I was talking to a lady the other day who was 5′3′’ and 135 pounds. She came into the office because at 44 years of age, she was having trouble getting her weight down. She told me that she was doing everything right to lose weight but nothing was happening.I asked her what she had been doing and realized that even though sometimes people think they know what they are doing when it comes to exercise and weight loss; often they don’t have a clue.She told me that based on the fact that she wanted to lose 2lbs a week that she needed to burn off 1000 calories extra a week to meet her goals. She had cut her calories to below 1000 a day and was lifting light weights so she didn’t bulk up. It was then I knew where her problem was. To lose two pounds a week you actually need to create a deficit of 7000 calories over the period of a week through both diet and exercise. One pound of fat contains 3500 calories. To lose two pounds in a week, 7000 calories is the amount of calories you need to burn off. This large […]

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