lose 2 pounds a week; however, I would like to lose more than that. How can I lose 4 to 5 pounds a week? I have a total of 96 more pounds to lose.

A: To lose a pound, you must burn 3,500 calories. As I've said before, it's all about the math — how to burn more calories in the most effective way.

You can only do so much resistance training without damaging your muscles and impeding your results. Additionally, you can't starve the weight off: If you eat fewer than 1,200 calories a day, you will sabotage your optimal results. Therefore, cardio is weight loss extra credit. It allows you to burn additional calories without overtraining. This is one of the reasons some Biggest Loser players can still lose 20 pounds a week, even 7 weeks into the program.

Think about the math: If you are eating 1,500 calories a day — we assume your BMR without exercise is 1,600 (this is actually my BMR) — and you do two 1-hour cardio sessions that burn 500 calories each (one in the morning and one at night), the two sessions, along with your regular daily activity, will speed up your base metabolism to at least 2,000. As a result, you will have burned about 1,500 calories that day — that is, almost half a pound. At that rate you will be losing up to 3.5 pounds a week.

That said, you are bound to lose more weight during the first two weeks of any weight loss regimen because of the dramatic change in your diet and the loss of excess fluid. After that, it's all about crunching the numbers, and cardio is the key.

EmilyJ1979

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jrhodges20

Thanks for posting this! It was great information on how the body looses

MissLadyInWaiting

i always thought every personal trainer would say that you couldn't do it, that it isn't safe but if Jillian Michaels says you can do it then jesus christ, yay! haha. i would love to lose 5lbs a week

bermudaqueen02

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angelarose12

I always wondered how they lost so much in one week. Now I know!

laurasimmons

I wish I had time for 2 one hour sessions of cardio cause I would totally do that!

parakeet

If you lose weight fast you gain it back fast.I love JM.I have a lot of workout DVDs,but my focus is not to lose 5 pounds a week.It is not real in the long term.

dancinggirl81

Good information. Thanks for posting!