Goal of losing 10 pounds by the middle of May?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,411 MFP Moderator
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    I dance 2-3x a week for about 1.5 hours each. And I also try and go to the gym and do the elliptical for an hour for 2 other days of the week.

    Use dance as your cardio and replace those two days of elliptical with resistance training. If you can, do full body routines on both days. Even though weight loss might be a bit slower, your body changes will increase..and definitely use a food scale.. i love my orezi i got from amazon.
  • tararag
    tararag Posts: 38 Member
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    What is resistance training? I've never used weights or anything before
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,411 MFP Moderator
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    What is resistance training? I've never used weights or anything before

    It's training that induce muscular contraction which builds the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles.. Resistance training and weight training is very similar but RT can refer to body weight. There are programs, such as you are your own gym, the use body weight for resistance (push ups, lunges, squats, pull ups) while weight training uses weights to provide that resistance.

    It's important to have resistance training as that is what will preserve your muscle mass. Muscle is what is tight and lean, so the more you have, the more lean you will be. In fact, many people can gain weight and become more lean as noted below.


    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/


    Since you have access to the gym, you can start a program like the one below. If you don't like that one, there are many programs on youtube or even other websites, such as fitnessblender.com .

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/rudy6.htm

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