newbie with backpain!

sumayaiphone
sumayaiphone Posts: 15 Member
edited October 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! I am new here and recently started the 30DS to lose some of my pregnancy weight and now im 4 months post partum so decided it was a good time. I've never really followed an exercise program my whole life and i was always at a satisfactory weight so never needed to push myself to lose. Now im 6-7 kgs overweight and it just isnt dropping off like it used to. After my child was born i began to eat so much sugar and junk just cause i didnt have time to cook! I know its very unhealthy and very unbelievable that I would never go to the gym or use the treadmill I'm sorry for that and since I am 26 now the weight is stuck!

I now have MFP set me up at 1200 cals which i exceed by eating some of my exercise calories. My problem now is I am on day 6 of the 30DS and iv developed a bad back pain (same pain i used to have while i was pregnant) are there any tips how i can relieve it? Do you think this is temporary? have i pulled a wrong muscle? Im only on level one and I dont even use heavy weights just 1 kg!

Everyone over here is so so helpful so thanks in advance :)

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  • mrsskinny629
    mrsskinny629 Posts: 96 Member
    It could be a number of things. Try going to a chiropractor. I heart my back exercising one day back in 2009. It flared up about every 6 months. I finally got an x-ray & then an mri last month and I have mild degenerative disc disease. If the pain doesn't go away, I'd recommend getting it checked out so you know how to care for it! Good luck, back pain sucks!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Back pain is tough - heat and rest helps. When you get back to exercise - try something lower impact (30 Day Shred is rated high impact at collagevideo.com) - or at least switch off between high impact & low impact days.
  • sumayaiphone
    sumayaiphone Posts: 15 Member
    thanks for your reply...it was quite sudden and iv never had it in my life (Except for pregnancy which is common) so thats why was a bit concerned...i wonder if back pain occurs through pushups because thats what i tried yesterday! i will definitely see someone about it thanks :)
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Push ups! That could do it. Planks work the core - so push ups makes sense. I wouldn't push things too hard too fast and risk (any more) injury.
  • sumayaiphone
    sumayaiphone Posts: 15 Member
    thank u so much TeaBea...so il stop the push ups...but are ab crunches and all the other ab exercises ok with a back pain?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    You'll have to be very careful - very precise with your form or you could risk making it worse. Take a couple days and just do cardio, give your back a rest. Then when you come back make sure you use really good form. If you only do 1/2 the number of reps at first - so be it - just so you do it right.
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