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Originally Posted by twentysixpoint2
I've never seen results or success at maintenance for me with anything less than 30-60 minutes of cardio at least 5 days per week (I'm training for a run now, so I do a lot more than that...). I also do weights 3x per week.
In contrast, I went from into the 250's to below 200 without ever stepping into a gym or getting on a treadmill. I didn't lift a weight and all I did was adjust my eating patterns. Averaged about 1.9lbs/week.
It's all about calories in versus calories burned. Finding the perfect balance of how large my calorie deficit needed to be was key.
That being said... I'm now going to the gym everyday and doing two 20 minute sessions on different cardio pieces(back to back... like 20 on elliptical and then a 20 min run) and then 15(trying... to get to 20) on the stair stepper. I'm tracking my calories religiously and the pound loss rate has slllloooowweed to nearly a stand still.
I know with time, my efforts will pay off, though.