Upping my intensity? Advice needed on workout plans, etc.

NotJustADieter
NotJustADieter Posts: 229 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So, I'm finally to 150! Woohoo! Which means I have 10lbs left until I'm no longer overweight. Still have a while to go to hit my goal weight, but this will be a huge milestone for me. I have 3 weeks left until I return to college, and would love to be down to 140 by then. I've been eating at my BMR (1450) for the last few weeks, with my TDEE around 1800, though when I'm working (which I am no longer as the camp season has wound down) it is closer to 2100. I will be doing yoga three times a week, hopefully 4x a week, a barre class, and am trying to get into running, though my asthma plus the Florida heat makes it an issue. I also am trying to lift as often as possible.

So... how do I find a lifting plan? What workout things CAN I do? Is it even possible for me to lose this weight before school?

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  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    If there's one thing I've learned this week weight loss can be a bit random. I would caution against large amounts of high intensity exercise. If you want to add lifting to your program at the moment. I would try a program like strong curves that Titanium uses. Or any other heavy lifting program. Go for large compound movements like squats, bench presses and dead-lifts. If you are new to lifting these movements will wake your muscles up and get them to the "noob gains" level. You may even find you gain a bit of weight due to it. But trust me it won't look bad.

    Another thing to do if you want to train your muscles a bit and burn a lot of calories is swimming. Seems to have worked for me this week.

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