pilates and yoga for weight loss?

yes or no? i do both but only on the weekends mostly. if i made an effort to go 5 days a week would it be enough for me to lose 5 pounds of fat by Haloween or will it just firm me up?

 

i do yoga ... i do it 3 times a week .... i dont go to classes any more .. i do it at home for an hour or so ... and in the morning i like to have a good streach out.. yoga as you know is a slower way of losing pounds although it does, and as you know it tones your body ).. i swim and do heaps of walking if i wanna lose more in a faster fat burning way ............ oh and i do try to eat fat burning foods ... apples are good (so they say) there is a list of foods on the internet if ya have alook ... they are meant to help break down the fat in your body .. .. oh well not sure if this is the type of advice you were after .. or maybe im just waffling lol .........

peace xx

 

Hi lynsey!

When I started Bikram's hot yoga, I definitely started losing weight. But I was working very hard in each class, maximizing every posture, and going 4-5 times a week. It will work for you, but you also have to be eating very healthy organic foods because the food additives in "regular" foods cause people to eat more by making them hungrier.

A juice fast will definitely take the pounds off fast, but they won't stay off. I recommend you do yoga for a few months to lose the first batch of weight, then do a juice fast for 7-10 days (book: "How to stay slim, healthy, and young with juice fasting," by Paavo Airola), then adopt an organic food lifestyle.

You'll be slim and trim forever if you do that!

 

I'd say if you didn't lose 5 pounds by then you should at least LOOK like you lost that much or more. That has always been the most improtant thing to me, not the number on the scale but the way my body looks and feeling good about it.

 

I'm down 12 pounds from when I posted this thread I would like to lose 5 more by the 9th though...I do yoga or pilates in the morning and run every other day in the evening..
I haven't done Bikhrams in years...I don't know if I am focused enough to get through an entire session. I lose my balance with the heat.

 

Yes, yoga and pilates help in shedding off some pounds. But this has to be combined with a healthy eating habit.