Djole says March 4, 2016

I did almost excatly that. I lost 40 lbs spread out over 6 months. The first three months I was not following a very low cal diet, I was eating 1500-1600 cals a day. I did yoga (power yoga, 1 hr) 3x a week, and was running about 2x a week (1-1.5 miles each time). I lost 20 lbs during that time. Then I went on vacation for a month, didn’t count any calories or exercise at all, but didn’t gain any weight. When I came back, I started exercising again. I this time ate 1200-1300 calories a day, attended 4 (sometimes 5) power yoga classes a week, and only ran on average once a week (1-1.5 miles). I lost the last 20 lbs during that two months.I definitely think that the power yoga + low cal diet combo works wonders. I saw differences in my body (look and strength) after just a month of that. I don’t think the running really had anything to do with it, it was minimal, and I just did it bc occasionally I feel like it. I did the math, and I lost .5-1 lbs per week more on the last 2 months than on the first 3. Part of that is that I was eating less, but those power yoga classes burned a lot more than the running workouts I did. And the last 2 months I did 1-2 more yoga workouts and one less running workout per week, as compared to the first 3 months.And, I was so incredibly flexible. As I’ve said before on Y!A, I was so flexible that economy airline seats were comfortable. I could just fold up and be comfy. I really have to get back into doing yoga regularly!

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