And here I go again ^_^

[superqt4u2nv]

ok gym has been greating, I'd been down and lethargic and I feel great to be back in motion.

Question, we have one of those 30 min cycle areas kinda like in curves, they work every part, how useful are those for weight loss? or am I better off with just cardio and lifting?
P.S. No junk food yet! YaY!!! I went to CVS to buy milk and all the christmas candy was on sale and I bought nothing!!!

Have you ever seen the woman that come out of curves? I have there was one next to my old tanning salon they didn't look like they had ever seen the inside of a gym. So in short no stick to lifting then cardio.

Why not start a log we can cheer you on daily

 

[nangiggles]

Have you ever seen the woman that come out of curves? I have there was one next to my old tanning salon they didn't look like they had ever seen the inside of a gym. So in short no stick to lifting then cardio.

Why not start a log we can cheer you on daily

Wow really? I thought it was good because I feel like turning my insides out when I do that cycle, most of the women at curves join for like a month and quit and they do light pussy cycles in that

I do nothing under 30 pounds (90 on the leg press, 50 on the shoulder) I thought that putting a decent to heavy amount of weight and doing it with as many reps as I can and fast was actually one of the best things I could do

 

[zedhed]

So I have lost of weight to lose of course, standing 5'1 weighing 176 pounds is a very bad thing, me weight should really be around 115-120 pounds however I'm not trying to get skinny I'm trying to get healthy, I've finally joined a real gym (the sorry excuse of a gym in my apartment complex was awful) and am getting back on the horse.

Here come the questions:

* Workout, should I do cardio and then lift? or lift and then cardio? or cardio -lift -cardio? If you can, do cardio first thing in the morning. Or next best thing is to do it right after your workout. However diet will get more pounds off you then cardio. The two together are gr8!

* I love lifting heavy however it is to my understanding that given I want to burn fat then it's best for me to lift lighter and faster with short resting periods as opposed to lifting heavier and slower, correct?
Wrong. This is proven wrong. Lifting heavy will burn far more calories then anything else. Also by lifting heavy, that will cause your metab system to continue to burn cals at a high rate for the next 6-8 hours.

* Try the circuit? my gym has one of those 30 min circuit work outs, how do you feel about those are they useful for burning fat? if done right are they really comparitive to a regular workout?
Yes they work ok. Howver I think it would be better for you to work out a good workout program and go heavy on that as that is what you like to do and it will burn more calories in the long term.

* Nutrition... here is where things REALLY suck for me because I'm not doing very well in the $$$ department, so believe me I would prefer nothing else than to eat protein and veggies BUT I really dont have that much money to be buying +$5 a pound things in large quantities so I'm a little screwed, what alternatives do I have? how do you feel about the lean cuisine type of frozen foods, I know they are not the best and dont compare to home made food but at least it's a cheap controlled amount of calories, fat, etc I can manage
Gurl that is more expensive then bying lean pork, chicken breasts and the fish in those packages. Also you might give Radar a PM on this. He is excellent with this stuff. Dont be shy!

* Schedule.... this is even worse.... my body is like in shut down which is why I've gained so much weight, I work from 4p.m. to midnight so my day is usually something like this

* Wake up 11a.m. sometimes later
* Breakfast anywhere between 12p.m.and 2p.m.
* All sorts of nothing from 11 to 2:30
* Work at 4p.m.
* Snack around 5p.m.
* Dinner(lunch actually) in my workstation (I work straight through and have no "lunch hour") around 7-8p.m.
* Get home around 12:30
* Sometimes may or may not have dinner when I get home
* Go to bed anywhere between 1:30 to 2a.m.
Ok you wanna speed your metab up. That is what you need to do. So you need to eat 6-8 times per day with no more then 2 shakes.
You need to figure your BMR/BMI. If you need help PM me or Radar or you can google it. That is a starting place for you to know how many cals you need to consume to get your bod into the furnace mode.

As you can see clearly I am oversleeping, under eating and have really messed up meal times, I just dont understand where to put what in this crazy schedule.

Honestly I dont even know where to begin with myself, I took the first step of getting into the gym and will start next week, any help is appreciated

It all starts with that very first step chika, and from there its baby steps. But for the contest you need to take those baby steps quickly....
Best of luck to you nans.

 

[nangiggles]

Also, I bought a gallon of water and am aiming to drinking as much of it as I can every day, HOWEVER, I work in a call center and find myself having to pee like every 30 min which my boss wont like, how do you manage to drink so much and not go to the bathroom so often?

 

[nangiggles]

It all starts with that very first step chika, and from there its baby steps. But for the contest you need to take those baby steps quickly....
Best of luck to you nans.

I dont think I'll officially do the contest but I'm still gonna do my best ^_^

Seems my BMR is 1580 and my BMI 1896, I'm thinking of shooting for 1600 a day.... what do you think
I'm at 31% BF oddly enough it seems my lean body weight should be 120 when I thought it was like 110-115 but I wont fight science and math
All I need to know now is how many calories are in basic things I eat and I'll try to have a food journal that will help me see what I am doing now and what I am doing wrong, I have internet access like 80% of the day or more so it will be fairly easy to google calorie amounts of things I may or may not eat....

 

[zedhed]

Go to Fitday.com.

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[nangiggles]

How long should I rest between repetitions? say Im do 4x 12 reps of something...
Also I can lift weight fairly well but I noticed something by the weights in the top that I can adjust and it makes it harder to lift, I think someone called it friction, I didnt have that in my previous gyms, what should I set that to?

 

[leecoper]

After the marriage I was very fat and I hear again to about gym exercise with my friend.Then i join the gym and leave junk food and chicken.I watch many different in my body.

 

[zedhed]

How long should I rest between repetitions? say Im do 4x 12 reps of something...
Also I can lift weight fairly well but I noticed something by the weights in the top that I can adjust and it makes it harder to lift, I think someone called it friction, I didnt have that in my previous gyms, what should I set that to?

Do you mean rest between reps or sets. Reps make up sets. You do reps one after the other no rest.
But between sets of however many reps you rest as long as you need to, to feel ready to do the next set. At this point no need to get caught up in all that.

The thing at the top to make it more difficult, go on and do make it more difficult at the top cuz that is where you will be strongest. It will benefit you to do so.

 

[nangiggles]

Do you mean rest between reps or sets. Reps make up sets. You do reps one after the other no rest.
But between sets of however many reps you rest as long as you need to, to feel ready to do the next set. At this point no need to get caught up in all that.

The thing at the top to make it more difficult, go on and do make it more difficult at the top cuz that is where you will be strongest. It will benefit you to do so.

but is it best to make it difficult to me based on that thing or based on the actual weight? isnt it best with actual weight? I dont know what that thing is.....