30 Pounds Gone

Find a program that works for you. What do you like doing?

Running: c25k (couch to 5K) - running app / program for beginners, getting to your first 5K in 9 weeks.
Strong Curves: resistance and cardio program made for women, emphasis on glutes. Requires gym so this might not be for you yet.
Bodyweight Fitness: Read here and check the link.

Just remember, weight loss is 100% calories in vs calories out. If you are stalling, consider cutting 100-300 more calories from your daily intake. Exercise is fantastic and provides lots of good for your body and mind, but what you eat will affect your journey much more (you cannot outrun your fork).

It depends on your fitness goals. Are you new to exercise? If so, start with beginner workouts and increase the difficulty from there.

Check out Fitness Blender on YouTube. It's free and they have hundreds of awesome workouts, from beginner to very intense. A lot of the workouts are body weight only, so no equipment required, but you could also invest in some low-weight dumbbells (3, 5, 8lb) to start and get heavier ones as you get stronger.

Personally, I can't say enough about heavy lifting, so once you become more comfortable with exercise, look into a beginner lifting program, like Strong Curves (mentioned above), Stronglifts 5x5, or New Rules of Lifting for Women.

Pinterest has a ton of workout plans for home. Most of them you don't even need any equipment. I plan on using these when I travel and a gym is not accessible.

What do you like to do?

I knew I needed cardio equipment at home to ever use it, so I bought the bow flex M5. I like it because it's not a boring movement like elliptical alone is for me, and it's quite a bit smaller than anything else I have ever seen. Easy financing made it the right choice.

I have done lots of YouTube based videos for exercise at home as well. I love the fitness blender pilates more than the DVDs I have paid for!

Have you tried 30 Day Shred? Its just a mat with hand weights. I have 4 kids and homeschool so there is no time for lengthy workouts or gym days. 30DS seems to be working very well for me. I'm on day 14 and have seen great results. I am on the beginning end of trying to lose weight and really should lose about 100lbs though I think I'd be happy with 60lbs. Anyway...it works and its cheap. I won't say easy...because it kicks my tail but it has been worth it!

FeliciaLogsdon wrote: »

Got any tips for working out at home? Is there anything special that I could purchase to help me with my journey? I've hit a slow patch in my weight loss and I need to get it going again!

idk about buying anything but if you haven't done hiking or swimming, that's a serious kick in the pants. Nothing works your body more efficiently than swimming, and it's fun. As for hiking, there's no need to do it outdoors. get on a treadmill, crank up the incline, put it on 3mph and go for an hour. watch some TV or something to pass the time, but you will absolutely be sweating after 10 minutes.

If you're into yoga at all (or if you like hip hop/tribal/dance music) you might like Buti Yoga. You can subscribe to the workouts for $13/month and they change the videos every week so you don't get bored of doing the same thing over and over (like with DVDs, which drives me nuts). There is also a supportive Facebook group of women who always offer advice about the workouts but also just life in general. I think there are some older free workouts on Youtube if you want to get an idea of what it is, but the subscription has better workouts for sure.