ok i have a bowflex at home and i use it almost every day but i dont think i lost a pound and i eat pritty heallthy can you give tips on weight loose?
2007-09-02 09:35:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
you have to do cardio to lose weight because all you do know is build more muscle - you dont burn any fat working out on that thing.
find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio is the only fat burning exercise and burns fat all over your body (running, jogging, swimming, spinning, elliptical etc) 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), weight training a few days a week but never work on the same muscle group two days in a row (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
2007-09-02 09:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Natalie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
to loose weight do jogging or something, a bowflex makes you gain muscle than loose weight
do cardio exercises to loose weight, then you can use the bowflex after you loose weight and tone ur muscles up
(do both :) )
hope ive helped
2007-09-02 16:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should eat about 3 meals a day, im not sure if you are, but thats a good start . execersie for about 1 hour a day or even more! but make sure you eat well. you know how rome wasnt built in a day? thats just like your body, you will start loosing all the fat, but be paitent!
2007-09-02 16:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by r2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run. Strength training alone is unlikely to lead to dramatic weight loss. An hour of running burns far more calories than an hour of weightlifting.
2007-09-02 16:43:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋