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Ladies 250-260 now or was this weight

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  • bllowry
    bllowry Posts: 239 Member
    I started by walking 15 minutes daily as I have RA and Osteo arthritis in my knees. My son gave me his elliptical and I've now worked my way from 3 minutes to 30 minutes on level 1 (the inclines kill my knee). I bought a 7 speed bike in September and it has really helped with my endurance, and I'm now going up hills I struggled with in the lowest gears with either not shifting, or just shifting 1 gear down. I highly recommend cycling as its quite addictive.
  • Rjdj3530
    Rjdj3530 Posts: 154
    I started at about 275. I adjusted my diet to lose to 248 and then I did C25K. At around 197 I joined the gym and now I do Bodypump, Boot Camp, Spin a few other group classes. Group classes are great motivators.
  • Learnin2LuvMe
    Learnin2LuvMe Posts: 465 Member
    I started out at 242,walking worked for me,and I would do Tae bo for 10 to 15 mins,45 mins was way to much for me,ive lost 60 lbs within a yr,i would increase every week.it took me 4 months to finally do 45 mins of Tae bo..it will get easier the longer n stronger you get!
  • mommamuscles
    mommamuscles Posts: 584 Member
    My highest weight was 273. When I started working out, I jumped in full force and started training for a 5k and doing a boot camp class. I also did kickboxing. My favorite by far was kickboxing. It about killed me but the stress release was amazing. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!!!!! I did couch to 5k and started out running for like 1 minute intervals. I would sit there and watch the clock and wheeze and every single bone and muscle in my body throbbed. The first day I went to boot camp I threw up. My knees hurt, my ankles hurt, my hips hurt. I was so sore I could barely move. But I did it!!! And I'm glad I pushed through all that because today I am in much better shape. I know I still have alot of weight to lose, but I can hang in there with people I would consider to be athletes!!! So far I am down 89 pounds with another 30 to lose to my goal. I would say start slow but really, its gonna be hard when you are carrying around extra weight, and I find it better to get the hard part over as fast as you can, so push yourself and know IT WILL BE WORTH IT!
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