I have questions

Lunarcy

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I'm sorry. I am new here and I don't know how to address other people very well. I hope I can make myself understood.


In August 2010 I quit smoking. Since then I have gained 75 lbs. I was already 25 lbs overweight due to pregnancy.


In March I am going to a wedding and I am losing weight so I can find a dress to fit me and I can look nice. March is also my birthday and I told my husband that if I lose 50 lbs by my birthday, he has to take me to my favorite restaurant that is 4 hours drive one way.


I have been watching what I eat and exercising for 1 week now. I have already lost 10 lbs in 7 days.


I am not very good with complicated things so all I have been doing is making sure I only eat 1300 calories a day, taking a multivitamin to make up for whatever I am not eating. I have been using a Gazelle for 40 minutes a day. 20 minutes in the morning and 20 before bed. I only use the Gazelle in the morning. No exercise afterwards. But in the evening I use the Gazelle for 20 minutes and then exercise for an hour.


That is about the extent of my weight loss program. I haven't told my husband that I have started exercising. I am seeing how much weight I can lose before he notices, so I exercise before he gets out of bed and then again after he goes to work. He works 3rd, so that's before bedtime to me.


The first few days I exercised, I fell asleep 10 minutes afterwards. I thought that was pretty cool. I never go right to sleep. But these past couple of days I have been having trouble going to sleep. I took 6 mg of melatonin before I went to bed and I was asleep 20 minutes later. I slept hard for 2 hours and was awake the rest of the night. It was the same the next night.


I have been exercising my legs and butt muscles a lot because someone told me that they are the largest muscles in the body and will burn the most calories if I exercise them. I have also been doing sit-ups and stomach crunches to get rid of my stomach. It has been 3 years since I had my kid and I still look pregnant.


There was another problem that I wanted to explain, but I seem to have forgotten. I will probably wake at 3 am and realize what I had forgotten. If I remember it, I will type it later. I hope maybe you guys can point me in a better direction.
 
People often have trouble falling asleep immediately after exercise because when you exercise, your body releases all kinds of hormones into the blood stream that 'wake up' your body. It also raises your heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc. all of which can make it more difficult to fall asleep right away. It's different for everyone, but it can take some time for your body to return to it's normal, relaxed state.


Are you doing all bodyweight exercises, or do you have some other equipment at home, like dumbells or anything else?
 
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