How long does it take before you lose weight

Do a Marathon not a Sprint

By Dr Khong Lamvichit 11 January 2017

Wondering when you could lose the added poundage from your bingeful post-holiday eats?  Well here's the magic answer; there is no magic answer.  No diet pill, prayer, or the latest in shake weight technology will flip the added mass you accumulated in a span of 1.5 months, nope but flat out hard work and endurance.  Not even necessarily about hard work, but endurance and here's why:

Short goals 4-6 weeks:
"Revenge Fitness" or should I go with "Extreme Fitness"?  Doesn't matter, all falls under the category of Short Term Fitness goals.  Seeing is believing and I see little gains from the erratic gym goers.  I get it the significant other found someone else, beach-time is a coming, or maybe the combination of both, but no justice will be served if you continue to fickle with fitness time.  Now unless you're already and active avid athlete who's preparing for a specified competition these goals are a myth, a legend, and not in a good way.  

Long goals 12-16 weeks:
Leaves a good time frame for your body to adapt to the exercises and adjust to new movements that was pretty much nonexistent for the last couple of months.  Although I must include factors like: nutrition, workout-intensity, genetics, and your preferred level of activity; however hence why there is a numerical range my friends.  Once your body soon recognizes what you are doing and what it needs to do to keep up with the output, than you my compadre will reap the rewards of the slimmings and trimmings of all your endurance work.  "Revenge fitness" doesn't get better than that.

Thank you to exercise scientist Shawn Arent Ph.D of Rutgers University in the video above as he sheds (pun intended) some light on how long your body will take to lose the extra pounds.  

References:
1. Amirthalingam, T. (2016). Modified German Volume Training Program on Muscular Hypertrophy and Strength. J Strength Cond Res. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27941492.
​2. Gibala M., "Molecular responses to high-intensity interval exercise." Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2009 Jun;34(3):428-32. doi: 10.1139/H09-046.
3. Chilibeck, P. D., & Calder, A. W. (1998). A comparison of strength and muscle mass increases during resistance training in young women. (C. E. Webber, Ed.) [Abstract]. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol,77(1-2), 170-175. Retrieved January 11, 2017, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9459538.

Dr. Khong Lamvichit

​For a number of years, Dr. Khong Lamvichit has been establishing himself as a leading movement doctor in physical therapy, writer, presenter, sports injury doctor and Chiropractic sports physician in Chicago, IL. Currently owner and president of Midwest Sport and Spine Inc.  at River North in Chicago, IL.  

​​In addition to extensive fitness experience, having trained under reputable sports doctors in his field, Dr. Khong has been a long time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, and Muay Thai practitioner, and currently training independently in gymnastics, yoga, capoeira, and the Ido Portal method. 

​Dr. Khong also works professionally as a presenter and consultant for crossfit and powerlifting gyms throughout the Chicago Land area.  Dr. Khong is originally from St. Petersburg, Florida and is a graduate of the Florida Gulf Coast University and National University of Health Sciences.  Dr. Khong Lamvichit is a nationally board certified Chiropractic physician in Chicago, Illinois.