Swimming and Bicycling.

[BrookeLynn]

Hey there. I'm Brooke.
My current weight is 142 and I am 5'2"
I have recently been deciding I need to lose weight.

I have found that I enjoy swimming laps at the pool for about 45 mins. to an hour a day. To get to the pool I bicycle about a mile and a half there and back at a moderatively fast pace.

If I do this everyday with about a 1,200 calorie intact should I be able to lose weight at a sufficient pace?

I have googled "swimming for weight loss" and have found a mixture of different results. Some articles say that you may end up gaining weight, some say that I will lose weight because it is a great excerise, or that my weight will stay the same. I don't really care about my weight, but I am more looking to tone up and burn fat.

Has anyone here tried swimming for weight loss or fat burn? Or do you know what results it will get me?

I also have cheerleading practice 3 times a week for about 1 and a half hours each practice.


Do you think that all of this together will bring me results? Or should I add in 20 minutes of Stairmaster 3 times a week on top of all of this?




Any information or advice would be great!!
Thanks so much!
Love,
Brooke.

 

[maleficent]

1200 calories is entirely too low for all that activity you're doing... search this site for harris benedict to find the formula to give you a good range of calories to shoot for.

Less calories does not mean more success...

 

[BrookeLynn]

Well even if 1,200 cal. is not enough I can easily up that.


What I am asking about is the results I will get with swimming.

 

[corndogggy]

May depend on how you swim, and possibly the temperature of the water. I know if I swim for 20 minutes, it feels like my muscles are about to blow up, because I'm not smooth. However, some old men can swim laps all day long because they're efficient. With weight loss, basically efficient is bad, no matter what the subject.

So yeah, if you're trying your guts out in cold water, you're going to burn alot more than being efficient in warm. As for the stories about gaining weight... basically some people who swim work up a huge appetite and they overeat. You're not going to magically gain weight for no apparent reason.