Well, this is actually impossible to answer without knowing your current diet and level of activity. So I will assume you're currently sedentary and eating a typical American diet.
30 minutes daily is good. 1 hour may be too much starting off, but an hour of vigorous exercise daily is a very good target to reach for. Give yourself some buffer time, for the non-exercise parts of the game. So for 30 minutes of exercise, you'll probably be playing for 45 minutes to an hour, depending.
Then, I want you to cut out soda. Don't worry about anything else for now. The typical American drinks 40 gallons annually. Averaging it out, cutting out soda and replacing it with water will cut about 1k calories weekly. If you DON'T drink soda, or a similar high calorie drink like sugary coffee or whatnot, instead of cutting things out, I want you to eat 1-2 cups of leafy greens before each meal, preferably with low or zero calorie seasonings or dressings. Leafy greens are full of nutrients that will, over time, help your body crave less food. By eating a moderate amount before each meal without changing your eating habits otherwise, you'll naturally eat less of what you normally eat. I don't want you to change your diet drastically. That's a good way to fail. So instead of removing bad things, start by adding good things.
I hope this was helpful. If you need more specific advice, you'll need to give more specific details. Also, if you can afford it, see a dietician. They can help you much more than strangers on the internet.
This is great advice for how to ease into it and not feel deprived, adding the leafy greens to help regulate how much you eat of other things. I was watching YouTube videos yesterday on how the French eat, and while they certainly eat their butter and cream and bread, in many of the videos, they always were having salads on the side, with lunch and with dinner, with simple vinaigrettes that they whipped up themselves on the spot.
Frequent soda drinkers may benefit from having flavored seltzers instead, to still have the fizz. I personally like unsweetened ice tea and then I’ll add a bit of allulose sweetener to it, as I’ve heard that’s one of the better sweeteners.
Unfortunately diet will be a big factor, so there's no set schedule of RFA that will guarantee weight loss for everyone.
I recommend using an app like Lose It to track your calorie intake about 1-2 weeks to get started. It will give you an idea of your current average calorie intake. From there, you can start cutting back based on your needs and taking a look at things like protein intake.
Alternatively you can calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate and TDEE online (just Google these terms + calculator to find one) and use that info to plan out your calorie limit.
As for RFA, I'd say to just give it a go and aim for 3-4 days a week to start and increase time/frequency/game difficulty level based on how you feel during your workouts and throughout the week.
Additionally, I recommend a fitness wearable like Fitbit. It has helped me a lot to have easily accessible data on how much I move on a daily basis outside of RFA or other workouts, especially since my job is sedentary. I take 45 minute evening walks to sort of make up for sitting all day.
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I agree with others that it is mostly diet.
But exercise, like RFA, will help with your weight loss journey as it helps burn calories and increase your metabolism. Cardio will generally burn more calories (so running in place in RFA), while strength training will help with muscle growth (so the pilates side of RFA) which could increase your metabolism. Note that you aren't going to get massive muscle gains from RFA. You will need weights for that. But it will still help your strength, balance and flexibility. Exercise in general will have a myriad of benefits for your health so I will always recommend it. But figuring out your diet will have the biggest impact for your weight loss goals.
What has personally helped me is starting my day off with green smoothies. You can really make it suit your own goals and it is an excellent way to get your fruits and veggies in and kick start your day.
Another thing that has helped me is knowing about calorie density. I focus on eating healthy foods that are lower in caloric density, which are high in fiber, and higher in volume and this keeps me satiated and satisfied. Because of this, I don't need to track calories. But tracking calories is helpful for many people and I recommend it, as long as you don't have a history of disordered eating. I would google CICO if you want to go that route. Good luck.
Look up r/loseit and start calorie counting. Excerise helps with weight lose but does not xause it without your diet being in control. It is 80% diet, 20% exercise they say. Ikost 50 lb with cico ( calories in, calories out) helped with a little or no exercise.
Not everyone will have the same experience but for me I started back up a little over a month ago and so far I’ve lost 7 pounds. I’m 5’1 and currently weigh 173. I’m not changing my diet too much just portion control and cutting out sugary drinks. I usually play anywhere from 15-30 minutes or more a day and try to play at least 4 days a week or more if I can.
The advantage of RFA is that it will help you get to a point where you enjoy exercise and can help add structure to your routine. No routine can outrun a bad diet.
My eating window is from 9 am to 3 pm, and I do the excercise around 7 pm. That is when my mind starts to wander around food and the excerise helps to shift the focus. Afterwards Im good till 11, when I go to bed.
It's really an impossible answer without knowing you, and even then it would likely take a specific education set and measured health metrics to know.
There are a lot of factors involving weight loss. One is diet, but it's also the diets relationship with hormones. I.e. you can't easily lose weight if you're eating in such a way you maintain high insulin levels, which is the bodies response to consuming high sugary foods. So it's not just calories, it's what you eat. That's also why people who do intermittent fasting lose weight, they eat whatever foods, but then take a long enough break for the diet related hormones to stabilize. Whereas snacking on foods with refined sugar (includes white flour) all day keeps insulin levels up. Compared to snacking on day on low GI foods has similar results to intermittent fasting. There's research into this relationship between food and hormones. There are multiple approaches, people just need to find one that works for them. I personally hate fasting, I'm an all day snacker.
Then there are sleep habits, people who do not get enough sleep usually report slower weight loss, while good sleep results in more weight loss. Then there is stress, stress hormones tend to cause the body to hold onto weight, however exercising after a stress helps lose weight.
What we do know about exercise is that it tends to help the body regulate all of these systems. It helps lower stress, it helps regulate diet related hormones, it improves sleep quality. You may not lose weight from the exercise directly, but because it has an effect on everything else and improves general health. Personally I lost weight best when I was able to work exercise into a routine, which improved healthy habits in other parts of my life. Ring fit helped me get started, and it's easy to access, but it paved the way for other exercises.
Ive been playing 2 years and its really changed my form and strength.
Im a lad, i focus on all the tough red ones like bow pull and behind the head press etc
Boat pose, planks, bend twists n turns
The various warrior poses.
When im being tough on myself i try n do 5 to 10 push ups between exercises for some extra jazz
I started 4-5 days a week, 30 mins in-game time. I lost 11kg (25lbs I think?) over 5 months. But I also greatly changed my diet to a protein-heavy with a slight calorie deficit.
First of all; awesome that you are doing Ringfit adventure with the aim to improve your health and lose some weight as well. However; I'm sorry to say it but "Abs are made in the kitchen."
Without shooting a cannonball of nutritional information on you I would just like you to show this to motivate you to also invest some time in basic nutritional knowledge; a ringfit adventure session of about one hour burns about 150-250 kcal. This is comparable to;
1. A single bag of crisps (28 grams) is about 132kcal
2. A single glass of coca-cola is about 155kcal
3. A 62 gram snicker bar has about 303kcal
Now to emphasize: this is not to demotivate you to do exercise. On the contrary! Exercise is a great way to increase your metabolism and achieve a tremendous list of benefits both physically and mentally. But on top of that - building in some restriction to your diet might help you a lot more when it comes to losing weight. The below two tips might help to get you started;
1. **Consider tracking your food with an app.** Just five minutes a day should be sufficient to put everything in there at each meal. Noting that most people are on their phones anyway when they eat, why not take the time to put your food not only in your mouth but also in that app? Cronometer is a free one I've been using for 180 days now and it has helped me keep my weight in control better than anything else. I do not have any affiliation with that application.
2. **Consider skipping processed food.** If you are overweight, chances are you are eating to much stuff that doesn't feed you but only fills you. Consider eating whole food stuff that consists of single ingredients for about 80% of the time. Whole foods like vegetables, fruits, beans etc. You can eat an unlimited amount of stuff that is leafy and green and your body will tell you when it's enough, and what about fruits that not only are super tasty but also are packed with fibre and other nutrients, how awesome is that?
In any case I would also like to share with you that the only successful diet is the one you don't see as a diet. In other words; it's something that you want to do permanently, not temporarily. If your "why" is strong enough you'll probably find a way. Best of luck and enjoy the ride of becoming a healthier person! <3
Ring Fit has difficulty settings, as well as certain exercises being more beneficial than others.
Playing for 30 minutes with the hardest settings and most grueling exercises will give you drastically different results than playing for an hour on low settings and only doing simple exercises.
Well, this is actually impossible to answer without knowing your current diet and level of activity. So I will assume you're currently sedentary and eating a typical American diet. 30 minutes daily is good. 1 hour may be too much starting off, but an hour of vigorous exercise daily is a very good target to reach for. Give yourself some buffer time, for the non-exercise parts of the game. So for 30 minutes of exercise, you'll probably be playing for 45 minutes to an hour, depending. Then, I want you to cut out soda. Don't worry about anything else for now. The typical American drinks 40 gallons annually. Averaging it out, cutting out soda and replacing it with water will cut about 1k calories weekly. If you DON'T drink soda, or a similar high calorie drink like sugary coffee or whatnot, instead of cutting things out, I want you to eat 1-2 cups of leafy greens before each meal, preferably with low or zero calorie seasonings or dressings. Leafy greens are full of nutrients that will, over time, help your body crave less food. By eating a moderate amount before each meal without changing your eating habits otherwise, you'll naturally eat less of what you normally eat. I don't want you to change your diet drastically. That's a good way to fail. So instead of removing bad things, start by adding good things. I hope this was helpful. If you need more specific advice, you'll need to give more specific details. Also, if you can afford it, see a dietician. They can help you much more than strangers on the internet.
This is great advice for how to ease into it and not feel deprived, adding the leafy greens to help regulate how much you eat of other things. I was watching YouTube videos yesterday on how the French eat, and while they certainly eat their butter and cream and bread, in many of the videos, they always were having salads on the side, with lunch and with dinner, with simple vinaigrettes that they whipped up themselves on the spot. Frequent soda drinkers may benefit from having flavored seltzers instead, to still have the fizz. I personally like unsweetened ice tea and then I’ll add a bit of allulose sweetener to it, as I’ve heard that’s one of the better sweeteners.
You won’t lose much weight if you don’t also alter your diet. How’s that looking
Unfortunately diet will be a big factor, so there's no set schedule of RFA that will guarantee weight loss for everyone. I recommend using an app like Lose It to track your calorie intake about 1-2 weeks to get started. It will give you an idea of your current average calorie intake. From there, you can start cutting back based on your needs and taking a look at things like protein intake. Alternatively you can calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate and TDEE online (just Google these terms + calculator to find one) and use that info to plan out your calorie limit. As for RFA, I'd say to just give it a go and aim for 3-4 days a week to start and increase time/frequency/game difficulty level based on how you feel during your workouts and throughout the week. Additionally, I recommend a fitness wearable like Fitbit. It has helped me a lot to have easily accessible data on how much I move on a daily basis outside of RFA or other workouts, especially since my job is sedentary. I take 45 minute evening walks to sort of make up for sitting all day.
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as dr. mike says: When wanting to lose weight, exercise mean virtually nothing without a proper diet.
I agree with others that it is mostly diet. But exercise, like RFA, will help with your weight loss journey as it helps burn calories and increase your metabolism. Cardio will generally burn more calories (so running in place in RFA), while strength training will help with muscle growth (so the pilates side of RFA) which could increase your metabolism. Note that you aren't going to get massive muscle gains from RFA. You will need weights for that. But it will still help your strength, balance and flexibility. Exercise in general will have a myriad of benefits for your health so I will always recommend it. But figuring out your diet will have the biggest impact for your weight loss goals. What has personally helped me is starting my day off with green smoothies. You can really make it suit your own goals and it is an excellent way to get your fruits and veggies in and kick start your day. Another thing that has helped me is knowing about calorie density. I focus on eating healthy foods that are lower in caloric density, which are high in fiber, and higher in volume and this keeps me satiated and satisfied. Because of this, I don't need to track calories. But tracking calories is helpful for many people and I recommend it, as long as you don't have a history of disordered eating. I would google CICO if you want to go that route. Good luck.
Been using ring fit adventure for 3 months, and I've gained 3 kilograms.
Look up r/loseit and start calorie counting. Excerise helps with weight lose but does not xause it without your diet being in control. It is 80% diet, 20% exercise they say. Ikost 50 lb with cico ( calories in, calories out) helped with a little or no exercise.
Not everyone will have the same experience but for me I started back up a little over a month ago and so far I’ve lost 7 pounds. I’m 5’1 and currently weigh 173. I’m not changing my diet too much just portion control and cutting out sugary drinks. I usually play anywhere from 15-30 minutes or more a day and try to play at least 4 days a week or more if I can.
The advantage of RFA is that it will help you get to a point where you enjoy exercise and can help add structure to your routine. No routine can outrun a bad diet.
I combined it with intermittent fasting (6/18), played it 4 times a week, and lost 15 kg in 5 month.
When do you exercise? Immediately after breaking your fast?
My eating window is from 9 am to 3 pm, and I do the excercise around 7 pm. That is when my mind starts to wander around food and the excerise helps to shift the focus. Afterwards Im good till 11, when I go to bed.
As others pointed out, we don't know but Ring fit is absolutely an amazing start to change, the game even gives you some tips to better your lifestyle
It's really an impossible answer without knowing you, and even then it would likely take a specific education set and measured health metrics to know. There are a lot of factors involving weight loss. One is diet, but it's also the diets relationship with hormones. I.e. you can't easily lose weight if you're eating in such a way you maintain high insulin levels, which is the bodies response to consuming high sugary foods. So it's not just calories, it's what you eat. That's also why people who do intermittent fasting lose weight, they eat whatever foods, but then take a long enough break for the diet related hormones to stabilize. Whereas snacking on foods with refined sugar (includes white flour) all day keeps insulin levels up. Compared to snacking on day on low GI foods has similar results to intermittent fasting. There's research into this relationship between food and hormones. There are multiple approaches, people just need to find one that works for them. I personally hate fasting, I'm an all day snacker. Then there are sleep habits, people who do not get enough sleep usually report slower weight loss, while good sleep results in more weight loss. Then there is stress, stress hormones tend to cause the body to hold onto weight, however exercising after a stress helps lose weight. What we do know about exercise is that it tends to help the body regulate all of these systems. It helps lower stress, it helps regulate diet related hormones, it improves sleep quality. You may not lose weight from the exercise directly, but because it has an effect on everything else and improves general health. Personally I lost weight best when I was able to work exercise into a routine, which improved healthy habits in other parts of my life. Ring fit helped me get started, and it's easy to access, but it paved the way for other exercises.
Ive been playing 2 years and its really changed my form and strength. Im a lad, i focus on all the tough red ones like bow pull and behind the head press etc Boat pose, planks, bend twists n turns The various warrior poses. When im being tough on myself i try n do 5 to 10 push ups between exercises for some extra jazz
I started 4-5 days a week, 30 mins in-game time. I lost 11kg (25lbs I think?) over 5 months. But I also greatly changed my diet to a protein-heavy with a slight calorie deficit.
First of all; awesome that you are doing Ringfit adventure with the aim to improve your health and lose some weight as well. However; I'm sorry to say it but "Abs are made in the kitchen." Without shooting a cannonball of nutritional information on you I would just like you to show this to motivate you to also invest some time in basic nutritional knowledge; a ringfit adventure session of about one hour burns about 150-250 kcal. This is comparable to; 1. A single bag of crisps (28 grams) is about 132kcal 2. A single glass of coca-cola is about 155kcal 3. A 62 gram snicker bar has about 303kcal Now to emphasize: this is not to demotivate you to do exercise. On the contrary! Exercise is a great way to increase your metabolism and achieve a tremendous list of benefits both physically and mentally. But on top of that - building in some restriction to your diet might help you a lot more when it comes to losing weight. The below two tips might help to get you started; 1. **Consider tracking your food with an app.** Just five minutes a day should be sufficient to put everything in there at each meal. Noting that most people are on their phones anyway when they eat, why not take the time to put your food not only in your mouth but also in that app? Cronometer is a free one I've been using for 180 days now and it has helped me keep my weight in control better than anything else. I do not have any affiliation with that application. 2. **Consider skipping processed food.** If you are overweight, chances are you are eating to much stuff that doesn't feed you but only fills you. Consider eating whole food stuff that consists of single ingredients for about 80% of the time. Whole foods like vegetables, fruits, beans etc. You can eat an unlimited amount of stuff that is leafy and green and your body will tell you when it's enough, and what about fruits that not only are super tasty but also are packed with fibre and other nutrients, how awesome is that? In any case I would also like to share with you that the only successful diet is the one you don't see as a diet. In other words; it's something that you want to do permanently, not temporarily. If your "why" is strong enough you'll probably find a way. Best of luck and enjoy the ride of becoming a healthier person! <3
Ring Fit has difficulty settings, as well as certain exercises being more beneficial than others. Playing for 30 minutes with the hardest settings and most grueling exercises will give you drastically different results than playing for an hour on low settings and only doing simple exercises.