PP again. I was also 5’4” and 140 lbs. now I’m about 115 lbs.

I lost about 20 lbs once I started practicing power yoga. One hour a day 5 days a week. Nothing else changed. Ate healthy. Didn’t count calories. Yoga changes your body and a power/vinyasa class absolutely burns calories.

Sweat is your body cooling itself. Sweat doesn't always mean high calorie burn.

I would aim for eating 1500 calories daily and burning 300 to 400 calories daily with low impact workouts and a couple days weight lifting. Yoga once a week since you enjoy it.

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Anonymous wrote:The vinyasa is similar to a barre or pilates class by the way. Everyone’s drenched in sweat at the end so I think it’s a decent workout.

I am sweaty when I go outside and it’s hot. That doesn’t mean anything

I just woke up sweating. Thank you, perimenopause.

Anonymous wrote:The vinyasa is similar to a barre or pilates class by the way. Everyone’s drenched in sweat at the end so I think it’s a decent workout.

I am sweaty when I go outside and it’s hot. That doesn’t mean anything

Not much. Yoga is not a calorie burner so it isn’t putting you into a deficit and if you don’t cut your overall calorie intake it doesn’t matter if you eat those calories in 8 hours or 12. You need much more of a plan if you want to lose more than 2-5 lbs

Taking yoga - even power yoga - has zero or minimal effect on weight loss. Take it for flexibility or even strength training but it’s an inefficient way to burn calories. You’ll burn more just walking everywhere.

Anonymous wrote:The vinyasa is similar to a barre or pilates class by the way. Everyone’s drenched in sweat at the end so I think it’s a decent workout.

Sweat is not a measure of calories burned. You need a more intense workout.

1200-1300 calories is very little- unhealthy little IMO, even with zero exercise. People in vegetative states get tube fed more calories than that. You should definitely be able to lose. 10-15 lbs in 3 months.

But seriously, eat 1500 and aim for 4 months time

The vinyasa is similar to a barre or pilates class by the way. Everyone’s drenched in sweat at the end so I think it’s a decent workout.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'4 and would probably lose 20 pounds in 3 months at 140 pounds if I could tolerate eating so little. (I weigh 115 and eat over 2000/day for maintenance)

I have hypothyroidism and hashimotos and I’m on an SSRI so it’s hard for me to lose weight. I also have huge hormonal weight shifts like 6-8 lbs from water weight during my period. I haven’t been 115 since my 20’s. I’m also in my 40’s so that would be pretty unrealistic for me. I’m hoping to get to around 125-130. I’d be thrilled with 127ish.

Why only 2-3 lbs? Do I need to do keto or something along those lines?

I'm 5'4 and would probably lose 20 pounds in 3 months at 140 pounds if I could tolerate eating so little. (I weigh 115 and eat over 2000/day for maintenance)

Anonymous wrote:I’m doing an IF 16:8 fast (only eating between 12:30-8:30 about 1200-1300 calories) and work out doing an hour of power vinyasa every day. What kind of weight loss would you expect in 2-3 months if I stick with this?

Intermittent fasting might help you reduce calories taken in, but other than that there is no evidence that it helps you to lose weight.

2-3 lbs at most

I’m doing an IF 16:8 fast (only eating between 12:30-8:30 about 1200-1300 calories) and work out doing an hour of power vinyasa every day. What kind of weight loss would you expect in 2-3 months if I stick with this?