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What worked for me is not restricting any one thing 100%. I walked for 45 mins or more daily listening to podcasts, cut down candy, soda, alcohol and drank a lot of water before any snacks or meals. As the exercise time grew and weight dropped I started biking and joined a gym. After a while, I lost cravings for sweets and…

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Muscle & Strength has loads of free workout routines depending on what you want. I use RYSE (ryseapp.io) to track.

It looks reasonable unless you’re pushing every set to failure. Are you also doing warmup sets? Leaving 2-3 RIR? Resting enough between sets? Otherwise, try decreasing reps on heavy compound lifts to 6 and/or sets to 3. If you’re overtired, try 2 days on, 1 day rest, repeat.

$400 is tough unless you look in a big-box store (Dicks, Walmart, Academy sports, Costco). I picked up a Schwinn MTB from Walmart for $200 around 3 years ago to see if I was serious about getting back into biking (at 68yo 5’10” 250 lbs). I’ve put around 2500 miles on it, and it’s about done for. I’ve been looking at hybrid…

I’ve been using RYSE (ryseapp.io in App Store) to track my workouts. It also has a weight and meal logger like MFP. I like the community and support from others on this app. It doesn’t yet log to Apple health, but I just start ‘strength training’ on my Apple Watch to record it. Another free app that I’ve tried is Caliber,…

I just want to add, don’t expect to drop a lot of weight by lifting alone. Diet is the main factor. I dropped most of my weight with a combination of diet and cardio (especially outdoor biking/running). But lifting will shape up your body.

I also like to rest BEFORE leg day. Most canned workouts I’ve seen puts the rest day after legs.

I track my workouts, but it’s more for having a plan going in than noting what I’ve done each workout. I do it all on a free app, so it’s easy to track during each workout or adjust workouts ahead of time.

@drtradecraft good for you. I’ll be 71 next month. I dropped 60 lbs and got back into lifting 3 years ago when I retired. I’m nowhere near your body fat, but I’m in better shape than I was 10 years ago.

How much space you have to workout also matters. My bench is not gym quality, but it folds up so that I can put the bench and dumbbells in the closet. You can’t go wrong with dumbbells if you’re not sure which way to go. Also don’t discount walking or bike riding outdoors as the weather permits.

I agree with everything @sijomial said. Most beginners start with a 3-day full body workout. Vary your routine between days so it’s not boring. Start your workout with compound lifts (deadlift, squat bench press, overhead press) and finish with isolation work (biceps curl, calf raise, triceps extensions). Concentrate on…

If you can, run on grass or dirt trails rather than concrete. Get a good pair of running shoes. Work your way up, don’t overdo it if you’re just starting.

Caliberstrong is a free workout app. It will auto-generate workouts, or you can program your own. It’s worth a download to try it out. I’ve had it for about 2 weeks now. They also have a Reddit group r/caliberstrong. Justin & Chris are responsive to questions there. The app is supported by offering online coaching, but…

I was using an app called Liftin’ which has Apple Watch integration but it got expensive. Free apps I now use are RYSE and a new one Caliber.

First of all, congratulations on your loss. I agree with @ninerbuff there are no specific exercises that shrink your skin, and time will allow some of it to retract. If you haven’t been lifting, you could build muscle under that skin to fill it in. Either way it still looks better than if you put the weight back on.

I log my outdoor walk/run/bike with MapMyFitness, and those do sync to MFP, but I log my gym work (lift/elliptical/row/bike) etc using AppleWatch and those are no longer syncing. Most days I walk to the gym & back to work out, and my feed shows two 0.8 mile walks. So I get a lot of friendly “good walk” encouragement from…

I don’t understand what you mean by suspicion. To start simple: go for a walk every day; drink water in place of soda; eat fruits for snacks. Cut down on fast foods; lower portion size of normal meals.

Muscle & Strength has a variety of workouts you can download, but it’s not an app. Hasfit has a variety of YouTube videos to follow along. For free, Axiom LLC has a set of apps for different kinds of exercise (tabata, bodyweight, dumbbell, barbell, and, etc) it’s not fancy but does illustrate the exercise. Ryse is good for…

This. Walking is the easiest to start and maintain, is great for stress relief, and will help you breathe better. Alternate with biking, dancing or whatever interests you. Do what you like and you’ll look forward to doing it instead of dreading it.

I’m glad someone else likes these. The dumbbell and six-pack modules got me through a year of gyms being closed, I added barbell & bodybuilding. It’s easy to jump among them from within the app. But you have to create and log exercises separately in each one, and there’s no single database to show combined progress. I…

I got a PASYOU adjustable FID bench from Amazon for lifting dumbbells at home when gyms were closed during COVID. FLYBIRD makes similar ones. I’m happy with it, it folds up nicely. I’ve used it for benching with barbells, but kept the weight light because it doesn’t have a rack.

I’ve been doing PPL followed by an active recovery day, then repeat. I use an alternate set of exercises for the repeat block to avoid monotony.

I plan on a Push-Pull-Legs-Recover-repeat, where recovery day is an hour or two of walk, bike, hike or run. I’ll take a full rest day when I feel that I need it, or if I can’t fit it in, which has typically been once every week or two. Every 6-8 weeks, I’ll take a break for 5-8 days from lifting after which I’ll tweak the…

I prefer podcasts in the gym, lately I like the Doors while out running.

Try RYSE (RYSE app.io) for logging gym workouts. It’s a supportive group.

Keep the weight low until you master correct form and range of motion. Aside from giving feedback, a trainer can also give you “hints” to get your body to concentrate on the right muscles during an exercise.

I just use a different app that logs to Apple health, which MFP picks up as generic strength training and shows as exercise calories to offset my food calories. I prefer a list of the exercises that I do, along with weight/reps/sets that I can follow during the workout. I can do this in MFP, but it’s tedious and is missing…

Do what works for you. Ignore the haters and find some positive friends. You’re doing great.

Maybe push-ups to replace chest press.