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Ask Rocco: Fitness results don't come quick |
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Written by Rocco Castellano
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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Q: I have never been skinny, but never overweight either. I had my last child at 42. I lost all of the weight but then I lost a family member, went into a funk, got divorced, and I calculate that I am now 40 pounds overweight.
I have quit drinking alcohol, I watch my diet, and I now walk 30 minutes a day up and down steep hills. Is this enough? I have been at it 10 days with no results.
Please help. If there is anyone who deserves help — I do. Someone said my thyroid could be the cause, but when I last checked the doctor said it was OK.
My herbalist has been saying for about three years that my thyroid is not working.
Any suggestions? I can’t stand being fat!
Rebecca
A: I don’t understand why you would expect to see results after ONLY 10 days of doing anything.
Do you think that after 10 days of going to tractor-trailer driving school you would learn how to properly drive a tractor trailer and be road worthy? The results equal the effort. Let’s say you dropped out of driving school after days and decided to go back two months later and then dropped out again. Do you think you would get the desired results, i.e. a tractor-trailer drivers license? No, you wouldn’t.
The same thing goes for fat loss and fitness results.
Consistency and frequency of a workout, with an emphasis on the word “work” is what creates an environment for results.
Tell your herbalist that he’s a friggin’ idiot and that the reason why your furnace isn’t working so well is because you’re more likely to be lean mass deficient (meaning you don’t have the muscle you are supposed to have). That is why you are not losing fat.
You need to build muscle to create a bigger furnace to burn more fuel.
The concept is not a difficult one to grasp: The bigger the engine, the more gas it burns.
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Rocco Castellano is the co-founder of askROCCO Media, which provides boot camps, seminars, media content and online fitness services at askROCCO.com. He is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and has written “askROCCO Uncensored v1” available at bookstores. Ask your personal
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