Suggestions for faster weight loss!

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At the moment I do 10 mins warmup on the bike level 5 manual,

and then 20 mins level four on a stair walker eliptical machine

20 mins on thread mill @6.5km/hr and then 10 mins on a stepper

2/3 times a week
also I do a class mixed with tai chi yoga and pilates once a week
Its bodybalance class in Westwood!
My main aim is too loose weight! Been grand so far! just want more of a challege and to maybe speed the loss through excercise any suggestions:D

Dragan

www.crossfit.com

man, i seem to post this a lot.

For proper weight loss you need to do proper work. Weights work is great for girls looking to lose some weight, and the health benefits are great.

Which Westwood you in, btw?

t-ha

coolsmileygirl wrote:

At the moment I do 10 mins warmup on the bike level 5 manual,

and then 20 mins level four on a stair walker eliptical machine

20 mins on thread mill @6.5km/hr and then 10 mins on a stepper

2/3 times a week
also I do a class mixed with tai chi yoga and pilates once a week
Its bodybalance class in Westwood!
My main aim is too loose weight! Been grand so far! just want more of a challege and to maybe speed the loss through excercise any suggestions:D

Post your diet.

Also, do you enjoy doing particular exercises/exercising at a particular intensity? What I mean by that is, are you only exercising for fat loss?

justsomebloke

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Dermington

Dragan wrote:

www.crossfit.com

man, i seem to post this a lot.

broken f*ckin record

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OP take a look at your diet. Keeping your metabolism ticking over while burning calories will make the weight fall off you.

Dragan

Dragan wrote:

www.crossfit.com

man, i seem to post this a lot.

For proper weight loss you need to do proper work. Weights work is great for girls looking to lose some weight, and the health benefits are great.

Which Westwood you in, btw?

Clontarf!
I cut down on the junk food severly! My job give's free fruit so i've two pices for breakfast and I eat salad mostly at lunch! I stick to a balanced meal in the evening its mostly just portian control I've to worry about!
I have to cut down on alcohol that would mainly be my problem!
I like the eliptical training and the bodybalance classes as I've noticed a difference in my flexibilty!

Dragan

Is Clontarf the one with the climbing wall??? If so then do it, because climbing is legend and you'd never know, you could fall in love with it!!!!

climbings not my thing i'd rather be in the studio trying to bend my self into little shapes to some soft music or stepping on the stepper!!

New_Departure06

Having been on Lipotrim since May 29th and lost 3 stone 4 lbs, I can vouch that this is a much easier way to lose weight.

NewFrockTuesday

im in WW Clontarf AS WELL - on a mission to lose 2st. I went to a beginners step class last night and Im not kidding you, I felt like a fool! I have no rythm at all and trying to learn the steps had me all over the shop.
Have you done the body pump class COllsmileygirl?


Edied - hit caps button and shouted all the way.

no just gonna stick to body balance and cardio on the machine's i'm fairluy busy so not really there at conventional times when the classes are on!
what about yourself did u do it , how did you find it?

Dragan

coolsmileygirl wrote:

no just gonna stick to body balance and cardio on the machine's

Well to be honest, it's normally best change and do new things, or else you can stay doing the same thing over and over and nothing will really change.

Besides, if your going to apply this limit then there is only so much advice anyone here can give.

My advice : try something new, even if you THINK you won't like it. You'd never know.

NewFrockTuesday

Besides making a complete eejit of myself it was grand. You have to be a little thick skinned for the first few classes as everyone else knows the moves and you are about 2 steps behind flaying around like Quasimodo being attacked by invisible bees!

I dont have the concentration treshold to stay on a tread mill for more than 20 mins before I start losing my mind. I find the interaction in the classes - and theres not much - provides relief form the boredom. The pain I feel usually about halfway through any given class also manages to keep me focoused!

Im going to try the climbing wall as an 11stone treat for myself.

Dragan

Dellgirl2 wrote:

flaying around like Quasimodo being attacked by invisible bees!

metaphor of the day!!!!

g'em

Dragan wrote:

Weights work is great for girls looking to lose some weight, and the health benefits are great.

yes, yes they are.

CSG, if you want to lose weight quicker, and more importanly look better when the weight has gone, do weight training. You will not bulk up/ look like Arnie/ become a muscle-bound freak.

What you will do is speed your resting metabolic rate (you burn more calories even when you're doing nothing), improve all-over 'toning', decrease your risk of osteoperosis, reduce injury risk, improve strength, posture, slow down the ageing process, better maintain weight, and generally speaking look hotter. Lif

justsomebloke

g'em wrote:

What you will do is speed your resting metabolic rate (you burn more calories even when you're doing nothing), improve all-over 'toning', decrease your risk of osteoperosis, reduce injury risk, improve strength, posture, slow down the ageing process, better maintain weight, and generally speaking look hotter. Lif

so what your saying here is that there are no real health benefits for women who lift weights;)

Seraphina

another female vouching for the weights here. i've lost more fat and look far better since i started a proper weights program a few months ago than i did i the two years i spent on cardio machines previously.
tis the way to go.

Seraphina

Seraphina wrote:

another female vouching for the weights here. i've lost more fat and look far better since i started a proper weights program a few months ago than i did i the two years i spent on cardio machines previously.
tis the way to go.

yeah but did u not find that your weight stayed the same?

g'em

coolsmileygirl wrote:

yeah but did u not find that your weight stayed the same?

yes your weight on the scales will stay the same but you'll be slimmer hence why Serpahina said she's lost bodyfat. Muscle is more dense than fat so if you start to lift you'll initially lose weight, but then you may stop losing it or even put a tiny bit back on. But you'll keep getting smaller in the mirror.

Lust4Life

CSG, I have found that the body grows used to the same level of exercise and then weight loss slows down. If you increase the time spent or intensity every few weeks that will help the weight steadily come off.

Also, you mentioned alcohol. Yes, those empty calories will slow down the loss.

Portion control is VERY important in my opinion. I eat less than half of what I would eat a year ago this time. It can be done!!! Just keep your mind focussed on your goal and it will happen.

Once you start fitting into smaller sized clothes, you will be so thrilled that it will encourage you to continue.

I wish you the best!

L4L

Seraphina

coolsmileygirl wrote:

yeah but did u not find that your weight stayed the same?

i wasn't really carrying much extra weight to begin with so my weight actually went up a bit. no offence, but who's dumb enough to worry about a number on a scales when you feel fitter, healthier, stronger, your down a clothes size or two, and you look better naked?

Sangre

Seraphina wrote:

i wasn't really carrying much extra weight to begin with so my weight actually went up a bit. no offence, but who's dumb enough to worry about a number on a scales when you feel fitter, healthier, stronger, your down a clothes size or two, and you look better naked?

From my experience most women.

Seraphina

Sangre wrote:

From my experience most women.

that was supposed to be a rhetorical question but i guess you're right. probably why there's so many jiggly women running on the treadmills everytime i'm in the gym. *shrugs* their loss

Dudess

Not an expert so this is only my opinion: I would think that unless you are significantly overweight, the amount on the scales shouldn't really be your concern. I, personally, would take more notice of how much inches on a tape measure my waist/thighs/arms take up and what I look like nekkid. Like, one girl of 10 and a half stone might be quite trim, but another girl of the exact same weight might be a bit chubby - it depends on individual body composition.

Smellyirishman

Seraphina wrote:

...and you look better naked...

Pics, to prove the effectivness?! :rolleyes:

Anywho, yeah, gives the free weights a good looking over. Use pictures and tape to measure your progress (scale too depending on weight). Plus, you might really enjoy lifting weights, it's a great rush. However, no 1kg pink dumbbells, get some decent KGs moving and put yourself under an olympic bar when your comfortable enough.

g'em

Smellyirishman wrote:

get some decent KGs moving and put yourself under an olympic bar when your comfortable enough.

ahh, the old days, when lifting an olympic bar was a struggle... seems so long go now

But seriously though, free weights are probably the best way to help you get in shape. Like the above said, none of your pink dumbell action- if you can do more than 15 reps with it, it's too light. Get an instructor to show you the basics, then when you know your way around discard everything the instructor said and do it properly