Need Help Devising Exercising Plan, 150 lbs to lose

Mantislady
Mantislady Posts: 23 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Stats: Female, 5'4, currently 248 lbs, 39 years old. I carry a lot of weight in my legs/hips/thighs.

Eating Habits: I cut out meat and dairy. I eat lots of veggies and fruit, beans, grains like quinoa. (9 mos or so, about)

Goal: To weigh around 130, be lean. I do not want to have bulk muscle.

I have started exercising after 10 years of being sedentary and putting on this weight.

30 Day Shred:
I did Day 1 of the 30 Day Shred, and could not move the next 2 days. I am now back on it, and the workout was significantly easier than when I did it on Day 1, and from here on I think I will be able to do it each day for the 30 days. I cannot do the jumping jacks, nor the pushups, but I am make sure no matter what I keep moving. My HR stayed around 166 throughout, I will have to look up if that is bad or not.

Walking
The past 7 days I have been walking close to 1 mile each night (yay!).

Pilates DVD
I also did a Pilates DVD for beginners and loved it, and want to continue.

I need all of your loving advice and expertise to help me devise a plan. (I do not have a gym membership). I am one that needs structure, of what to do and when. I am LOVING exercise. I do not want to overdo it, but I want to do as much as I can.

At home I have free weights, exercise bike, and love DVDs.

Here is what I have figured out for the next 30 days:
1. Each day 30-day shred
2. Walking 1 mile each evening

What else can I incorporate in? If you have any suggestions on DVDs (let me know). PS I work through the home, so exercising throughout the day or whenever, I have no restrictions. How can I incorporate more PIlates. Can I do the Pilates DVD every day? Or is that unhealthy? Can I do Yoga? Maybe that and Pilates? Thank you so much for your advice!!

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  • AnaCoffee
    AnaCoffee Posts: 95 Member
    First, wow for what you're doing already! :drinker:

    I'm close to your weight and height (5' 6" and 225.5 pounds.) I just started here a few days ago and dug out my Walk Away the Pounds dvds, am loving them, and ordered 2 more. My daily goal is 60 minutes 5+ days a week, though sometimes I manage more. They're low-impact aerobics (what other threads have said to count them as) and don't hurt my back (arthritis and sciatica) at all. I do all my exercise indoors be those videos or walking back and forth from the living room to the kitchen. (What I did during the winter before remembering those dvds.)

    Feel free to ad me if you'd like. New friends are yay. :drinker:
  • Mantislady
    Mantislady Posts: 23 Member
    Thank you VegCoffee! I will have to look for those DVDs! I definitely added you!! Fun, active friends are definite must- have!
  • lovesretirement
    lovesretirement Posts: 2,661 Member
    Two of my fav DVDs are Jessica Smith's Walking for Wellness and Kelly Coffey-Meyer's Fitness Starts Here.
    You can read about them, read reviews, look at a sample, and buy at collagevideo.com.
    Variety will keep you from boredom.
    Good luck!
  • RCottonRPh
    RCottonRPh Posts: 148
    Your "plan" should be specific to your current level of fitness and should be tweaked and changed over time. First, focus of just doing anything on a regular basis...make exercise a habit. Once it's a habit, then you can tweak and focus on elements like strength, flexibility, etc.
  • Mantislady
    Mantislady Posts: 23 Member
    Newretiree: Nice, I will definitely heck those out! And, maybe my family video has them!

    RCottonRPh: I appreciate all of your thoughts! I think thought being specific is what helps me. The "just do anything" is what I am trying to figure out- as I need structure. If I wake up in the morning and tell myself to so anything, I know I may not do anything (I know, it is backwards, lol) I feel focusing on things is what helps me turn it into a habit.

    SBeing detailed is kind of like my personality, if that make sense? I like to have a checklist when I go to the grocery store, have my grains, have my veggies, have 1 frozen meal for emergency so I don't splurge, when developing my business I developed a plan to do A, B C, etc. I think gets me even more motivated when I research things and know why I am doing them.

    Thus, for exercising, same thing. I totally understand what you mean, as being sedentary for so many years any form of exercise is golden. I am trying to develop a plan (since this is the way I tackle things). Hope this makes sense in what I am looking for? :)

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