Pilates For Weight Loss
Pilates is a stretching and toning program that is based on several principles which are: control, precision, concentration, quality of movement, proper breathing and balancing. It’s famous for creating lean, fit bodies and has many benefits.
One of the great benefits of Pilates for weight loss
Additionally, Pilates has other numerous benefits that have made it quite popular such as:
*Increases energy
*Increases strength and flexibility
*Improves posture, balance and coordination
*Enhances mental clarity and focus
*Reduces fatigue and stress
These are just a few of the benefits you will receive when you do use Pilates for weight loss on a regular basis; at least 3 days a week. A 30 minute routine should be sufficient for you to see a difference in body shape and improve your fitness level. Then if you decide you want to progress to an intermediate or advanced level you will have a good foundation.
It’s typical for beginners to do Pilates weight loss exercises slowly so that they can establish familiarity and get used to how it’s done, however, once you get it down pat why not go for optimal results by doing them at a faster pace. If you’re in a class you can ask the instructor if they will speed up the exercises or you may want to consider a more advanced class if you’ve progressed beyond that class’ fitness level.
Of course, to lose weight with Pilates, or any other form of exercise, you will need to burn more calories than you consume. Using Pilates for weight loss
Eat More Diet
There is a eat more diet believe it or not. There is a guy named Bob Harper who designed this diet with this type of thought process. The idea is to eat more often, but less amounts when you eat. This keeps you from getting hungry and also ups the metabolism.
His diet consists of six low fat, low carb meals a day and of course using portion control. To not exceed 1500 calories and no less than 1200. You are trying to avoid the body going into starvation mode which lowers the metabolism and also makes you over eat.
Naturally, the eat more diet is in combination with a regular exercise routine. You need both exercise and to eat less calories if you’re to lose weight and tone up the body.
When it comes to exercise you should use resistance or weight training as well as cardio, so that you gain muscle and also work the heart. This way you burn more calories since muscle burns more fat and as a result up the metabolism, which helps you lose weight.
In addition, he advocates using a diet journal, which I have mentioned many times in other posts on this blog. This keeps you accountable for what you eat and when you eat it.
In my Weight Loss Tools post I give you several sites online to use for keeping a journal. So, check it out if you need a way to keep track of your weight loss goals.
It also helps to prepare small snacks ahead of time to take with you when you go to work or leave the house. This way you have the proper snack foods with you for your eat more diet, so that you don’t have to fall off the wagon and eat whatever is available.
Keeping a meal schedule is another way to keep control of what and when you eat. A dry eraser board is a great tool for this, since you can easily change it on a day to day basis.
In addition, shopping for food is an issue as well. After all, if you don’t buy it you can’t eat it! When you go to the store you should have a list and stick to the list.
Lastly, it’s all up to you, nobody can do it for you. If you’re not losing weight it’s your fault you can’t blame anyone else. So, take control and make it happen.