How often do you go to gym or exercise?

I shoot for 5 days a week minimum of varying degrees of intensity. Sometimes I fall short of that, sometimes I do more.

For health, the recommendation is 3 times a week for 30 min. That's the minimum amount associated with lowered health risk. So, yes, 3 days a week is fine.

Rasons to exercise more could be to burn more calories so you can eat more while losing/maintaining weight, to achieve a personal fitness goal, recommended by a medical professional (rehab, recovery), just because you like it, etc.

If you're not trying to lose a lot, why are you only eating 1200?

Anyway, go to the gym as much or as little as you like.

You should try yoga. I love it---depending on the instructor, it can be very relaxing, but a good workout just the same. You might find it a nice alternative to circuit training as it strengthens and stretches your muscles at the same time. Consider it a gift to yourself, not a chore.

I try for 4 runs or gym sessions a week. I'd like to make an effort to walk more rather than drive too, but the days need to get longer for that.

If you're forcing yourself to go every day and you hate it, you could spoil what would be an otherwise enjoyable effort to get fitter/be healthy/improve whatever. I know I would probably put myself off long term if I did that.

No reason to feel guilty because of what your coworkers do. You have to do what works for you. I think 3 days a week is fine. It all comes down to a deficit in the end when it comes to losing weight. I don't think I could survive on 1200 calories a day myself though. Have you lost weight on your current plan?

I try for 5 or 6 days a week, 7 if I get anxious, or I just go outside and exercise. Sometimes if I'm sick I might only go like 3 times, but when I'm better, I'm raring to go.

Having some actual fitness goals that go beyond just burning calories or whatever will really help you out here.

You don't have to workout every day...and really, rest days are highly beneficial and depending on what you're doing, may in fact be a necessity. I would also add that feeling "guilty" about not working out everyday is ridiculous.

Mapping out some fitness goals will help you determine how much time you should spend working out. As a matter of good health, the AHA recommends 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or 75 minutes per week of vigorous exercise or a combination of vigorous and moderate exercise. So basically if you're doing an hour 3x weekly, you're pretty much covered on that end. Beyond that, more specific goals would be in order.

I personally ride about 60-80 miles per week on average (more when I'm training) and lift 3x weekly for about an hour per session. I most certainly did not start out that way though.

I also take at least 1 rest day per week...often 2 to allow my body to recover and my fitness to improve.

6 days. I allow myself a rest day once a week. Its not any set day--so if there's a day I'm feeling lazy, I don't have to go to the gym but I know in my mind, that's it, that's my rest day.

6x a week. 3 days for lifting, 3 days for 5k training.

prisky780 wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

If you're not trying to lose a lot, why are you only eating 1200?

Anyway, go to the gym as much or as little as you like.

I've up-ed my calories before and realized I gained a lot more than losing. So this time I decided to down my calories to see if I lose weight. I'm not sure if I lost weight or kept it maintained. My weight seems to fluctuate. I'm at 104 lbs as of this morning. I was 106 lbs on Saturday. So it goes back and forth between 104-106 and it's been a month.

On top, I'm indian so whenever I got back home (which is almost every weekend) I eat my mother's cooking. It means lots of butter, spices, and sour cream, oil, and of course white rice. Those things add up so technically it's not really 1200 calorie everyday. But at least I know a number and see how far away I'm from that number and what it does to my body.

don't mean to be rude but are you a model??? 104 lbs? and your coworkers..

I guess circuit training is good if you only workout few days a week cause it high intensity exercise that will show results without putting in a whole week.

I go 5x a week in the AM before work, 2x karate and sometimes a few lunch workouts if I'm not booked for anything. I'm also looking at adding a Sunday morning bikram class.

My reasons for what might seem like an "extreme" amount of working out are the following:

• At 5' 1" and female, this is one of the only ways I can eat near 2,000cals a day without gaining weight (and I want to lose weight right now, so I welcome any way to have a bit more space in my daily deficit)
• Daily weekday workouts are my stress-relief in my fast-paced job and help me stay alert and productive during the day. I also avoid a half-hour long traffic jam by leaving from home an hour earlier.
• My morning training (3/weights, 2/HIIT) helps me in karate, especially the HIIT cardio.
• Sunday bikram would help my back

I'd say don't feel guilty. If 3x a week is giving you what you want in terms of generating enough of a deficit and it's what you want for physical conditioning, then don't feel bad. Maybe your coworkers are training for specific events or genuinely enjoy working out. Stick to your goals, you're doing fine.

hoping2succeed wrote: »

don't mean to be rude but are you a model??? 104 lbs? and your coworkers..

It could be that she's a shorter person, too. At my height, my ideal weight range is 101-127lbs (according to BMI). BF% could impact this, too. Everyone's goals are different and will be for different reasons.

My goal is 105lbs. I'm sure to be quite trim at that weight, but that's why I want it. I need agility and speed to fight well being so small - excess weight won't help that for me. Plus, the smaller I am, the less target I present, ha ha!

I don't go to a gym. I do try to do around 30 minutes of some exercise daily. Some days I do more.Walking, dancing, workout videos off of you tube.
My goal with exercise is to increase my fitness. My goal with logging food and reducing portions of high calorie foods is to lose weight. I can lose weight without exercise. I will not improve my fitness level without exercise.

I'm a gym rat. I go to group exercise classes about 4 - 5x a week. I take 1 or 2 classes in a row. And I ride my bike for transportation. I'm also a Zumba instructor so I have workouts based on developing my classes or actually teaching them.

But it's important to have days off so you don't overtrain and get burned out. If you're doing 3x a week of vigorous exercise, you're ahead of over 50% of the population. If you don't make it to a yoga class, just make sure you get at least a half hour of walking in on those day.

Five days...three of strength training, two walking/cardio. Mondays and Saturdays rest days (though I took a 3.5-mile walk today as I was off work).