Is there any way you could do swimming/water aerobics or something like that? That would be a great low/no impact workout & swimming is great for cardiovascular health. You could possibly even make up a workout with kicks & punches in the water until you lose a little more. VERY PROUD OF YOU!!! Awesome weight loss!!!

the biggest thing is getting your cardio endurance up, so any type of low-impact cardio (like swimming!) will prepare you for when you can start training without building up injuries. Also, just working on a punching bag is great to start off with too!

Congratulations and keep up the amazing work!

They kinda get a bad rap but why not the local karate or tae Kwon do place? Even if you do nothing but learn forms it'll get you moving while learning some basic stand up skills.

MMA is pretty much Muay Thai + JJ.

Soorry but *wrong* I have to tottally disagree with this comment.

The original MMA - ultimate fighting competitions - were brought about to pitch martial arts in their orininal form against each other so literally you do karate I do jujutsu and it's last man standing.

Then martial arts schools still taught their original forms but prepared their fighters for the likelyhood they would come up against different styles. so if you're strong on your feet what are you going to do when you get taken to the ground by a BJJ guy? You need a game plan.

Now we have lots of MMA clubs and in response to what I think the original point Ive quoted may have been trying to reflect..

MMA classes teach a variety of skills for both standing and floor or wrestling combat. The standing and kicking may not necessarily be a reflection of Muay Thai and your ground work will probably reflect Brazilian jujutsu. To say that MMA is basically jujutsu is misleading as not all your take downs will come from judo or jujutsu moves. You may have a good wrestling coach or even learn sumo.

To anyone wanting to do MMA regardless of size, fitness or gender:

It's hard work, you will sweat on someone, be expected to eventually get up close and personal, wrap your legs around them, mount them! And then you will get their sweat on you so yes it's daunting. Starting with boxing for cardio and working your way to close contact is as good a place as any but I say go for it. It is so rewarding pushing your limits with MMA

Like the others said find a good coach, check them out. Tell them your goal and work towards it.

Maybe I can give some advice. I have always wanted to do Brazillian Jiu Jitsu but I was waiting for the weight to come down first. I realized that that was dumb... why wait when I can at least start learning the basics.

Great advice. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is also one of the more low impact grappling arts (vs Judo or Wrestling). During intense sessions, a very good workout can be had without the fear of blunt force trauma due to errant (or precise) punches/kicks/throws/slams. A great introduction into other combat arts.

As far as TKD translating into kickboxing/Muay Thai, TKD was my first art and I carry it very heavily into my striking training. Great for footwork, speed, accuracy, flexibility, agility, parrying, technique, and timing. The true transistion comes during full contact sparring, because nothing can prepare you for being hit except...being hit. TKD is so useful because since its sport component is based on "touching" and not being "touched", the speed/pace of a full contact sparring session is not overwhelming. TKD's power technique (the roundhouse) is a universal kick. The goals of the different sport components may be different, but that is only a gameplan adjustment... a TKD headkick and a Thai headkick both end with a basball-bat-shin to the dome.

Any training is better than no training. Any exercise is better than no exercise.