Need Help Devising Exercising Plan, 150 lbs to lose

Mantislady

Stats: Female, 5'4, currently 248 lbs, 39 years old. I carry a lot of weight in my legs/hips/thighs.

Eating Habits: I cut out meat and dairy. I eat lots of veggies and fruit, beans, grains like quinoa. (9 mos or so, about)

Goal: To weigh around 130, be lean. I do not want to have bulk muscle.

I have started exercising after 10 years of being sedentary and putting on this weight.

30 Day Shred:
I did Day 1 of the 30 Day Shred, and could not move the next 2 days. I am now back on it, and the workout was significantly easier than when I did it on Day 1, and from here on I think I will be able to do it each day for the 30 days. I cannot do the jumping jacks, nor the pushups, but I am make sure no matter what I keep moving. My HR stayed around 166 throughout, I will have to look up if that is bad or not.

Walking
The past 7 days I have been walking close to 1 mile each night (yay!).

Pilates DVD
I also did a Pilates DVD for beginners and loved it, and want to continue.

I need all of your loving advice and expertise to help me devise a plan. (I do not have a gym membership). I am one that needs structure, of what to do and when. I am LOVING exercise. I do not want to overdo it, but I want to do as much as I can.

At home I have free weights, exercise bike, and love DVDs.

Here is what I have figured out for the next 30 days:
1. Each day 30-day shred
2. Walking 1 mile each evening

What else can I incorporate in? If you have any suggestions on DVDs (let me know). PS I work through the home, so exercising throughout the day or whenever, I have no restrictions. How can I incorporate more PIlates. Can I do the Pilates DVD every day? Or is that unhealthy? Can I do Yoga? Maybe that and Pilates? Thank you so much for your advice!!

AnaCoffee

First, wow for what you're doing already! :drinker:

I'm close to your weight and height (5' 6" and 225.5 pounds.) I just started here a few days ago and dug out my Walk Away the Pounds dvds, am loving them, and ordered 2 more. My daily goal is 60 minutes 5+ days a week, though sometimes I manage more. They're low-impact aerobics (what other threads have said to count them as) and don't hurt my back (arthritis and sciatica) at all. I do all my exercise indoors be those videos or walking back and forth from the living room to the kitchen. (What I did during the winter before remembering those dvds.)

Feel free to ad me if you'd like. New friends are yay. :drinker:

Mantislady

Thank you VegCoffee! I will have to look for those DVDs! I definitely added you!! Fun, active friends are definite must- have!

lovesretirement

Two of my fav DVDs are Jessica Smith's Walking for Wellness and Kelly Coffey-Meyer's Fitness Starts Here.
You can read about them, read reviews, look at a sample, and buy at collagevideo.com.
Variety will keep you from boredom.
Good luck!

RCottonRPh

Your "plan" should be specific to your current level of fitness and should be tweaked and changed over time. First, focus of just doing anything on a regular basis...make exercise a habit. Once it's a habit, then you can tweak and focus on elements like strength, flexibility, etc.

Mantislady

Newretiree: Nice, I will definitely heck those out! And, maybe my family video has them!

RCottonRPh: I appreciate all of your thoughts! I think thought being specific is what helps me. The "just do anything" is what I am trying to figure out- as I need structure. If I wake up in the morning and tell myself to so anything, I know I may not do anything (I know, it is backwards, lol) I feel focusing on things is what helps me turn it into a habit.

SBeing detailed is kind of like my personality, if that make sense? I like to have a checklist when I go to the grocery store, have my grains, have my veggies, have 1 frozen meal for emergency so I don't splurge, when developing my business I developed a plan to do A, B C, etc. I think gets me even more motivated when I research things and know why I am doing them.

Thus, for exercising, same thing. I totally understand what you mean, as being sedentary for so many years any form of exercise is golden. I am trying to develop a plan (since this is the way I tackle things). Hope this makes sense in what I am looking for?