tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882545333364701877.post4616759812702497107..comments2023-10-22T07:03:11.777-04:00Comments on Wisdom, Courage, Power: How I Gained 15 PoundsChris Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606284377430740523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882545333364701877.post-38351593830463904602012-08-03T09:28:59.066-04:002012-08-03T09:28:59.066-04:00Thank you both for the input - I love your plan Am...Thank you both for the input - I love your plan Amber and may try that myself!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872797810770018861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882545333364701877.post-13772573854485600682012-08-02T22:03:34.841-04:002012-08-02T22:03:34.841-04:00Hi Holly,
This is Chris' wife and I'm just...Hi Holly,<br />This is Chris' wife and I'm just starting my weight loss journey for the second time. My first go I did cardio and weight training. I lost a decent amount of weight while I was doing the program, but the biggest difference I saw was in the inches I lost. Plus doing weight training at the same time made the cardio exercises easier because I had more muscle to do higher intensity cardio. My second go at this though I'm focusing just on the cardio for a bit and then will pick up the strength training again.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466673345336366617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882545333364701877.post-44287216839809023752012-08-02T21:38:53.966-04:002012-08-02T21:38:53.966-04:00I think that is was easier to focus on the weight ...I think that is was easier to focus on the weight loss first, but it was probably not the best thing to do. I lost my weight very quickly, which comes with it's own issues (nicely hidden by the angle of the photo).<br /><br />Diet and cardio are the keys to weight loss as far as I am concerned, and not necessarily 'dieting' just a proper diet, with the things your body needs, not the things you crave after!<br /><br />Doing weight training at the same time might slow down your weight loss, but as you already noted, the scale is not the be-all end-all, a fitness assessment with measurements and counting number of pushups and situps and such, is a fantastic way to see progress in lots of different ways.Chris Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606284377430740523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882545333364701877.post-32526885376596949892012-08-02T19:17:46.676-04:002012-08-02T19:17:46.676-04:00Oh Chris! First thank you for linking me - I am h...Oh Chris! First thank you for linking me - I am honored to have you as a reader and second, thank you for this post! I was nodding as I read -- yes, yes, yes! I should know by now that weight isn't the "be all end all". Do you think it was easier to focus on weight loss first and then weight training or if you could do it again would you do both at the same time? I do have a set of weights and was weight training but since I started focusing on my diet, I've only done cardio (granted it's been two days...) I'm a little scared to think about weight training and weight loss at the same time because I think it might slow me down -- that may be because I'm still too caught up in the scale...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872797810770018861noreply@blogger.com