I do not have the commitment level for WW. But I can eat right and exercise. I would love to slim down before summer rolls around. I have vigorously been working out for almost a month and have lost no weight. ( I am using same method I used last fall and dropped 15 lbs right away.) Granted I took 3 months off my routine, but I am not getting any results. I have lost a couple inches. I pulled out the old ab-slide this week and I feeling it everytime I sneeze and stand up! Ouchers! Any fitness experts have advice on how I can work harder/smarter to drop the weight?
First, everyone needs to know this (and I know you weren't implyingthis) but you CAN"T spot lose weight. Meaning, doing sit ups will NOT burn belly fat. You lose fat overall and it usually works its way inwards from the appendages to your core...meaning the belly will be the last to go, so don't be discouraged.
Now, keep doing that ab slider but try to graduate to feet flat on the floor kneew bent, arms begind your head but elbows out- sit ups. THEY ARE HARD HARD HARD. You'll literally get 1/3 of one done the first time you try, but just lodge your feet in and keep trying, in a few weeks you'll be doing 5, then 10, etc.
To lose weight you may be nickel and iming yourself with food and not realize it. Pay careful attention to calories. I used to not lose weight and wondered why and it was cause I thought I was eating cube of cheese 2 Hershey kisses and a handful of nuts before the gym. That was enough calories that I wasn't burning any extra n the gym. Eating breakfast is crucial to reving up the day's metabolism.
This is how I work out:
Day 1: Biceps, Triceps, Chest
Day 2: Legs, Delts, Upper Back
I only lift for 20 minutes per day. i do pyramids: three sets of each body part with maximum weight I can lift to failure (I don't count reps) and then lower the weight a bit and do it again.
Here is an example: Chest 200 lbs for perhaps 7 reps, then immediately, lower it to 180 pounds for like 4 reps, then lower it to 150 for 4 reps, then lower it to 100 for maybe 5. (As much as I can do). Then I do a similar thing with biceps, and then tricpes, then back to chest, biceps, tricpes, chest biceps triceps. I take no rest in between anything. When I am done I have thrice worked each muscle group to absolute failure. This take 20 minutes. To get my breath, i then stretch and do abs then I run for 20 minutes on the hills of Pittsburgh...then I take a very hot shower.
The next day it is delts, legs and upper back. The very next day I do workout 1 again. I do this for 6 days in a row and then rest for 1. While I do this for the 6 days I also do WW
***Oh, yeah here is the key, weights first then run and here is why: You'll need power and energy for weights. By lifting you'll burn off your glucose and then when you run you'll be burning the reserves (fat)." technically it will work both ways but your weight routine (what really burns the most calories) will be less effective****
God knows I need something to motivate me.
