Sports Drinks are not for Fatties! Better ways to lose weight…
So I find it very disturbing every time I have a friend who complains about being fat and trying to lose weight and then see them drinking soda, sports drinks at the gym, eating fast food, and not adding any exercise at all to their life.
Cut calories and burn more calories. You can ONLY lose weight by taking in less calories than you burn. Don’t know how many you burn? Get a body bugg (from 24 hour fitness) or the same thing, a Go Wear calorie tracking system which I believe is a bit cheaper on Amazon. GoWear fit Lifestyle and Calorie Management System
Or get a Polar heart rate monitor that will estimate your calorie burn while you exercise.
I also use this heart rate monitor which I love because it will build a fitness program for you and you can store all your data FOR FREE online: Polar F11 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Pink Fizz)
It also comes in other colors, as well as in this mens/unisex design Polar F11M Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Grey Pepper, New Design)
Cut the useless calories you have every day. Switch from 2% to 1% milk. The little things make a difference. I’m not saying stop having what you like to eat, or work out all the time. I’m saying to stop eating when you’re full, don’t eat when you’re not hungry, and maybe walk a little more.
But whatever you do, don’t ADD useless calories. So often I see someone new to the gym drinking a sports drink with about 250 empty calories to stay hydrated. You don’t need them! Drink water! If you work out for longer than one hour, you MAY need electrolyte replacement. Before one hour it’s highly doubtful. If you don’t like drinking plain water, put some crystal light (5 calories) in your water. Don’t add an extra 250 calories when you’re only working out for twenty minutes. You’re probably actually ingesting more than you are burning.
Let’s do the math. Personally, I burn about 1-2 calories per minute sitting on my butt watching TV or sleeping, so 60-120 calories per hour. When I work out, it depends on if I’m doing cardio or strength and whatnot, but on average I burn about 600 calories per hour. 600-120= losing about480 calories more than when I’m doing nothing. But when doing nothing I’m also not eating or drinking generally. So in 30 minutes of TV watching I’d burn somewhere around 90 calories. In 30 minutes at the gym I’d burn around 300 calories. If I drank a sports drink 300-250= 50 calories burned-90 calories I’d be burning even if I was doing absolutely nothing= 40 calorie excess. If I drank water with a packet of crystal light, or even better, just water, I’d be losing more calories than I was taking in.
So I’ll say it again. Don’t drink sports drinks when you’re working out if you’re trying to lose weight unless you work out for AT LEAST more than one hour at a time. And if you do, don’t whine about being fat to me. :p
