Fit Bit (gaining back the weight)
Dear Kimberly,
I have lost about
70 pounds. I have yo, yoed for the past year up and down 20 pounds. I would like to keep off that 20 pounds. The difference seems to be the intensity of
my workouts and my cheating a little.
How can I stay at my lowest weight?
Sincerely,
Yo, Yo Dieter.
Dear Yo, Yo Dieter,
Congratulations
on loosing the bulk of your weight. That
is a major life change. You have found a balance that enables you to maintain
50 pounds off. That is wonderful!!! According to the College of Sports Medicine,
it is better to be 25 pounds over weight and fit then it is to be at your ideal
body weight and unfit. I bring this up
because maybe being at the weight you are now is OK. It is better to be at a weight and fitness
level you can maintain comfortably then it is to be continually worried about
it. You mentioned that you have backed
off on the intensity of your workouts, and have started snacking a little bit
more. The simple math of you gaining 20
pounds since Christmas is approximately 300 calories a day.
A very intense hour workout can burn about 700-calories/
hour. A walk will burn closer to
400. There is your 300-calorie
difference.
A half a cup of ice- cream is about 200 calories; a cup and
a half of ice cream is about 600. There
is a 400 calories difference.
If you would like to drop that 20 pounds and keep it off you
have to figure out the calorie -math and adjust your life style
accordingly. Diets don’t work, permanent
life style changes do. Make sure the
life style you want for yourself is reasonable. It is far better to be a little over weight
yet, holy, healthy and happy then to be striving to keep off that last 20
pounds.
Nahum 1:7 “The
Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that
trust in Him.”
Romans 8:2 “For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of
sin and death.”
Be fit and be blessed,
Kimberly
http://faithcenteredfitness.com/?201100006000
