How much do you work out?

Im doing insanity so 6 days a week one rest day! Love it and great results!! You should look into it!:}

Please start out slow love..if you try to bust your arss everyday you are going to get burnt out! I would say every other day is plenty if you are really giving your workout your all. Your body needs to recover and you might not figure that out until its too late and you're exhausted

I wish all I had to do is 30 day shred to lose weight. It's only 20 minutes. I have a Thyroid problem and so I need to work out 6 days a week for 45-60 minutes a day. The only workouts that I have found that push me hard and are that long is P90X and Turbo Fire. I am sure there are more out there but these have been working for me. I have also heard great things about insanity but I wanted to get through P90 and Turbo Fire first before I will be brave enough to try that one.

Work full time however I always try to save an hour+ a day for cardio and some weights.

I am currently doing 5 days a week of two a days, one day a week one workout and rest one day.
My two a days are curcuit training/bootcamp, step aerobics or taebo in the morning. Then the second workout is either the treadmill on an incline or swimming.

The day that I do one workout depends on how my body feels. It is either a walk or circuit training.

We do have a Y membership but I also rent DVD's from the library or from netflix. I get bored easy so I need to change the workouts.

Make sure you start out slow. Don't jump into it or you are more prone to injuries and burn out. Also find something you enjoy. I love circuit training. My friends were trying to get me to go to zumba but I really didn't enjoy it and felt clumsy.

1-3 times/day. Usually for 30-60 mins each time. (noon walk, zumba or insanity class) and/or Jullian Michaels video depending how motivated I am. I always try to do at least one 30 minute spurt of something. I had about the same to lose as you when I started....the second half is going much more SLOWLY!!!

You don't need to go nuts, at least not at first when you are working on more general fitness and getting used to things and getting in better shape. I started with 30DS, but only 3x a week. I'd try to do something active on the weekends like a bike ride or long walks with the family. As 30DS got easier and I got healthier in general (i had never really exercised in my life), I made my workouts longer and harder.
One thing I want to say, kind of in response to all the folks who are busting out hours on the treadmill every day -- I've been reading a lot about how long cardio sessions at medium intensity can actually make you lose muscle rather than fat so I've tried to make sure most of my workouts are load bearing, pretty intense, and that I get enough protein. I'm not an expert on this by any means but I've been reading this same theory over and over enough that it makes me kind of glad I never got into running.

Right now, I'm still only working out 3x a week and trying to do fun active things on the weekends. My new favorite things are Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones (a 40-min DVD) and the Spartacus Circuit which you can read about on the Men's Health website. Really kicks your *kitten*. Excellent. And all you need are some hand weights.

I've lost 43 lbs in about a year and am in maintenance now.

I suggest you start off slow, continue with the 30 days shred and then start adding a little more. You don't want to push to quick. I workout 5-6 days a week, two days I take a bootcamp class and the other days I alternate between jogging the treadmill, DVD workouts or my iPhone apps and I will occassionally take a class Saturday mornings.

Right now I do 3 ModerateIIT sessions per week, 3 heavy lifting sessions per week, and 2 LISS session per week, but I know I COULD lose without any cardio. I am so close now that I am not going to bother changing, but next time I need to cut I am going to see if I can do it with no cardio.

I'm so with you! I don't have the cash for a gym membership either. I'm a lot older than you and my responsibilities are different that being said, I committed to changing my lifestyle. I also have hypothyroidism so my weightloss takes longer than most.
Anyway, what i do with little cash and time is this:

MWF and sat or sun running outside for 40 mins.
I started with c25k - awesome. You can do this! No injuries and can download app for free. Or can download it on a computer and print it out. I graduated last week, went from not being able to run and can now run 40 minutes straight. Ran my first 5k last week. Loved it!

Tues and thurs I do 30 day shred DVD.
I get bored doing the same routines all the time. I'm on level 2 and I feel this is good resistance training for me. Once I get level 3 comfortable, I'm going to do insanity. I figure it will be winter than so my running will probably get knocked out a bit.

Whenever I can I also include walking the dog or riding bikes with kids, and I love swimming, even though I suck.

I track everything on MFP. It's such a routine that I'm addicted.

Hope this helps and I'm rooting for you!:flowerforyou:

Sorry I forgot to say that with this heat I've been running between 6 and 7 a.m. I just stay hydrated. I figure the more I sweat the more toxins leave my body. Plus when it is cool I can run faster! This morning it was 100!

4-5 days a week at the gym for 1hr-1.75 hr.
Then easy yoga on Sundays for one hr.
also sometimes at night go for 45min walks with my mom.
Averaging around: 5.75hrs - 11.25hrs a week

Well just keep in mind that the calorie deficit is what will make you shed pounds. Whatever your net calorie goal is on MFP, that's what you should have and if all goes as planned you will lose weight on schedule. So as long as you're at that net calorie goal, working out more isn't really necessary. When you get to your goal weight and your focus shifts to toning, then you might need to work out a little more to really see your muscles changing. Good luck!