Tips and advice, have you got any?

I am wanting to start to keep myself in good shape but to be honest I never really have so I'm not really sure, as stupid as it sounds, how to do it properly. We have really tightnened our purse strings just lately with current credit crunch and looming recession so suggestions like gym memberships and dietitians/personal trainers have gone out of the window. I cant join any kind of classes either as they all cost quite a bit in my local area. I have an ab-trainer and could borrow a bike and I know how to have a well balanced diet but I'm not sure about running etc, how long do I go for? how many times a week/day? please, if you can help me out in any way I would be so grateful, thanks =)Tips and advice, have you got any?
Nothing can do you good better than exercise and healthy eating.


Walk up hill, or jog, or use the elliptical trainer; do 30 minutes or more a few days a week. and eat healthy; belly fat or thighs or hips comes from deep fried foods, too many sugary foods - so just moderate and dont deprive yourself from anything.


Lastly, situps or crunches - in order to target lower part of your belly,you need most exercises with leg raising. so do crunches 50-100 before you go to bed and right when you wake up.


Doing crunches is the best before bed and right when you get up.


Also if you're able to lift weights, do it. Remember you cant just lose fat from one part of your body. So by lifting weights, light weights 3 sets of 12 - you'll burn more fat and build a litttle muscle - but more muscle faster fat burn and faster metabolism. And so is the case with Cardio - you speed up your metabolism up to the next 24 hours


.Tips and advice, have you got any?
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Try DDR. Many people have lost weight through it because you really work up a sweat and it's really fun too.





Good luck!
Honestly, you don't have to go to the gym to lose weight!


(You don't even need expensive equipment.)





I used to be 13 stone at my heaviest, I am now just under 10 stone, although I still hope to lose a little more.





If you're fit, you should run for at least 9 miles every 2 days.


If you're unfit, a couple of miles will do.


When I started running I could barely run a mile, now I can run at least 18.





However, the running wasn't quite for me, I wasn't keen on the idea of letting everyone in my neighbourhood see me running - out of breath with sweat everywhere.


The swimming pool is another alternative. It is pretty cheap to book an hour in the swimming pool, at my local pool it costs just 拢4 for 2 hours on certain days.


Check your local pool as I am sure they'll do something similar.


Swimming is a fantastic way to both tone up and lose weight.





Also, try borrowing that bike, cycling is much more fun than running and it can be quite enjoyable to cycle down to the countryside and spend a couple of hours with a picnic, healthy of course!
I had 5 a day in a whole bowlfor lunch for under 6 weeks, then when I went back to school last year, meah, too depressed and full from food you have to have at a time in that place, just try if your not there, I felt better then on chocolate after continueing after a day, and i cycle every day no problem, just get a cusiony spots seat to tighten on so...well you know...not have there ton from the inside out! And trust me, after the one or two days of the unfit stage, yuo resume cycleing and are fine. Try it, I've been doing it every day for 4 months now, and it's great.
dont be the girl that gives up on food. IF you just dont eat or do not eat atleast 1300( for female) calories a day, your body starts freaking out and thinking your starving so it holds on to all the fat in your body in order to survive, and you end up becoming frusterated wondering why am i not loosing any weight, just feeling yucky. Then if you actually stick on to that routine of not eating for a few months you start to loose weight, but its your muscle you are loosing, your body is starving with no food so it starts to eat your muscles, and by this time your body attitude has changed and your addicted to not eating. Than due to lack of calcium your teeth start to turn brown and eventually break in half or fall out, but i guess thats good since you dont need them for eating anyways! Also you will loose your hair, this is not a lifestyle. I've had personal experience wtih weight loss and i concured it, you can too but you HAVE TO EAT!





IT IS NOT ABOUT DIETING, DO NOT DIET, ITS A LIFESTYLE.





To eat healthy, First thing first, if you love soda, Try to see it for what it is, read the back of the can its nothing but added flavors, fat, sugar, and it tears at your stomach. I drink only water, and i do sit ups every night. Cut out junk food, and eat food that is good for you body.





Before i eat anything i think about how it will help my body, what is a cookie going to do, sit in my stomach and turn into fat, what is chinese food going to do, saturated fat, grease, or vegetables that will fuel my body, protein, thats how you have to think, you have to be a consious eater and think about what you eat before you eat it.





You have to lower your calorie intake in order to loose weight,and by that i dont mean down to like 200, you need atleast 1300 a day(for women). Slimfast is a great resource the website is free and you can enter every piece of food you have eaten and see how much fat you've consumed and how many calories. It also takes your gender height and weight into consideration and gives a plan to stick to (FOR FREE), plus it tells you how much you should weight. its called a BMI calculator.





I was overweight, My face got so huge and i felt like all of the rest of me did too, i found out how to eat healthy and stuck to and i've lost around 30 pounds by doing that.





Cut out all sugar/junk food/ cookies and all. Eat every 3 hours. Like at 6 i wake up and have all fruit for breakfast and than at 9 i have a snack of raw fruits or vegetables, at 12 i eat a slimfast bar and half a turkey sandwhich or something, at 3 i have another snack of vegetables or a fruit, and for dinner i have meats like chicken with no skin, or fish that has not been fried with half a plate of vegetables. Raw veggies are better than cooked actually because they loose nutrients when they are cooked.


Plus you gotta excersize, even if its 30 minutes a day, if you have ON DEMAND like on your tv, they have free excersize videos you can do, thats what i do. I also got into yoga, 5 months later i went from a size 12-13 to a 4-5, and i was at 156, now i'm at 126, and i'm 5'6 tall.





It is worth it when yout hik about, i'm doing this for my body and my health, and one day you'll reach your goal and wonder what the heck you were doing binging for all those months!





Good luck if you need any help email me, i'm still trying to drop about 5 pounds but my birthdays this weekend and i plan to binge, but get back to your excerisze after and its all good!





good luck., and no soda!