Weight loss and yoga

[Guest guest]

Hi Spy,

I read your post about walking, yoga and weight loss.

I have found that walking and yoga do not help with weight loss - that is my own

experience. In the last 5 years I have gained about 15 pounds, and that is

average weight gain, but in that time I walked extensively and also have done

regular yoga. Walking and yoga for me keep me sane and strengthen my core, but

never help weight loss.

For weight loss I rely on swimming and aqua aerobics. We need to raise our

heart rates to lose weight and burn calories and fat. My friend has a heart

rate monitor that she uses to train for triathlons. When we do yoga she wears

it and it showed her last time she only burnt 25 calories! An article sent a

while ago on the list showed yoga burns max 110 calories a session - that

about makes up for a can of coke a day! But swimming burns about 200+ as does

aqua, and also builds / tones muscle. Another great thing that I am thinking of

doing is spin class on a bicycle. You can set the gears low so the rotation is

easy and not too hard on the legs, but the

average calories a spin session are about 350 to 450! For 45 minutes! Now that

is about a lunch subtracted from the daily calendar!

So don't give up on the gym and weight loss - just add a swim in and you will

get there. I am in the same boat - but am confident that I will lose the weight

I want with patience and a consistent approach.

All the best from London,

Donna