I receive many questions each day, but the most popular questions are as follows.

1. How long will it take me to lose, so much pounds?

2. How often do I need to workout?

3. What should I do cardio or weights?

I will give you general answers to these questions.

1. If your exercising correctly and eating right, you should lose 1-3 lbs per week. There are extremes. I have seen clients lose 10 lbs in 1 week.

2. I recommend 3 days of resistance training and 3 days of cardio when you first start out. These can be on the same day. Resistance training days, whole body workouts are recommended. Cardio should start at 20 minutes per session and change every 3 weeks. Either increase time, intensity, or change the mode, - bike, walk, stairmaster, etc.

3. To really lose the weight you want, resistance training is a must. For every extra pound of muscle you build, you can burn up to an extra 100 calories per day. This may not sound like a lot, but think about it. 100 times 365 = 36500 calories per year. That's a lot of weight. Studies also show that your metabolism will be elevated up to 24 hours. So when your sleeping, you will be burning more fat than if you did not resistance train.

Keep those questions coming!