Do you work out 60 min/day 5 days a week?

I work out for 45 minutes, 3 days per week. I have a daughter and a part time job and I'm also the person responsible for preparing meals and keeping my home clean so I'm pretty busy. I can't work out much more frequently than that.

Some times intensity can make up for less time. Right now I workout 1 to 2 hours 5 to 6 days a week. I do some weights, a couple HIIT workouts, run, walk and do martial arts.

Seems a bit over the top to me...too much and too much time! But if its working for you and you're not getting injured...go for it.

I try and get 60 min 5 days a week sometimes it's more sometimes it's a little less. Like everyone else said experiment find what works for you.

There for a while I could only work out once a week - it took me a couple of months to lose 8 pounds, and I was watching my calories for the most part. Just recently I upped my exercise. During lunch instead of going out with the guys I go to the gym and do cardio - 60 minutes 5 miles... Then I try to get weights in at least 3 times a week - upper, core, lower. Take a day off... I also decided to give up dairy, grains, oil and meat. See Dr. Fuhrman - Eat to Live. I prefer it because I don't like meat much and can get plenty of protein through my veggies and my pea and rice protein in my smoothies. Hope that helps.

So I'm learning more and more about weight loss. This is my first attempt at trying to lose and as of right now I am not working as my business is closed for the season. My concern is when I re open how much time I can focus on working out. So this is where I stand with trying to make a goal I can stick with on top of my healthy eating. I'm 5'7" and currently 190lbs from 208lbs.

Right now I am able to work out 60 min/day 6 days a week but I want to adjust this to match what is going to be my new schdule. I do not go to a gym for my exercise.

I do work 10-12 hrs a day 6 days a week standing all day. I own a food trailer so it also gets hot and sweaty lol

Any advice you can pass on to me as to what is working for you and your busy schdules would be greatly appreciated!!

One of the misnomers is that to lose weight you have to spend obscene amounts of time exercising, and honestly if you are just looking to lose weight, and start building some muscle mass, you don't need to spend hours upon hours in the gym. When I started, I would go 3 times a week for an hour, of which 15 to 20 minutes of that was warm up and cool down. I attend a group fitness class that is strength training, however it concentrates on lighter weights, higher reps and really steps up the pace. MY HRM has me at an average of about 150 BPM (My resting BPM is 60 or 65). At my body weight I burn about 600 calories from that 45 minute class plus the warm-up and post-workout stretching.

So, you don't have to walk for hours to help burn the calories, as long as you choose to do something more intensive.

Well i workout 4 or 5 time a week sometimes 40 minutes to one hour , when i don't have much time i do 20 or 30 minutes at this time i have great result. But luckily i work 3-10pm so i have all morning to exercise.

Looks like this will be a lot tricker then I thought lol
I work from 8:30am until as late as 9pm 6 days a week and spend my 7th running around. Self employment at its finest lol. No lunch breaks and definitely do not go to the gym (which has lousy hours and programs to boot).
anyone in the same boat as me and manage to make it work for them with good results?

Again, exercise isn't required...it is good for you, but not required for weight loss. You do not have to spend obscene amounts of time exercising to lose weight...your weight can be 100% controlled with diet.

I'm sure you could squeeze in a walk in the mornings or something...that would be beneficial to your overall health and well being. You're also on your feet all day and working in what I would call a pretty active environment...your NEAT calories (Non Exercise Burn) is going to be fairly substantial.

The mantra you always hear is weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise. Working out is great for overall health and certainly helps with weight loss, but an overwhelming majority of what's going to contribute to weight loss is nutrition. If you are hitting your calorie goal (or coming a little under) and you are paying attention to your fat, carbs, and protein to make sure you are getting close to your goal for each, then you are going to lose weight.

Once food truck season starts back up, be sure to redo your goals as your base calories may increase due to (I'm assuming) increased daily activity compared to the off-season.

If it were me, and I was working seasonally in a food truck, then I would get in the habit of working out now (mostly for health reasons) during times I knew I would be able to work once the season starts up again. This way, I would have a well established pattern once I was back in the truck.

you could modify your work out to burn more calories in less time, once you start working and get busy. for example, if you walk on treadmill, you could increase the incline and burn the same amount of calories in half the time. or some other kind of intense work out for 20 or 30 minutes that burn the same calories as your current 60 mts work out. if you regularly exercise now, you will have the stamina, energy and muscle strength in due time.

I try to get in 700+ 6 days a week.

Hi Jac
Walking Walking Walking. I'm not a good example. (recently had fracture's in my feet) But a friend, lost a ton of weight doing portion size and walking between 3 and 5 miles a day. He wouldn't walk when the weather wouldn't allow.
Good Luck
Stay the course
Mike

As most prior posters have mentioned; you can meet your weight-loss goal by just maintaining a caloric deficit. The question is what are your goals. If it is just weight-loss; then strictly keep to your caloric deficit! I find that exercise (lifting and cardio), help to keep me at the deficit plus consume more calories.

Losing weight is a goal of mine but my priority is overall fitness/health. Therefore, exercise is a big part of my life.

I break my exercises into LIFTING (chest, back/shoulders, legs); CARDIO; ABS.

In regards to LIFTING, I lift 3/week and have broken the days into 3 main body parts (chest, back/shoulders, legs) where I do about 8 exercises (anywhere from two to six sets for each exercise with 2-12 repetitions per set). All lifts are concluded with either bicep or tricep work, and if I have time abdominal exercises. My goal is to get everything done within an hour and often-times I am able to complete the work-out within 45 minutes. I have had a lot of success (in terms of increased strength and body composition/sculpting) by keeping my workout to just an hour....anything more for myself means too much socializing, lack of focus, or lifting too heavy which is requiring too much rest between sets...all counter-productive! When I lift, I sweat as I am doing a lot of work in a small amount of time, so I have to be efficient and maintain a challenging pace.

In regards to CARDIO; I target 2-3/week. I am always changing up the cardio workout in order to prevent boredom and becoming stagnant. If I am running (maximum of once a week), I will limit the time to 45 minutes and then do 15 minutes of abdominal exercises. Other options are elliptical machine, stationary bike, treadmill(maximum of once/week), or 30 minutes of stair-master and 30 minutes of seated stationary bicycle. In the winter, I swim 1-2 week for 45 minutes.

I love to walk, so if I am not feeling the cardio options then I'll walk for an hour. I have a heart-rate monitor with GPS, so I know my speed, distance and calories burned. My pace is 15 minutes per mile, so I cover 4 miles within that hour of walking at my taxing pace. The best thing is that for every mile or 15 minutes; I burn 150 calories. 600 calories burned for "just" walking is not too shabby. As a result, I am a firm believer in walking.

In regards to ABs, I try to hit them 4/week for core strength purposes and sculpting those abs while losing the weight /fat that is covering them! I try to hit the abs on one or two lifting days(afterwards), or on the cardio days- depending how I feel. If not then I'll do them at home.

Some may think I workout too much, but if you can work-out 5/week as you mentioned then my plan is pretty balanced in regards to lifting versus cardio and not getting bored. Also, I never feel guilty if I only get 4 or even 3 workouts in a week as when I work-out I go hard. Lastly, working out allows me to eat more, so if I don't work-out then the focus is not exceeding my daily calories that are in a deficit anyways.

My main piece of advice is to invest in a good heart-rate monitor and track calories burned per work-out- given your busy schedule. I try to burn at least 470 calories per work-out (though I actually burn quite a bit more) which translates to anywhere from 1,880-2820 calories burned per week depending if I workout 4 or 6 times a week.

I work out 7 days a week at home. I work out at 300am M-F. Work from 730am to 400pm. I work out early because of my hectic schedule and so I'm not bothered by my kid when I'm working out. Sat and Sun...whenever but usually no later than 0900am. I work out 60 to 90 minutes a day. I burn 550 to 700 calories. I do Turbo Fire advanced (20 Weeks) and I supplement all those workouts usually with Kelly Coffey-Meyer DVD for strength training. If I want extra cardio then I'll do Amy Dixon HIITs DVDs. So far i'm on week 13 of Turbo Fire Advanced. I've only taken 3 days off. One for lack of sleep and two other days because I got a hair perm and I couldn't work out. That's just me. I feel like if I take time off, even one day, I'll mess up motivation factor. I'm 5'4. I started off at 168 and now I'm on 149. My goal is 145, maybe even going 140. Everyone is different. The important thing is that you find time to do it, move and have fun! I also wanted to add that I am a single parent of a 5 year old. I don't know where I find the motivation and the will power to JUST DO IT, but I do because I'm doing something good for myself.