Exercise is the key! Long post about a lesson I learned yesterday

chefbender5310

Hi all! I have been using MFP for about three weeks now and have lost four pounds so far...24 more to go! I have been doing pretty good with the food diary, keeping calories below or at 1200 daily.

My exercise routine has steadily increased from 5000 steps to 8000 steps daily. I do two cardio treadmill routines which I alternate.

The Need for Speed on the treadmill starts with three minutes at 3.2 mph than alternates with 3.9 mph for one minute intervals until I reach 31 minutes.

The Steady Incline on the treadmill starts with three minutes flat at 3.2 mph than alternates with level 8 incline every other minute for 31 minutes.

Days I do Need for Speed I also do five pound dumbbells...hammer straight, row, dead lift from shoulders, and hammer curl ten reps times three per session.

Days I do Steady Incline I do a Nine Minutes Strength Training (which is from an article I saw in The NY Times for nine exercises to do in 9 minutes) - body weight squats, pushups against the wall, mountain climber against third step to upstairs, forearm plank, body weight split squat, single leg raise, single leg toe touches and double leg raises. I have had to work my way up to ten reps do some..others I can do two sets of ten reps. Plank I can get up to count of 50. I do not do the burpee...no way...lol..

Now yesterday was a difficult day because I was stuck at a surgical center with hubby for the whole day and did not even clock 1000 steps due to the circumstances...when I did my food diary at the end of the day it really showed the difference between a day of activity and not...usually it says in five weeks you will weigh 149.2 or something like that...Yesterday it stated 153.6...I was really struck by that difference!

nighthawk584

chefbender5310 wrote: »

Hi all! I have been using MFP for about three weeks now and have lost four pounds so far...24 more to go! I have been doing pretty good with the food diary, keeping calories below or at 1200 daily.

My exercise routine has steadily increased from 5000 steps to 8000 steps daily. I do two cardio treadmill routines which I alternate.

The Need for Speed on the treadmill starts with three minutes at 3.2 mph than alternates with 3.9 mph for one minute intervals until I reach 31 minutes.

The Steady Incline on the treadmill starts with three minutes flat at 3.2 mph than alternates with level 8 incline every other minute for 31 minutes.

Days I do Need for Speed I also do five pound dumbbells...hammer straight, row, dead lift from shoulders, and hammer curl ten reps times three per session.

Days I do Steady Incline I do a Nine Minutes Strength Training (which is from an article I saw in The NY Times for nine exercises to do in 9 minutes) - body weight squats, pushups against the wall, mountain climber against third step to upstairs, forearm plank, body weight split squat, single leg raise, single leg toe touches and double leg raises. I have had to work my way up to ten reps do some..others I can do two sets of ten reps. Plank I can get up to count of 50. I do not do the burpee...no way...lol..

Now yesterday was a difficult day because I was stuck at a surgical center with hubby for the whole day and did not even clock 1000 steps due to the circumstances...when I did my food diary at the end of the day it really showed the difference between a day of activity and not...usually it says in five weeks you will weigh 149.2 or something like that...Yesterday it stated 153.6...I was really struck by that difference!

You are doing just fine. Others have stated and I agree, don't pay attention to the YOU WILL LOSE THIS AMOUNT IN 5 WKs...just keep doing what you are doing.