Strengh Training...YES OR NO???

[ELENATION 0]

Good morning guys,

I've heard people who swear by it and others who swear against it.

I've talked to a couple of personal trainers in the past and both insisted that strengh training is essential in weight loss and that you should do it since you start your weight loss journey, because gaining muscles boosts your metabolism, etc. I also talked to a nutritionist before who told me that I should wait until I have lost a larger amount of weight and then start strengh, otherwise my scale won't move. Losing inches is great, but I love to see my scale go down as well, I guess I can say that I'm addicted to the scale. (I know, I shouldn't) Ultimately, I just want to do what's right, not what I want.

I've done my research and from what I've read I think it's a good idea to do strengh exercise along with your cardio since the beginning of our journeys, I tried at the beginning, but I was never consistent, but now, I've been doing it consistenly for 2 weeks, I do 20 minutes weights and then 45 minutes cardio, 3-4 times a week.

What has been your experience? Have you done strengh/weights since the beginning and lost weight steadly? or Did your weight loss stop when you started doing strengh exercise? , and if it did, when did you start losing again, a few weeks/months? Or Did you wait to start your strengh training later on, after you lost more weight? I just would like to hear your experiences on this.

Thank you guys, and have a great day! Love,

Elena

[NJChick 3]

Strength training is so beneficial .... Alex just gave us an exercise board...you might wanna check it out.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=81

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Thank you very much for responding, I posted on the exercise forum as well. Hugs,

Elena

[Nana~ 4]

I'm starting to think about it now myself, My Dr has allways told me just to focus on cardio for weightloss but now I have 45 pounds to go I want to tone up.

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I hear you! but I think I will continue to do mine! Best wishes,

Elena

[Nana~ 4]

Was not saying dont do it, was saying I'm thinking about starting...

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oh I know, I know, I'm sorry if I said it wrong, I meant, that I think that I'm convinced to do it now LOL! I really appreciate very much your response and opinion! Hugs,

Elena

[Nana~ 4]

No worries Just making sure you knew I was with you on this )

[ELENATION 0]

okie dokie LOL!!!!!! we are in this together!