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wendoger

wendoger

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Man oh man....my body is pain...but I like it. I just started working out this past week. We did one day upper body and one day lower body. Everything is killin' me...lol.....
I want to work out more than just the 2 days a week but my friend says you need to give your body a break.
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So I've been doing what I can at home. I sure wish she wanted to do a little more......whatta you all do? How many days a week do ya do weight training?
 
1. What are your current stats
2. What are your goals.
3. What does your current workout routine look like - please be as specific as possible...

Spend some time reading around the forum... being sore isnt an indicator of an effective workout and if you're constantly sore, you really want to make sure that you aren't overdoing your workout...

Generally you can work out the same body part every other day.. giving a day in between for recovery... but knowing what your workout is will get you much better information
 
What Mal said.

And you can add other forms of exercise aside from weight training. A light jog can actually expend calories and act as an 'active recovery' tool.
 
Whatta ya mean by stats?
Measurements? Weight?
I am 5'10 and weigh 254. I am not petite...large frame. I wear a size 11 and a half shoe.
About 2 years ago I was over 300lbs. I went on WW (weight watchers) and lost about 70-something lbs. I exercised too.
Then my parents starting battling cancer and I gained about 30 back...now I have started again....WW and exercise. I love to exercise.
So far I am down about 17 lbs. Again. I have a tredmill in the basement that I jog/fast walk on. I do about 30 minutes.
I dunno how to tell ya about the workout at the gym cuz I dunno the names of the equipment. But we do as heavy as we can stand to put the weights on for at least 8 or more reps. We do that 3 times. My friend says by the 8th rep we should be struggling.
We did upper body one day...chest, arms, back....and lower body the next day...legs, butt, calves.
My goal is to weigh about 180.
 
I've just been reading some other posts...how do ya figure how many calories you should be eating? I mean, I've been doing the point system with Weight Watchers. I guess its ok if its worked in the past for me.
How do the Biggest Loser contestants do it? What do they eat? Do they exercise all day, every day to get that skinny in that amount of time???
 
i hear ya! i love that pain you get from working out!! i havent had it in a while tho, i pretty much to the same workout. i guess that is why i havent noticed any difference in myself.! good luck!
 
just eat healthy and exercise, it really is that simple. I cut out choc and bikkies and crisps etc and lost a stone in under a month :D
 
wendoger,

The BMI Calculator, doesn't determine, calories, it tells you weather or not you are in the healthy range with body fat.

I'm pritty new, but I've read a bunch on here and have done some of my own research. Here are two sites that offer calorie trackers (you can put in everything you eat, it does the work for you), , and . I like sparkpeople better because it's more user friendly and has a lot of every day food allready programed in it, even brands of food. They're both free, and easy to use. If you put in your wieght, and other specks when you sign up on spark people, it will tell you your target calorie range.

It isn't as simple allways as just eating healthy or cutting sweets out. It's about energy in (food) verses encergy out (exercise and activities). Like me, I found out that I actually needed more calories to loose weight. Since I've found this out my body is letting some of my fat go.

To find out your daily caloric needs, there is a formula, called the Harris Benedict Formula. You have to find out what your BMR is first, which is easy, this site will help you calculate your BMR. BMR is basicaly the amount of calroies your body will burn doing nothing, just laying in bed, breathing etc....

Then use the Harris Benedict Formula to find out how much your body needs to maintan your current weight:If your activity is light, then you do this equashion after you find your BMR. BMR x 1.55 = calories needed..... If your activity is moderate BMR x 1.375 = calories needed.... If it's high activity there is another formula, but it seems like right now, these two will do? After you find out what your body needs to mantain your weight, then you take 300-500 calories off of that. To create a healthy defiset, along with the exercise.

These equashions will personalize this experiance for you and will allow you to see exactly how much you need to put in your body. It might sound hard but it's really not.

I am not an expert at all, I'm new, this is information I found here and on the web, you should research this yourself aswell, and if I have any of the info wrong someone else please corect me. I will say that since learning this my body is changing rapidly, I have lost some weight, and lots of inches, I have increased stamina, and I feel GREAT!

Good luck to you!!!:waving:


(I suck at spelling and I type fast, lol sorry )
 
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