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in reply to: Bikram for weight loss – any stories for me?! #5096
I tried the calculator and it calcuated some phenomenal amount for me that was over 1000+ calories. All I can say is “I Wish”. If that were the case, then I’d be skin and bones right now since I go to hot yoga every day and work out at the gym every day too. I also try to keep my calories low by eating mostly fresh fruits & veggies with an added protein bar. I haven’t calculated my calories lately but I’d say I eat around 1,600 or so adding in fudge factor.
Even though I have not lost any weight, I still enjoy the other benefits. I can’t believe how much more my muscles are defined and how much stronger I am. Plus my balance has improved a lot. Now when I take an aerobics class, I am bouncing off the walls and everything seems easier.
Yes and you’d have to wonder about the instructors of hot yoga. If they were using “say 1000” calories per class and a lot of them teach doubles, etc., then they would be looking pretty anorexic right now.
in reply to: Bikram for weight loss – any stories for me?! #5091I have been going to hot yoga about as much as Bikhead does and started around the same time too. I haven’t lost any weight and maybe even gained a couple of pounds. I am no expert but this is my opinion for me. I am a gym rat so I also workout at the gym every day for at least 2 hours. It is my belief that hot yoga is the same as any other activity and that I burn calories based on the movements I do and possibly some increase due to my metabolism rising due to the heat. I am estimating that I burn approximately 400 or so calories in one hot yoga class. I wore a heart rate monitor into the yoga class one day and that was the calorie burn reading that I got. I felt it was a good calorie burn considering that it is the same that I burn in a cycling class which I feel is much harder.
Since I will skip a gym class to take a hot yoga class, as they are offered at the same time – I basically break even. If I eat back my calories, I will gain weight.
So my thoughts are that I could probably take just the hot yoga and lose weight if I was willing to cut way back on my calorie intake.
Basically it is calorie in verses calorie out = gain or lose (no matter the activity)
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