exercise for fat girl?

Anything. I started walking. Now do the treadmill and the elliptical machine. Haven't tried any classes yet just because of time. Do you belong to a gym? I found that working with a trainer who helped me set a routine. Tons of videos but I cant get into working out at home yet. Good luck in whatever you decide. Swimming is another good exercise.

If you find it hard to move, I'd reccomend swimming (easy on joints, burns hudge amount of kcals and strenghtens your body) and walking ant first.

Also, here is a webpage with links to excercises you can do at home http://healthylivingforyou.tumblr.com/post/33916079554/full-body-cardio-workouts-full-body-cardio-core just pick the ones you like.

Good luck!

Some fast walking for 30 - 60 minutes a day, around your park or something, should be enough to burn some cals. If you feel it's too easy switch to jogging or play with the speed. If you wanna switch then you can do cycling for some 60 minues or go to poll and swim. Basically any type of cardio with a lot of fast movements what takes your breath away and make you sweat and heart bump fast for 30 - 60 minutes in a row.

Lifting weights ant gonna do much for fat loss, it's cardio you need, unless you wanna also build some muscle to tone up...

Walking. I found it's the best thing for me. Easy on the body and all you need is a good pair of shoes. I use runkeeper to help me keep track of time/distance/speed.

I heartily suggest you join one of those cheap no-frills gyms. We have a Fitness 19 in our area and for $19 a month, I have access to the best cardio and weights. When you first start, before you drop weight, pick low impact cardio stuff - elliptical, crossramp, etc. It's easier on your knees and you can work out harder without hurting. I know I should change up my workout, but to drop weight, I do as much cardio as I can every day. My metabolism is slow and I need to kick start it. I do an hour on the crossramp to a great iPod workout playlist (which is an elliptical with an incline) every morning, and it wakes me up and gets me ready for the day.

Oh yeah, if you're not sweating, you're not working hard enough!

I was embarrassed to go the first time, but then I realized that people go there of all shapes and sizes and the goal is to get healthy. Now that I'm down 61 pounds, I am proud of what I've done, and I want to keep going.

I just brought a cross trainer and do it for 30 minutes a day. Love it and losing weight easily! I have a bad knee so its easy on that as well

Walking has been working great for me. Add some resistance training, it really helps. As others mentioned, pool excercise will get your cardio in without putting a lot of stress on your joints.

Also, anything fun. I like dance-y aerobic classes, I started off maybe getting only 20 minutes in before taking a break but it's so fun once you catch your breath you join back in. Your indurance will build up if you keep at it and if you're having fun you will! Don't feel bad if you can't keep up with the instructor at first, they do it for a living. Just keep at it!

I recommend lifting weights, about 3 or 4 times a week to start. I got some work out routines from bodybuilding.com. They show you good form. Also do cardio 4 or 5 times a day. Start slow and build your time spent and intensity. Try different things, try to find something you find fun, so you will be motivated to keep at it. I use the elliptical, run and box a little bit. Biking is great fun as well. I did C25k, and that went well also. The main thing for me was just doing it in spite of how embarrassed I felt at my weight. I eventually discovered that most people are going to be very supportive and that haters are not going to change. I have lost 86 lbs. If I can do it, anyone can!

Walking is always a good start. Lots of walking. Plus... I'm "fat" as well. But, I've been doing Jillian Michaels exercise videos on YouTube (including the 30 day shred video). It's brutal, though. I take a few breaths here and there throughout... but, I always finish it.

Start a strength training program that centers around barbell training, specifically squat, bench press, overhead press, and dead lifts.

So I dont need to sugar coat it or anything for myself... Im fat.. plain and simple and Im GOING to fix that.. so my question is what are some good ways to work out? I dont have achy knees or feet or anything that would normally happen to an obese person. I mean I do get out of breath but not just from walking here or there and I am active as in I run errands/go to the park with kids/ect ect but thats just everyday things... Haha sorry for the bio.. anyway.. I need a good solid work out routine and then I need to know how to switch it up.. if you can help me that would be awesome! Thanks!

It is important to lift weights. Find a good free weight program for women. I've heard that The New Rules for Weight Lifting for Women is a good starter program. You need some cardio as well but you won't build a pretty body on cardio alone.

I lifted weights and did cardio when I was obese. It helped to have some muscle tone once I lost the fat.

Lifting weights is KEY. I recently had my DXA scan done and at 51.5 years of age I have the bone density of a super athletic 30 year old. That is a direct result of lifting for over 30 years. Now if that is not scientific proof that lifting weights keeps you younger I don't know what is! Also I believe it is why most people think I look much younger than I really am.

Start lifting now, lift heavy and change it up often, find a lot of weight routines with free weights, make it fun, embrace it, make it part of your life. Only 3 days a week is all it would take. Crank up your tunes and learn to love it, because your body will love it and it will make your quality of life better in many ways, especially when you get older like me.

Because of this I don't have to worry about osteoporosis. If you wait until you are older and your bones start to deteriorate it's a bit too late, you can't get back what you lost, you can only start a resistance routine that will prevent further damage.

If you are a girl you don't have the hormones to get big naturally. I lift heavy and I'm still really tiny. My lean body mass is only 104 lbs and that is fairly heavy for a 5'1" female, and quite a bit of this is due to my having very dense bones from 30 years of lifting, not all muscle, and I'm still quite tiny.

My muscles really are not that big, but they show a lot of definition because I'm quite lean. If I gained some fat then I would have a softer more toned look (which is OKAY too!). Then if I gained more fat I would look bulky and hefty like I did most of my life until last year. YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT. Lean and ripped, soft and toned, or hefty, it all depends on how much fat you leave on your body. Calories are the only thing that changes fat. Exercise is for changing or maintaining your lean body mass only. Lifting weights will give you the best bang for your buck for shaping your body. I finally changed my shape by putting lifting first and cardio 2nd. You cannot out exercise too many calories.

When I started working out again I weighed 259 and I started working out to the wii. I have found that the works best for me and there are many different ways to exercise on the wii all of which are effective. If you do not have a wii get out there and walk, buy some workout videos. I have heard alot about the Jullian Michaels workout videos. Good luck. Feel free to add me as a friend.

Kudos to you for deciding to change your lifestyle.

It must hurt to say "I'm fat" and mean it. But, it's gut-wrenchingly honest, and honesty is where change stems from. So that's your first step!

Anything is good exercise if it gets your heart rate up, makes you sweat, and most importantly, is something that you enjoy doing enough to stick to some kind of schedule. I suggest you join a gym that offers a variety of classes (mine is $20 a month). Then take every class that even remotely appeals to you. Try everything at least once. Zumba, pilates, yoga (though for weight loss you will probably want to supplement yoga with more cardiovascular activity), spinning, aerobics, sports conditioning, TRX, kickboxing, circuit training classes, everything. See what sticks.

My "oh god I'm fat" moment caused me to find a martial arts gym in my area and that's when my transformation started. I fell in love with kickboxing and yoga. Find something you fall in love with, it will make every ounce of difference.

Self-described fat people running is a recipe for significant joint issues and very little progress beyond the first 2 months newbie gains (which will quickly be negated by sedentary state of rehabbing said joint issues).

Yep, heard it before. "Running is bad for joints" "Running is bad for fat people" "Running will kill you".... Got it. Except it's bull****. Assuming you use a proper training plan: start with walking, move on to intervals, eventually run short distances and increase slowly over time; running is good for your joints. Like every other part of your body, your joints are strengthened by stress. Assuming you don't overdo the stress and injure yourself (which you can just as easily do by lifting to much to fast or overdoing any exercise), running strengthens joints by stressing them.

Now, that said, there are limits to anything, and if you're more than 300 or so pounds you might want to lose a few pounds before you start running. On the other hand, the first step is walking, and when you can walk a few miles there's a good chance you've already dipped below 300.

Also if you don't already have issues with your joints, I see no reason why you can't run, if running is what you want to do. If it turns out that it's really bothersome to your joints, then stop, but I wouldn't ever tell someone they are too fat to run. I see overweight people at races all the time, often ahead of me...