what is the best exercise to combine with the atkins diet?

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weight loss, exercise, helpful tips

Answer 1

Walking has been shown to be the best. I personally lost over 130 lbs in the last year and a half. I started out by walking one mile each day and worked my way up to 5 miles every morning.

Answer 2

The first person said it... ANY exercise, especially if you haven't been accustomed to exercising is helpful.

It doesn't have to be a killer exercise routine, either. I usually go to the gym 5 or 6 days a week for about 45 min. each time. First I do weights (one day my arms, next day legs/lower back/abs because muscles need to rest) then do 30 min. of cardio, usually on a treadmill. I can't remember where I read it, but I do recall reading somewhere that it's more helpful for fat burning to do weights first, then cardio.

I honestly HATE going to the gym, but since I'm trying to keep my weight down as well as my blood pressure, 45 min. a day isn't going to kill me.

If you don't want to join a gym, you can jump rope, bike, walk, jog... anything! The important thing is: GET MOVING! :) You can do it! And you'll feel so much better!

Answer 3

Drop the diet and stick to a healthy eating plan & exercise regime. If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit.

Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) calories.
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved if you don't have the access.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices

Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)

Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.

Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. If you have access to a gym include boxing and spin classes as well. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.

To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 (women) - 1800 (men) and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) cal and 6 sessions again.

Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.

Answer 4

ANY exercise helps any diet.

Answer 5

Ask your gym instructor.He can better guide you