How often do you exercise?

It's good that you're exercising 4 days per week but don't make it a chore. I've done this in the past and I get burned out or just plain ole' lose interest. It's better to make small changes that you can sustain over time vs. drastic changes that you cant keep up with.

I'm not sure how frequent I should be exercising. I'm trying to make an effort to exercise at least 4 or 5 times a week. Is this enough? (Note: This is coming from a person who NEVER used to exercise!)

thats great! do what works for you. i work out about 5 times a week....sometimes 4.

At the moment I'm studying full-time and working part-time so fitting in a workout is sometimes difficult for me. I'm aiming for about 3 times a week, sometimes like this week I barely make it at all and others I make it without blinking an eye. I'm hoping to boost it to four though and maybe even five during the holidays.

Just do what works for you whether that's four times or every day. Mix it up

I've slowly built myself up from going just once a week to 3/4 times and trying to build myself up to 5 times a week. I'm currently doing a fairly "calm" 1/1 routine; 1day at the gym, one off at a constant rotation. Next week I'll be bumping it up to two days at the gym, one off. And a few weeks from then it'll be 3 days in, one day off/2days-1day biweekly. It's best not to kick in with a supercharged exercise routine seen as you're not used to exercising! I made mistake of starting out 5 days a week and I was constantly sore, felt tired and just plain old didn't want to go to the gym anywhere. After a month and a bit I just stopped going. Trying to do too much can dampen your spirits and you might end up going back to the old habits.

I think the main thing is to not make it into something you have to do, and end up doing grudgingly. Yes, there'll be days when you don't want to go and exercise but you'll need to go anyways; getting started is half the effort! But make sure that you never end up seeing exercise as something that you're forcing upon yourself or you won't put in 100%. And I'm saying that from experience.

Keep up the great work! I say getting to the gym is half the battle!

I agree with those who say mix it up and don't make it a chore. I try to get in 6 days a week, too. Usually I take a spinning class 3x week, on those days I'm too fried for anything else. The other days I mix it up with long run on treadmill 3-4 miles and some days a short treadmill run of 2 miles and swimming about 750-1,000 meters. The swim is my "treat". Maybe once a week a kickboxing class etc. I would love to try some yoga next.