Case Study: You are a personal trainer, and you have a client who has been working with you for 3-
months. Your client's goal is to lose 30 lbs; however, they have noticed that they have not lost any weight
in the whole 3-months, you start asking your client questions and discover that your client has been
ignoring the amount of food that they are consuming and not adhering to their workout schedule.
Question: Explain why the client is not losing any weight. Attempt to use many of the terms mentioned in
this chapter, listed below:
1. Energy Balance
2. Body composition
3. Physical activity
4. Calories
5. Moderate/vigorous intensity physical activity
6. Caloric Balance
7. Body mass index (BMI)
8. Total energy expenditure
9. Resting metabolic rate
10. Thermic effect of food
11. Physical activity energy expenditure
12. Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
13. Weight loss
