Starting exercise
PippaJo_
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Well, I've been on-plan for three weeks now, and I suppose it's about time I started some exercise.
For those of you who held off exercise at the beginning, and then introduced it - how did it affect your progress? Did you see what seemed to be a bit of extra 'help' once you started exercising, or did your losses thin out/stall for a while? I'm interested in hearing all kinds of personal stories.
I'm not an avid exerciser, but I'm not a total couch potato either. Last summer, when I thought I'd give exercise-for-weight-loss one last serious, focused shot, I started P90 (not P90x, the original). I really liked it, and was making progress in reps, and strength, and how I felt - but I didn't lose a single ounce. I stayed at exactly the same weight, for the three-four weeks that I was doing it. Didn't miss a day, didn't phone it in. I was going to give it the full 12 weeks, and only then make an assessment as to whether it 'worked' or not, because I'd had a friend (who didn't have that much to lose in the first place) lose 18 pounds over the 12 weeks....and most people had at least lost 4-5 pounds by three/four weeks in. Trouble is, I got bronchitis, and I could barely move or breathe, let alone exercise, so I had to quit. And by the time I was feeling better again (two months later), I was so dejected by putting in so much effort for basically NO result, that I kind of gave up on exercise.
I do go for a walk/hike with a friend nearly every Saturday, for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours each time, and there are a few hills.
I'm considering adding in some time on the elliptical, to start. I was wondering about that, but also about things like Jillian Michaels - I've done 30DS before (halfway through, until my knees begged me to stop), and I'm wondering if she's too strenuous for so few intake calories, and if doing her vids would set me back, rather than help me (especially since it seems that I'm one of those people for whom exercise is *not* particularly related to losing the pounds.)
For those of you who held off exercise at the beginning, and then introduced it - how did it affect your progress? Did you see what seemed to be a bit of extra 'help' once you started exercising, or did your losses thin out/stall for a while? I'm interested in hearing all kinds of personal stories.
I'm not an avid exerciser, but I'm not a total couch potato either. Last summer, when I thought I'd give exercise-for-weight-loss one last serious, focused shot, I started P90 (not P90x, the original). I really liked it, and was making progress in reps, and strength, and how I felt - but I didn't lose a single ounce. I stayed at exactly the same weight, for the three-four weeks that I was doing it. Didn't miss a day, didn't phone it in. I was going to give it the full 12 weeks, and only then make an assessment as to whether it 'worked' or not, because I'd had a friend (who didn't have that much to lose in the first place) lose 18 pounds over the 12 weeks....and most people had at least lost 4-5 pounds by three/four weeks in. Trouble is, I got bronchitis, and I could barely move or breathe, let alone exercise, so I had to quit. And by the time I was feeling better again (two months later), I was so dejected by putting in so much effort for basically NO result, that I kind of gave up on exercise.
I do go for a walk/hike with a friend nearly every Saturday, for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours each time, and there are a few hills.
I'm considering adding in some time on the elliptical, to start. I was wondering about that, but also about things like Jillian Michaels - I've done 30DS before (halfway through, until my knees begged me to stop), and I'm wondering if she's too strenuous for so few intake calories, and if doing her vids would set me back, rather than help me (especially since it seems that I'm one of those people for whom exercise is *not* particularly related to losing the pounds.)
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There is an exercise guide in the tools part of the take shape for life website that gives you tips about adding exercise back in. Your coach can also help you with questions like this as well. I was told that if you used to exercise before you should be able to gradually add it back in but no more than 45 minutes. They have more tips in the exercise guide. My coach helped me a lot with this as well.0
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I've been walking at lunch with some work friends (30 minutes at a moderate pace). We go out between 4-5 days each work week, depending on the workload.
I also go out with my darling hubby and our 3 dogs for a nice 5 mile walk every weekend.
I'm going to start adding in light weights for toning now that I'm heading into week 4 of the program.
I'm down 9lbs so far which is not as much as I wanted, but given that I don't have a large amount to lose, this is realistic and I'm ok with the number (when I finish sulking, lol). In the last 3 weeks have "stalled" during my time of the month, but not (I believe) due to exercise.0 -
Gaby, I have about the same amount to lose, and in 3 weeks have lost not quite that much. I'm kind of expecting to stall out this week as well, same reason.
So it's probably good I haven't added exercise yet - if I stall, I'd probably be blaming the wrong thing. I kind of just want to get a good feel for how I'm actually going to lose on a regular basis, so I'll have a baseline to compare the effect of any changes to.
Because I don't have a ton to lose, I know it's going to go slower than I'd like....I just want it to go as fast as possible, and I don't want to trip it up, but I do want to boost it! Knowing what to do (and not do) to actually get that is tough, though.
Yeah, I'm not doing TSFL, don't have a coach, don't really want one. The thought of someone calling me to 'check in' with me gives me the shudders, LOL! I think I'd only get highly annoyed at including another person (beyond my family) in my weight loss. But that's me and my personality, so. :laugh:0
