How do you lose weight quickly without really being able to

Walk with your weights and do arm exercises as you're walking

10 reps and then work your way up to 20, keep rotating them through your entire walk

- bicep curls
- lateral arm raises
- front arm raises
- over-head press
- over-head tricep curls - arms straight up and bend at elbows until hands are at head and then extend up

The arm movements will not only help you tone BUT will raise your heart rate!

In your home do squats, lunges and push-ups none of those require weights or a lot of space.

Leslie Sansone's Walk videos! They are awesome & she is really motivating & positive. She has walk/weight/resistance dvds also.

http://www.walkathome.com/

They are on Amazon too!

You'll also find her on You Tube at no cost (to try her out if you'd like), not full length but a good 20 minute walking vids. But I've never heard anyone not appreciate her workouts.:happy:

Congrats btw for the weightloss thus far!! :flowerforyou:

I know you mentioned there are no sidewalks where you live but is there a high school with a track or a park where it would be safe to walk? I trick myself into more exercise by parking as far as I can from wherever I am going. I also like the Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds videos. I don't know much about the Zumba DVD's but the class was fun and if you could find a Zumba DVD I think you might like it. It is a good workout. Another good workout is the Kettlebells.

I change it up everyday to not get bored but here are the things i do in my apt.
Jump Rope
Weight Lifting
Jog or Run in place
Dance (recommend Zumba)
Jillian Michaels workout - 30 day shred and some others
Skateboarding (imagine a 250lbs skateboarder..yep dangerous but fun)... and no I'm not doing trick...just riding.
While front arm raises, lift your leg up to your stomach or as high as you can if you were marching. Left arm with left leg, right arm with right leg. Almost as if you were marching or trying to climb a ladder. You will feel that one in your stomach.
Also I been doing lateral arm raises but also running in place.

If you can find a pool or have a pool at your apt, I high recommend that. Talk about burning calories and having fun.
The other thing that I do on a weekly basis is go bowling for more than 2 hours.

Loved the Wii but was a little disappointed that the system would not register when I was doing the exercises sometimes. Spent over $400 for all the different games and equipment and I have lose more weight here than using a Wii system.

Hey,
i bought a lateral thigh trainer just on saturday for £30, (i'm english)
it's compact, and really works your legs out,
i think it's a great idea because you can use it while doing other things like watching the tv
I really do recommend getting one, i can already feel a difference in my legs and it really gets your heart rate up!

I bet you get FitTv. I get up at 6AM and do these 2 workouts, Bodies in Motion and Total Body Sculpt. Bodies in Motion (both are with Gilad) is the older program that he doesn't make new ones of anymore, and right now they are back on the ooooold ones from like, the mid 80's LOL the program progresses though, and it gets better and better and more intense. With Total Body Sculpt he asks you to have 2 sets of weights (light and heavy, anywhere from 3 lbs to 10 lbs, it's up to you what's light and what's heavy) and it really gets you toned. I have lost 22 lbs thus far (maybe more, I'll be weighing again today!) and I also use the treadmill now, but before I started the treadmill, Gilad got me on my way! And I started out only with the one show.

I also have to agree with Wii Fit Plus. Expensive, but sooo worth it! When I hit a plateau, Wii Fit Plus helped me get over it because it has such a variety of workouts. I like the yoga workouts. Something like 130 calories for all of the poses, and it's a fun challenge.

Good luck, my friend! Keep it simple!

We have a small step at our place and using a heart rate monitor step for up to an hour while watching tv and it's really good. We add in some arm exercises as we are doing it. It takes up no room in our small place. Good luck.

I don't have time for gym. So I got 2 DVD from the biggest loser $ 10'each n I do them 5 days a week w an additional workout on the treadmilll. And I've lost 20lb in a month. <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com"><img src="http://tickers.myfitnesspal.com/badges/show/106/8871/1068871.weight-lost-sm.gif&quot; border="0" alt="Calorie Counter"></a><p style="text-align: center;width:226px;"><small>MyFitnessPal - <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com">Free Calorie Counter</a></small></p

I know you said treadmills are too expensive, but I just wanted to mention that I recently purchased a new treadmill from HSN and I was able to do a 5-payment plan so it made it a lot easier on the wallet.