Help for the Wife!!!

[Sassy69]

You gals have made really good posts on this subject... Daisy: she teaches all those classes in the morning ( tues, thurs, and sat) @ 5:30 am. So she doesnt miss time with the baby. However it takes a toll on her time sleeping.
I believe totally what you guys are saying about the Whole cardio/wts.. Me personally I hate cardio ( never do it) but I play competitive sports to replace it.. And I lift my ass of 5 times a wk.. She is so caught up on the wwers mentality of points, and cals in to cals burned mentality.. We had this argument last night... She says how the cardio be soo bad for me??? It is hard for her to believe the drop the cardio and pick up wts is going to work for me, because the cardio has worked so long for her in the past.. She has also read woman say that it takes a year to loose that " baby Fat" thst you got from the pregnancy.. I will have her read the rest of this thread.. I hope
it will sink in. And will have her post on here tonight so she can talk to you gals herself.. Thank you ALL!!!

Technically she doesn't need to drop the cardio IF SHE FUELS FOR IT. Cardio in & of itself is a fat burner, but will also consume muscle if it needs to get an energy source to burn from somewhere. The lifting is just good - there's no downside to resistance training. But the fueling is the most important part.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

YShe has also read woman say that it takes a year to loose that " baby Fat" thst you got from the pregnancy.. I will have her read the rest of this thread..

Actually, it can take up to 2 years for a body to return to normal - hormonally and physically.

In all honesty, if she does not HAVE to teach the classes (meaning, you do not count on this money to pay your mortgage) then I think she should drop them.

Not only does excess cardio make it hard to lose weight, but the lack of sleep makes for a hostile environment for losing weight also. Cardio can use muscle for energy during workouts - especially in a caloric deficit. Muscle is what fuels our metabolism. Lass muscle = lower metabolism. Lower metabolism = more BF storage.

She doesn't get why TONS of cardio is bad? Here are some links, she needs to really read them.


Why Weight Train Cardio Info
Why sleep?
How women should train

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Technically she doesn't need to drop the cardio IF SHE FUELS FOR IT. Cardio in & of itself is a fat burner, but will also consume muscle if it needs to get an energy source to burn from somewhere. The lifting is just good - there's no downside to resistance training. But the fueling is the most important part.

So true. The problem with doing tons of cardio is that is is MOST OFTEN done in a state of caloric deficit. People (women) think more cardio, less food = lower BF, thin, etc. Not always true.