I walk but need more exercise...305 lb starting out

Baby steps that's all it takes and as you start to see results each week this will motivate you to move more, it's deffinately working for me!

Here's to good health! :flowerforyou: Goodluck on your journey and even on days u really cnt be a*sed just get up and move around the house more and trust me it works!!

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Also, Leslie Sansone's "Walk Away the Pounds" workout DVDs.

Try the Couch to 5K plan. It starts out very basic, with walking 5 mins, then running 30 seconds, then walking 2 mins, then run 30 seconds. It has you do that for a week and then the next week you might run 30 seconds and then walk 90 seconds....it slowly builds you up to being able to run. The program is supposed to take the biggest couch potato and get them to be able to run a 5k if they just stick to the plan. I have personally done this program and I know it works if you stick with it. That will help you build up your caloric burn without increasing the length of time you are used to exercising (assuming you are walking on a regular basis for maybe 20 mins each time. The plan only requires 3 days a week of less than 30 mins.

SWIMMING!!!!

Normally people that have been overweight for awhile have knee and/or hip problems, so they may not be able to start running right away because all that weight and pressure on your joints isn't good for them! I would recommend swimming. Swimming is a fantastic way to work all parts of your body without the hurt, and you can have fun while doing it! After you get down some more pounds, then I think jogging would become a good option, but you don't want to put too much strain on your joints and have them damaged forever!!


http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/fitness-basics-swimming-is-for-everyone

Our pool opens in June. I will absolutely be out there lapping it up! I can't wait. I've looked at the couch to 5K it looks doable. I think I'll try starting that. What do you think about sit-ups and the like?

You can try ordering some of the Jillian MIchael's DVDs and doing a little bit at a time?

I have more weight to lose than you do and can definitely sympathize. I just got a Kinect and am loving it! You can do fun activities at your own pace while still burning calories. It's something your kids would love doing also and you could do together.

I don't know how all of you swim so much. The pool at my gym is so crowded you have to wait forever to get a swim lane.

I started my journey at 330 lbs. I am now at 298 in 14 weeks. What worked for me won't necessarily work for you, but I'll tell you what I've been doing and see if any of it might sound god.

First, I want you to know that while you are heavy, that doesn't mean you can't do things. I think we big girls tend to think we can't do certain things until we get thinner, and that's just not true unless your doctor specifically says not to do something. If your doctor gives you the OK, then don't let your weight hold you back.

I've tried easing into working out before, and it didn't work for me then. I set myself a plan, got a friend to do it with me, and started going to the gym 5 days a week. 3 of those days I lifted weights and did a little cardio, 2 of the days I did lots of heavy cardio. I took 2 days off a week. Because of this intensity I saw results very fast. This was a huge motivator for me and because of the intensity early on I was able to do more faster.

I had a lot of knee pain before I started. It hurt when I stood up, sat down, went up stairs...I did a little research online to find some good weight lifting ideas to strengthen my knees/legs. I ended up using several weight machines that concentrated on legs and a trainer at my gyme told me to try using the recumbant bike, up the resistance and concentrate on "digging" in with the knee that had the most pain. I didn't do as much cardio during the first few weeks because of my knees and really concentrated on lifting weights and using the bike and elliptical. By week 4 I had aboslutely no knee pain left. This worked for me, but I sought some experts first before I tried.

I don't have access to a pool but I know that aerobic classes in the pool are awesome!

I started the Couch to 5 K thing in January. Running was HARD. So hard. I had to do about 5 weeks of the first week of C25K before I was able to complete the program completely for the program's Week 1. I spent a couple of weeks doing Week 2. Now I'm on Week 3 and while running is still hard, I've been pretty excited about how running for a couple of minutes isn't hard anymore when it was so very hard in the beginning just to run 1 minute. I'm not running a full mile yet, but I can run/walk 3 miles ok. I'm completing my first 5K in April.

I try lots of different types of cardio at my gym. I walk, run, bike. I use the elliptical and I've used the Precor Climber and the stair stepper on occassion. Now that it is getting nice out I'll be running/walking outside some too so I can get prepared for my 5K. Lifting weights is still a priority for me. I like how much stronger I've become.

What really worked for me was committing to 5 day a week work outs. I saw progress quickly and I needed to know what I was doing was making a difference. Going only 2 or 3 times a week just wasn't enough for me to feel like I was making progress. There are a lot of things I couldn't do in the beginning, like squats and lunges. Now I can do 25 squats in good form with two 15 lbs weights in my hands and it's no problem. Lunges are still tough, but I can do them.

I do not have any advice for just working out at home. I love the gym, but I know that several of Jillian Michael's videos are pretty great. I don't use them regularly but I feel like she kicks my butt pretty good.

I'm also a HUGE fan of yoga.

Started out at 400 and now down to 342. I use a recumbant bike daily and do the leslie sansone walking tapes. I'm currently in a march challenge for miles (you set your own goal, it can be 5 or 500 miles) and I love it. I have a knee injury so I have to modify the leslie sansone tape, but the bike saves me. I'm up to an hour on it now and feel amazing!

I also do resistance bands and a weighted ball 15 minute workout.

Start slow and set mini goals. I have a friend on here that uses a "mini pedal bike" that fits under her desk and now she is working up to a regular bike. Awesome! Going too fast can cause injury. Listen to your body!

You can do this, especially if I can!

P.S. my boys do my walking tape with me and love it!

I just want to say I love your adipose icon!!

Don't discount walking! My mom lost 115 lbs by getting 10,000 steps a day. She wore a pedometer and incorporated more movement into her day on top of daily walks on her treadmill or in the neighborhood.

I started at 385, but didn't start exercising until I was about 305 or so. My first efforts were spent on the Biggest Loser Jump Start video. They offer a four week plan - - - BUT don't take that literally. Each workout offers the regular ten minutes of exercises as well as showing you modifications of some of them if you're not quite ready for the full thing. At the beginning, I could only do about 7 1/2 minutes of the 10, and most of that was the modifications. I kept plugging away, though, and eventually could do most of the entire 10 minutes on each workout. I stayed on the first week plan for about four months and then, when I was doing fairly well with that, went into the second week for another couple of months. By that time I had lost enough (and gained a lot of confidence in what I was now able to do) to be able to branch out into other areas of exercise.