weight loss

aab0906
aab0906 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 19 in Getting Started
Hi, I weigh 135 pounds and I would like to lose weight. I'm a beginner and I need to know what exercises to do. I heard that an work outs make matters worse and push the stomach out. Any work outs I can try?

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  • nichole8605
    nichole8605 Posts: 19 Member
    I've found that lots of water, walking, and squats are the easiest and best way to lose weight. I power walk a mile every night and I'm not going to lie it's hard it's painful and it's exhausting at first but I tell myself I WANT THIS I NEED THIS AND I CAN DO THIS! Stay positive. I also like to lay on the floor and slowly lift both legs up and down 10 to 20 times. Breath slowly in through your nose and out your mouth. If you don't get oxygen to your muscles it's not effective. You eventually start to crave the exercise. It feels amazing. Good luck hope this helped
  • bruins78
    bruins78 Posts: 1 Member
    Cut out sugars and drink lots of water..i swapped soda for green tea with lemons,or lemon juice..at the gym i do 30 minutes on the stationary bike and then 30 minutes at a 3.5 to 4 mph pace..so far so good dropped 3lbs this week
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    1. How tall are you and what is your goal weight?
    2. All you need is a calorie deficit. Exercise is for fitness and can help you with a deficit, but not if you don't know how much you're eating. Do exercises that you enjoy.
  • smadaris91
    smadaris91 Posts: 63 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    1. How tall are you and what is your goal weight?
    2. All you need is a calorie deficit. Exercise is for fitness and can help you with a deficit, but not if you don't know how much you're eating. Do exercises that you enjoy.

    Wat is a calorie deficit?
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    edited June 2015
    A calorie deficit is eating less calories then you are burning. Let's say hypothetically you burned 2000 calories a day, to lose one pound a week you need to subtract 500 calories from that and consume 1500 calories.


    It takes 3500 calories deficit to burn 1 pound of fat. ( so 500 calorie daily deficit will equal to losing 1 pound a week)


    Some links to get you started:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets/p1
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    smadaris91 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    1. How tall are you and what is your goal weight?
    2. All you need is a calorie deficit. Exercise is for fitness and can help you with a deficit, but not if you don't know how much you're eating. Do exercises that you enjoy.

    Wat is a calorie deficit?

    Your body needs a certain amount of calories to 'break even' during the day. A calorie surplus is eating more calories than you need [gaining fat and/or muscle depending on what you are doing]. A calorie deficit is eating less calories than you need [losing fat and/or muscle]. MFP set me to 1200 calories/day to lose about 2lbs/week. I'm eating at a heavy deficit.
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