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Originally Posted by Country Girl
Yes. I get up at 5 every morning and jog on the treadmill 1-2 miles. (it's so old all I can do is jog on it) OR I do a fat buring program on my ellipitical. (30 mins.) When I get home from teaching, I do sit ups with a 25 pound weight, and various arm exercises with my resistance bands. I just started Zumba this week, however it is only offered at my school on Tuesdays. I eat around 1200-1500 calories a day and I am still on the Jenny Craig food, but add in my own milk, veggies, and fruits. (What the program requires)
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Have you been doing this continuously for a lengthy time. It may sound odd but if you have been doing the same exercises for a long time and eating the same cals for a long time you may need a short break, sometimes a week or two off can break a plateu. A few things with your exercises, situps and crunches do nothing for fat burning, arm exercises are great for the arms but again do nothing for fat burning. Usually fat burning(what most call weight loss) requires cardio to burn calories in addition weight training is important as well but doing exercises that utilize larger muscle groups or whole body exercises are much more beneficial.
Just as a general rule when doing cardio 20 min is absolutely minimal, after that is when you start to burn stored fat, usually 45min proves the most beneficial and up to an hour at most.Doing your cardio in the morning especially before eating is also good as your body doesn't have carbs on hand for fuel so you tend to tap into stored fat for fuel, so that's a good practice
All calories are not created equal so the food combinations and when you eat them can sometimes be adjusted to yield the best results. If your up to it you can post a typical days eating and we can take a look at it. From what I've seen programs like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers produce good results and are acceptable for long term useage but are not designed for getting extra lean