Most of what I've read on this thread pertains to food intake with little emphasis on exercise.
Yes, if your weight is far over the norm, you can't exercise, yet..., but once exercise is possible, start.
Starting can be as simple as walking outside your residence for a 100' and then back to the couch.
Next day, do it again.
Continue this approach and gradually lengthen your distance.
Ultimately, your stamina will build, your strength increase and you'll be able to go for miles, feeling great and being much healthier - plus, you'll look better too, not just slimmer.
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- Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:46 am
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- Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:35 am
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Re: 2012 weight loss group
How's this - eat whatever you like, just less of it...and exercise at something you find enjoyable. This approach will keep you trim.
For me, before knee surgery, distance running and/or distance inline skating were my exercises of choice for heart/lung/legs. For the rest of me - I lift weights at home employing relatively low weight - high reps. The very low expense of a weight set is very cost effective. There's no need to join a gym either. Yeah, I guess it helps keep some of the unmotivated to stay more motivated, but for me the convenience of working out at home can't be beat.
Now, I bike ride 25 miles every other day and work out with weights on non-bike days.
This has been my routine for over forty years.
For me, before knee surgery, distance running and/or distance inline skating were my exercises of choice for heart/lung/legs. For the rest of me - I lift weights at home employing relatively low weight - high reps. The very low expense of a weight set is very cost effective. There's no need to join a gym either. Yeah, I guess it helps keep some of the unmotivated to stay more motivated, but for me the convenience of working out at home can't be beat.
Now, I bike ride 25 miles every other day and work out with weights on non-bike days.
This has been my routine for over forty years.
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:32 am
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Re: 2012 weight loss group
Diets aren't necessary to lose weight.
Eat your normal diet - just less of it...and find an aerobic exercise you like such as walking, biking or swimming and do it every other day minimally for at least 30 minutes non-stop.
If you're totally out of shape enter an exercise program very gradually i.e., walk a block and stop. After a week add a block, the week after that add two blocks and so on... Eventually, you'll get into shape and be able to add a lot more to your distance. Same approach with any type of exercise program you enter out of shape...
If you start your exercise program gradually you won't suffer horrible soreness and will be able to keep it up. Get impatient for results and you won't stay with the program because you'll end up either injured or so sore you'll quit.
Complicated diets, counting calories, etc. are a major pain. If you eat your normal foods, but far less of them, it's simpler and easier to stay with.
Eat your normal diet - just less of it...and find an aerobic exercise you like such as walking, biking or swimming and do it every other day minimally for at least 30 minutes non-stop.
If you're totally out of shape enter an exercise program very gradually i.e., walk a block and stop. After a week add a block, the week after that add two blocks and so on... Eventually, you'll get into shape and be able to add a lot more to your distance. Same approach with any type of exercise program you enter out of shape...
If you start your exercise program gradually you won't suffer horrible soreness and will be able to keep it up. Get impatient for results and you won't stay with the program because you'll end up either injured or so sore you'll quit.
Complicated diets, counting calories, etc. are a major pain. If you eat your normal foods, but far less of them, it's simpler and easier to stay with.