Accountability and support for my new lifestyle!

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_L_A_
_L_A_ Posts: 170 Member
edited September 2016 in Motivation and Support
I want to be fit, I want to be healthy and I want to be proud of my body. So I'm overhauling my lifestyle and would love some support, accountability, motivation, friends, to be able to support other and advice. So if anyone would like to help me and/or join me follow this thread and feel free to add me as a friend!

New lifestyle aims
1. Be happy
2. Get fit by doing regular scheduled exercise
3. IIFYM
4. Keep calories in the red on MFP (1930 minimum)
5. Take 15 minutes to think if the urge to binge eat comes on
6. Do not punish myself if I do binge eat
7. INCH LOSS NOT WEIGHT LOSS; do not weigh self except on scheduled dates
8. Update accountability thread on MFP daily!

If you got this far, well done! So now on to my exercise regime, I want to do mainly strength with a bit of cardio so I've come up with a two week schedule that should cover everything I need equally. I sat with a gym instructor to choose which strength exercises are best for me considering my aims and any injuries.

M leg day
T arm day
W cardio
Th rest
F leg day
Sa cardio
Su rest
M arm day
T leg day
W cardio
Th rest
F arm day
Sa cardio
Su rest

Arm Day Workout
Alternating bicep curls
Concentrated bicep curls
Overhead extensions
Shrug
Upwards row
Front raises
Lateral raises
Bench press flat
Bench press incline
Overhead press
Crunch
Legs raised crunch
Bicycle crunches
Plank
Plank with climb
Press up (knees)
Single leg lowering
Cobra
Superman

Leg Day Workout
Leg press
Hip abduction
Hip addiction
Leg extension
Leg curl
Crunch
Legs raised crunch
Bicycle crunches
Plank
Plank with crawl
Press ups knees
Single leg lowering
Cobra
Superman
Squat with bar

Cardio workout options
Run, swim, fitness class, 30DS DVD, cardio in gym (cross trainer, bike, row, treadmill etc.)

If you've got all the way through I'm impressed! Please feel free to join in whether you're doing something similar or different, I'd especially like to get to know people who are focussing on fitness rather than weight loss but the more the merrier!

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  • _L_A_
    _L_A_ Posts: 170 Member
    edited September 2016
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    Monday 12/09
    Calories: 2021
    Macros (C:F:P): 41:37:22
    Exercise: Leg day

    Tuesday 13/09
    Calories: 1972
    Macros (C:F:P): 47:30:23
    Exercise: Arm day
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
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    I hope leg day was a success. Have you completed day 2? Are you achings muscles
  • _L_A_
    _L_A_ Posts: 170 Member
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    refuseresist wrote: »
    I hope leg day was a success. Have you completed day 2? Are you achings muscles

    Yep I'd completed day 2 :) near enough completed day 3 now too!

    I'm very surprised that I'm not aching much at all, and I am pushing myself enough, I'm struggling to complete the last sets on arm day! I have to be careful with leg day, my muscles are strong and can take greater weights than I'm doing but my knees are bad, I put 100kg on the leg press after 18 months of no focuses leg exercises and my muscles were fine, just beginning to struggle at the end of the sets, but I managed to impinge some tissue in the joint! I've had bad knees for over 10 years now and I still haven't learnt!!
  • _L_A_
    _L_A_ Posts: 170 Member
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    Wednesday 14/09
    Calories: 1954
    Macros (C:F:P): 45:29:26
    Exercise: running, intervals to ease back in to it
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
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    My knees hurt after running but i think they have to get used to it

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