Exercise plan for weight loss?? belly be gone

haleyjester
haleyjester Posts: 197 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I haven't exercised in awhile and my husband and I started back at gym today. We love to be outside so while its nice we will still be doing trails and such. I plan on seeing the personal trainer at our gym because it comes free with membership but I wanted to put it out to the universe and see what kind of workout plans some others have.

I am 5'6 and 200 lbs. I am hippy so my midsection is main focus but whole body is in need of tough love. I am working on the food aspect which is difficult but a big part of this. My problem is I have no idea what I need to be doing workout wise, I understand diet is biggest but in order for me to stay motivated I need to be all in both ways. I need a plan, for each day. I just don't know where to start. I want my time to count while I am working out.

Id love to see some of what you all are doing.

Thanks =)

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  • rmgnow
    rmgnow Posts: 375 Member
    I play soccer on Thursdays and Fridays. 90 mins.

    Cardio is always good if you want to get lean
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    edited August 2017
    My workout plan is:
    30 min hard cardio every day. 1-2 hours of weightlifting 6 days a week. Went from 40% bodyfat to 29.8% in 4 months! I stopped looking at the scale so much as muscle gains throw off the scale. I weigh myself once a month now. I just pay attention to the numbers on the weights I'm lifting.

    Also, you can't target fat loss. Your body will lose fat wherever it wants to. Trust me, if it were my choice I would still have a C cup. But it isn't, so I just accept my smaller chest as a sacrifice for an overall healthier me.
  • haleyjester
    haleyjester Posts: 197 Member
    BabyBear76

    Ok so I want to know is during your 6 days of weightlifting what exactly are you doing...exercises, reps, weight? I know its different for everyone I just want a general idea!
  • kwaasen
    kwaasen Posts: 11 Member
    Why don't you talk with the PT and ask her to incorporate your outdoor activities in your routines?
  • kwaasen
    kwaasen Posts: 11 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »

    Also, you can't target fat loss. Your body will lose fat wherever it wants to. Trust me, if it were my choice I would still have a C cup. But it isn't, so I just accept my smaller chest as a sacrifice for an overall healthier me.

    Seconded! What if the fat from dropping the bra size had come off the belly instead!
  • pamfgil
    pamfgil Posts: 449 Member
    Any exercise will help you as long as your eating is maintaining a deficit, do you have any dreams you could turn into a goal, e.g. Obstacle course, rock climbing, being able to do a pull up?
  • Asibaris
    Asibaris Posts: 24 Member
    haleyjester wrote: »
    I haven't exercised in awhile and my husband and I started back at gym today. We love to be outside so while its nice we will still be doing trails and such. I plan on seeing the personal trainer at our gym because it comes free with membership but I wanted to put it out to the universe and see what kind of workout plans some others have.

    I am 5'6 and 200 lbs. I am hippy so my midsection is main focus but whole body is in need of tough love. I am working on the food aspect which is difficult but a big part of this. My problem is I have no idea what I need to be doing workout wise, I understand diet is biggest but in order for me to stay motivated I need to be all in both ways. I need a plan, for each day. I just don't know where to start. I want my time to count while I am working out.

    Id love to see some of what you all are doing.

    Thanks =)

    Hello! I recoment you go to fitnessblender.com make an account and establish your oun daily workouts. But I really think you should buy their 4-8 week plans. They are very good! I lost a lot of weight 2 years ago but didn't workout for some time and now back in the game. They actually made me love working out. Check them out and give it a go. I promise you'll love them :-)
  • Asibaris
    Asibaris Posts: 24 Member
    haleyjester wrote: »
    I haven't exercised in awhile and my husband and I started back at gym today. We love to be outside so while its nice we will still be doing trails and such. I plan on seeing the personal trainer at our gym because it comes free with membership but I wanted to put it out to the universe and see what kind of workout plans some others have.

    I am 5'6 and 200 lbs. I am hippy so my midsection is main focus but whole body is in need of tough love. I am working on the food aspect which is difficult but a big part of this. My problem is I have no idea what I need to be doing workout wise, I understand diet is biggest but in order for me to stay motivated I need to be all in both ways. I need a plan, for each day. I just don't know where to start. I want my time to count while I am working out.

    Id love to see some of what you all are doing.

    Thanks =)

    Oh and they plans are very cheap - like 15$
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,997 Member
    You certainly cannot spot reduce, but doing exercises that target your core as well then this might help: a better posture coming from your back, better muscles to support your tummy at the front: that can make a huge difference.

    Honestly I would probably start doing weight lifting again if I had access to a gym with squatrack and bench. It trains a whole bunch of muscles at the same time, including core, and the gym time is probably fairly short. I'd stay away from any machines as they don't train a bunch of muscles at the same time as free weights do but only isolated muscles. Plus it's so easy to cheat there. A crunch machine can be operated by only using your thigh muscles for example.
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    Bare in mind that I've worked up to this activity level over 20 months (starting at just walking 3000 steps), that I really enjoy being active and like to eat. Everything is slightly different atm with it being school holidays but during term time I follow Wendlers 5/3/1 lifting on a 2 day split so :

    Monday : Body Pump (starting next week), run
    Tuesday am : Zumba, Squats, Overhead Press, accessories
    Tuesday pm : Insanity, Boxercise
    Wednesday : Run, legs, bums tums, Zumba
    Thursday am : Deadlifts, bench, accessories
    Thursday pm : run, Circuits
    Friday : Circuit, legs bums tums.
    Saturday : Active rest
    Sunday : long run

    5/3/1 is a program where I lift heavy for three weeks then take a deload week where I only really lift at warm up weights. During term time I'll have 3x PT sessions during that week.

    As it's the holidays I can't consistently get to the gym 3x a week so I'm doing a 100 rep challenge, doing each of the 4 main lifts 10 sets of 10 starting at 50% of my 1 rep max and then adding 1kg a week to upper body and 2kg to lower body. Plus I'm fitting in as many PT sessions as I can afford so 3-5 a week.
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