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Obesity has become rampant because most of the people who eat a lot at the same time aren’t sufficiently active in their everyday life. This is usually termed as a sedentary lifestyle in which there is little to no involvement in any kind of physical activity.
Then there are the people who are seeking for a change and finally working out and going on a sustainable diet. Most of the time, these people overestimate the calories burned when they work out and underestimate the calories they take in when eating. The result achieved is maintenance (no weight loss) or even weight gain.
This ultimately dooms their workout regimen to failure. Instead of losing weight, they don’t and this only leads to frustration. It won’t be long then before that person quits altogether.
This is one of the most common problems facing gym-goers. Most of the people seeking to lose weight lose trust in the system instead. Because they can’t see any noticeable result, they give up blaming system.
To put a little perspective, let’s create an activity level table with six levels. A construction worker that goes to the gym five times a week is the highest level which is six. A lot of people fall at one which is the sedentary lifestyle. If you go to the gym at least three times a week, only then will you reach level two. As you can see, too many people fall into levels 1 and 2.
These people should understand that because they have a low activity level, they should put a more significant amount of effort in the gym.
A lot of people don’t realize how difficult it really is to lose weight. For example, the average person would burn only around 300 calories on a treadmill brisk-walking for an hour. To lose one pound, this person should brisk walk for at least 12 hours. And no one is going to spend that much time in the gym.
With regards to the calories burned, a lot of people also don’t realize how many calories there really is in food. For example, one cup of white rice will already give around 200 calories. For the average person who eats more than that for every meal, the calories gained on rice alone would already be around 1000 calories.
This combination of overestimating calories burned and underestimating calories obtained is one the most dangerous problems when working out. To avoid this, you must concretely identify your activity level. There are many calorie calculators online based on different scientific formulas. You may also hire a personal trainer or nutritionist to help you concretely identify your numbers for calories burned and gained.
But everybody is different and these numbers are ultimately estimates. To offset any under or over-estimations, decrease a few hundred calories from your daily limit and decrease your workout calories burned estimations also by at least a hundred.
The final numbers are obtained through rigorous trial and error testing but it will be all worth it in the end. This will enable you to maximise your workout and in time, you will finally see some appreciable results.