Thursdays are going to be dedicated towards diet. In terms of purely losing weight diet is far more important than exercise. There are 3500 calories in a pound so in order to lose one you would need to find a way to have a 3500 calorie deficit. There are two ways to do this, through diet or exercise. If a 160 lb person jogged 5mph for 20 minutes they would burn about 195 calories. So in order to burn 3500 calories, that person would need to run for about 6 hours. That's a lot of hours of running, even in a week's time. On the other hand, there are 240 calories in a 20 oz bottle of coke. So if someone drank 2 cokes a day and decided to cut coke out of their diet, in a week they could have a deficit of 3,360 calories. Almost a whole pound could be lost just by not drinking soft drinks. My point is, diet is a major part of losing weight. Eating healthy foods that fill you up will easily reduce the amount of calories you consume. Combining a healthy diet with exercise will have the pounds melting off in no time!
Side note: I have a sinus infection and researched whether I should exercise because I don't want to make it worse or prolong it. I learned a neat rule about illness and exercise! If your symptoms are above the neck (sneezing, stuffy nose, sore throat, etc.) exercise is fine as long as you don't do anything TOO intense. Low to moderate intensity should not affect your immune system in a negative way. If your symptoms are below the neck (nausea, diarrhea, etc.) you should not exercise until you are well again. I'd consider the 30 Day Shred a high intensity exercise, however, I plan on doing it at a moderate intensity. I didn't want to skip today all together because I committed to this program and want to prove to myself that I can see it to completion!
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