I am trying to lose weight? Help Please?
I had my son about 6months ago.. i have lost like 20 or so pounds so far but i just can not get myself to lose anymore. i have an elliptical which i try to use when i can. i am not lazy i was alot ( while i push him in a stroller). I work out in the yard, i try to eat right and not to late. but i can help but want to eat more sweets when i dont eat them.. lol well my boyfriend thinks it is so easy to lose weight he tells me to stop eating cookies. when i only eat like one. these are the first ones i have ate in like 4 months. well anyways. i used to be fit and thin, but know i am fat. i have never been this fat. I need a whole body workout that is fast acting and really works. not those diets that dont work like the pickle juice diet… lol well thanks for your help.. please leave anything that i can due with the use of my elliptical as well. it is a nordic track one from sears. thanks
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http://www.exrx.net/Beginning.html check out this site, I think it is great. Basically you need to do aerobic exercise at least 5 days a week for a minimum of 30 minutes. I would also incorporate weight training 2-3x’s/week for 20 – 30 minutes a time. A workout could be full body, with some light dumbells, tubing and/or body weight, you don’t need to join a gym.
Start with the larger muscle groups, legs, back, chest, shoulders, arms.
The ACSM article below is long but very informative.
Good luck.
Its great to stay on a healthful diet, but you should reward yourself once in a while with something sweet. It is much easier to stay on a diet if you treat yourself once in a while.
Get 100 calorie oreo packets and let yourself have a packet once in a while.
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As for the workout, you need to move all of your muscles to get a more eficient workout, dancing and workouts that have you up off the floor and on your feet work the best. I learned in school also that your fat cells in your body need an even amount of oxygen fat and sugar to burn the fat. This is why starving yourself doesn’t work. When you starve yourself your body doesn’t eat at your fat cells, it eats at your muscles. Also how much you weigh doesn’t matter, its lean weight to fat weight. regular scales aren’t as efficint as fat weight percentage scales. Two people could weight the same and be the same height, but the percentage of fat in their body could be completely different.
My advise is be active all day long and work out two or three times a week. eat healthful foods throughout the week and on the weekend relax. treat yourself once in a while so you wont give up on your diet. And last, make goals of what you want to do, write them down and use this as your motivation.
Good luck to you =]