The biggest loser TV show

They work out every day for 4-6 hours a day. So when you see that girl that is the same weight as you lose 5 lbs in a week and you lose 1 thats why.

Hi There

I'm new to this also and wanted to imporve my fitness in a low cost way. I too got my motivation from watching the biggest looser so I went out and bought the biggest looser wii game.

I am unable to go out and exercise in the evenings due to a lack of child care and as i work all day the evenings are my only chance to exercise.

What I really like about the biggest looser on the wii is that it is not the same exercises every day. You start by taking a fitness test to determine your fitness level, thenafter choosing the frequency you want to exercise it gives you a starting point. It is reviewed weekly giving you recomendations but you are able to change these and the fitness routines are different each day which helps me from getting bored!

Other than this I have started taking my daughter on regular walks and choosing activities at the weekend that keep us both active like ice-skating.

Good luck on your journey

On a budget? Skip the home-version of the gym equipment. You can do a lot with your own body-weight in exercises. *edited to add, when I looked up the other term* isometrics was another good one.
Feel a need for some weights? FIll a pint/ gallon milk jug with water, bam there's some weights with handles, water can be decreased if that's too much weight at once.
Last year at this time I was knocking down an old rundown fence keeping what wood was still re-usable, that was an excellent workout, I just came in from an hour of chipping the ice build up from the walkway here at the house, more of a workout from that than the gym has given me lately!
If you have stairs, use them, make multiple trips up and down them for something.

You could consult with your Doc for a work out plan if you're not sure where to begin. There are lots of inexpensive dvd's. You could also check online for work outs, or even just how to do certain moves correctly. The internet is a great source! If you don't have money for weights, use your own body weight, or the water jugs as mentioned, or even canned veggies (or something you have in your cupboard or pantry) making sure you have equal weight in both hands. The library (as mentioned) has magazines, books, even videos/dvd's you can borrow. If your legs/feet start hurting while walking, try slowing it down a little or not walking quite so far at first. If you haven't done anything for so many years, you can't expect to walk/run miles on the first day. If you need to get better shoes, try an athletic shoe store. They should hopefully be able to help you choose a good shoe to prevent shin splints, etc. Good luck!

What I would recommend is anything you have at the moment. I started with jumping jacks in my room. Seriously, jumping jacks in my room for under a year - in one spot - I had a permanent mark where I wore it out, LOL. I am not saying that's the only option, but doing jumping jacks and switching my food intake a bit helped me lost 60+ pounds. It's a really really good workout, and you set your own pace and sweat like a hog in the beginning.


Also MFP is great for your eating questions. These forums will help you with recipe alternatives, questions regarding intake and overall racking your calories. Local stores even have "Light" magazines and articles.

Another is maybe cheap weights, I would recommend a set of spinlock handles. You can then purchase what ever type of weight plate you want, if you can afford two x5lbs, buy it! If you can only lift 2.5lb, buy 2! then maybe buy 2 more, and you have an option of 2.5/5 and build your way up. So instead of a fixed weight where if you surpass it in strength, you can crank or decrease the weight. You can do alot with weights:

Bicep Curls, reverse curls, hammer curls
Tricep Extensions, Tricep Kickbacks
Shoulder Presses, Flys
Chest Flys, Presses
Lunges, Hack Squats,
Lateral Abdominal Bends
etc etc etc

Another option (check weight capacity) are pull up bars - there's a variety out there, ones that mount onto your door frame, some screw in, some can multi as a push up station and if it's got enough capacity you can do hanging leg raises, knee ups, etc etc.

Here's a few links to some:
http://east.ballyfitness.com/rapid_results/expert_advice/product_tip_sheet/Exercises/chinsitbarexerc.asp
http://www.asseenontvguys.com/iron-gym-pull-up-bar.aspx

You don't even have to be able to do 10x pull/chin ups. Took me months to get passed 5, Lol - but they're great

Also, you can get a stepper - (personally not my favorite, but others live by it!) there's ones where you can increase/decrease height, so you can maximize your growth. Great for cardio and can double as a station for dips, incline pushups, step up lunges, a place for low squats(ground mark) and ... in the olden days when I had no bench for my weights I used it as a bench, Lol.. and threw a spinlock between my legs and did leg exercises.

Stepper: http://compare.ebay.com/like/280638044027?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Running/walking are great! For me I live in Canada so it can be limiting, but for those in good weather conditions it's an all year round ability.

There's lots of options, just have to get crafty.

I am not a BodyBuilder but I visit this and its forums religiously, http://forum.bodybuilding.com/?welcome=true there's questions and posts from equiptment, to home-made equiptment, exercise swapping, how to preform an exercise etc. Very good place to go.

Hope anything I said helped.

I love the biggest loser DVDs. The power walk one is great, in place of the weights you can use filled water bottles, or cans as long as they weigh the same. Also you dont need much room in your living room. it is under $10 at walmart. Bob Harper DVDs are great I am currently doing the inside out strength and boy is it a work out. IF you have a YMCA around sometimes they will trade volunteer work for a membership, as do some gyms.

1100 cal???? really???
Is that total? Or NET total? Big difference.

I can tell you now, no-0ne would survive on 1100 total with 4-6 hours of workouts...not a chance.

I'm thinking that is NET calaories. they would surely be eating the exercise calories...? surely?

Remember 1100 NET would still be a massive deficit for these guys. thier maintence cals' would be something crazy like 3500 NET, lol. So 5lbs per week is about right.

There was one show a few seasons ago that showed the "after " workout workout..It really made me look at the show with new eyes..They had ice packs on the shins, getting rub downs, one guy even had his elbow in a whirlpool !!! Those workouts are killers..it is a show after all. We didn't get this way overnight, or even in 6 months!!! We need to remember this.
As for low cost workouts...There are tons of sites which can help with free exercises, DVD are really cheap at TJ Maxx, Walking is awesome!!! I do have a Wii and have had huge success with the Wii Active !! There are even challenges on this site which will get you moving..I ran across one yesterday that challenged you to do Jumping Jacks daily...this is massive cardio !!!
Set your goals and then spend a little time looking...We are all here to support each other !! We can change our lifestyle without going broke !!
Good Luck

I find those weight loss show motivating as well, but the biggest loser is kind of horrible to its contestants. Check out his article form a person who was on the show: http://www.bodylovewellness.com/2010/06/09/kai-hibbard-biggest-loser-finalist-part-1-of-3/

Lot`s of good information has been share with you for exercising. That is one part of the battle. Eating right is the other part. Learn how to count the calories in all the food that you consume, and learn to know what everything you eat is made of. Then you will be able to limit you calories to exactly what you need to fuel your body properly while losing weight.