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Two questions here:
I've started a heavy weight loss program (Weight Watchers) combined with cardio 5 or 6 days a week. I also do some ab and weight work but not intensively as we are waiting for a gym near our house to open their doors. I'm doing an hour on a recumbant bike on those days I do cardio. I know the recommendation is to do roughly 30 minutes of cardio at your target heart rate daily. Is it better to step up the resistance on the bike or to go for speed and distance or does it really matter? I'm burning roughly 720 calories in an hour at my current rate.
My wife is in pretty decent shape but gained about 4 lbs over our Mexican vacation about a month ago. She has been trying to lose it ever since. She also does Weight Watchers and runs 4 to 5 miles 7 days a week. The weight is just not coming off, and she wasn't sure whether she needed to vary her exercise a bit or take a day off now and then. We had read some things that seem to suggest that your body can get used to a certain type of workout and not lose weight unless you vary the intensities on different days.
Any advice?
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