Advice please

frogfan88
frogfan88 Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
I am 27
2 kids ( 2 and 3)
Weight 136.6

I just started working out 3 weeks ago. I have been going 3-4 days a week so far. No set time or routine. Just when I can get the time I don't have a set routine at all yet. I do try to work different muscle groups on different days depending on how my body feels. But I have mostly been focusing on cardio with a light strength training in between.

For example. Yesterday
I did the treadmill for 3.1 miles 50min. And burned 255 calories( based on the machine) I try to keep at a very high walking pace at minimum. While also burst of sprinting for as long as possible.

After that I did abs.
(i don't know all the terms)

Tea cup crunches
Leg lifts
Planks
Sit ups
medicine ball twist.

I like to do one set of all of these then go back through the sequence again. At least 3 to 4 Times. Sometime I have to lower the reps of individual excersie but I still attempt them.

I always follow up with cardio also. This time i Focus on getting one last push of energy out to finish my workout and then walk it out to relax. This day I did 1.25 miles in 20min. Calorie burn 123 (according to machine)

Will someone anyone tell me if this is a good routine/structure for a begginer workout.?

I am a very small framed person with thin arms and legs. I carry all the weight I gained From my children in my hips thighs and stomach. I am not looking to be built. I just want to get back to normal. Before children I weighed 110lbs with no excersice and ate whatever I wanted. So trying to lose it is gonna be hard I think.

Any help suggestion encouragements are welcome.

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  • oocdc2
    oocdc2 Posts: 1,361 Member
    Hi and Welcome Aboard,
    I'm going to begin with the MFP boilerplate:
    1. You won't lose fat if you're not at a calorie deficit. Many will request you open your diary (i.e., make it public) so we can take a look at what you're consuming.
    2. How tall are you?
    3. Fat tends to come off in the order it was put on, more or less. So, you might find you lose fat in all the places *except* where you want to. Hang in there, it will come off as long as you're at a deficit.

    I'll leave the strength training advice to users that know more than I do about it, which is pretty much everyone else. :smile:
  • frogfan88
    frogfan88 Posts: 26 Member
    edited October 2015
    I am 5'2 my calorie intake goal is 1200 I have done well sticking to the calorie intake. And I usually don't eat back the calories I burn excersising unless I feel really hungry and usually still have some deficit.

    I know that cardio burns more calories than regular exercising thats why I focus on it more. Since I am more focused on getting thinner than building muscle. At least for now.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited October 2015
    OP, just so you know, the moderators prefer that we limit a post to one forum instead of posting it in multiple forums. I know you're new, so I wanted to let you know. Welcome!
  • frogfan88
    frogfan88 Posts: 26 Member
    Thanks Jane I didn't know. I will refrain from multiple post in the future just wanted to get more responses.
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