The Real Talk on your Real Fitness Results
The most frequently asked question we get is this: how much time do I see real progress? The real answer is that burning fat and weight loss will be different from person to person, depending on variables ranging from genes and hormones to age and gender.
But if you ask me based on my personal and professional experience , people who go through our nutrition and fitness program see progress from 3-6 months, and in some cases up to a year.
This is because most of us need lots of practice and time to follow a consistent workout and nutrition program. Moreover, your body also needs adequate time to adjust to all the good changes you have chosen to implement - a literal switching of your energy and fuel systems to an efficient, fat-burning, energy-producing engine.
Choosing to lose weight, burn fat, build muscle, or all three by following our signature nutrition and fitness program may result in you falling down and failing a few times along the way, which is fine. A key thing to remember is that your customized program was developed as a roadmap to consistency, which will lead to SUSTAINABLE results. Do not get frustrated if you fall off the proverbial “ wagon” a couple of times. We all do and getting right back on your fitness horse will fix the fall, of course with the help of the Your Daily Dose Program.
Now, some key thoughts to remember on your fitness journey with Your Daily Dose:
Building muscle- If you start lifting weights, you are going to put on some muscle. If you are a woman, this might scare you, but there are two important things to remember:
For women who are afraid of getting too big, it is actually very hard to put on big, bulky muscles. In order to do so, you need to work very hard at it (by tearing up muscle and rebuilding it, for example). Some men actually struggle to gain muscle. So do not worry about it.
You will actually want more muscle. Muscle can actually help you lose fat since it is more metabolically active than fat. Gaining muscle may mean a bump on the scale but in a good way. It means you are gaining muscle and losing inches, which is exactly what you want in the first place. Building lean muscle is what the Your Daily Dose Program is all about.
Water retention - This is also common in people who started exercise. The phenomenon is just your body going through a healing process as well as your body’s way to get glycogen (the fuel your body needs to exercise) more efficiently. Glycogen is stored in the cells along with extra water. So the more you exercise, the more efficiently your body can store and use glycogen, which means your cells will naturally retain more water.
Now, another obvious culprit that could prevent you from seeing real progress is this: Eating too many calories. Eating too many calories is easy to do if you are not keeping track of it. It is easy to compensate for our workouts with extra calories or extra rest without even realizing it. If you are trying to lose weight and see that you are having the opposite experience, take a good look at your diet first. Keep close track of what and how much you're eating before moving on to other reasons you may be gaining weight. At Your Daily Dose, we are already helping you keep track of your calories.
There are other methods of tracking your progress, such as taking your measurements, especially the waistline - which are much more reliable and tell you the information you actually need - to know whether your body composition is changing and if you are hitting your goals on schedule. If you are losing inches and getting stronger, but still worried about what the scale says, my advice is to really take your weight only once a week, preferably on Mondays first thing upon waking.
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