can i lose weight by dancing?
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if you do a lot of it, diet + other exercise, yes.
Sure
Yes! Dancing is great exercise.
yeah
Yes, you can, especially if you watch what you eat and do it for at least half an hour.
That's supposedly how Kirstie Alley lost all that weight. The dancing combined with Jenny Craig I guess.
sure its aerobic, plus the have dance classes for weight loss. so its gotta work!
yes.....as long as you dont go out and eat a whole chocolate cake afterwards.
yes as long have you get your heart beat goin and keep it upfor at least 30 minutes ten yes you will have to do it 5 days a week tho to benifit from it
diet and exercise. yes, dancing can be exercise.
yes! there's many gym classes for this - brazilian dance, strip dance, belly dancing, aerobic dancing - it is very good exercise.
sure any kind of excerise will help you lose weight, along with proper eating
Yes many forms of excercise are included in dancing. Dancing can often be the most vigorous form of dancing.
Yes, providing you put in enough time doing it. Dancing is considered a good aerobic exercise.
Have you ever seen a fat ballerina? Damcing is wonderful exercise. The only way to lose weight is to eat less, exercise more , or both. So yes, you can definitely lose weight by dancing.
Of course it is a good cardio vascular exercise! When i dance i really burn the floor so much the fire dept has to be called.
Simple answer: Yes.
Explanation: Dancing (like other forms of exercise) burns calories. you loose weight when you burn more calories than you take in.
I read where one woman lost a significant amount of weight just dancing for fifteen minutes every morning.
dancing...MMmmm.. YES you can lose weight! Promise! Body shapes changes..Mmmm...DO IT !
Yeup, as long as you eat healthy too! Remember to do enough excercise.
Yes, provided that the calories you will burn from dancing will not be replenished by eating more than what you/ve burned.
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