advice needed

starlight09

I'm female, middleaged and weigh 11 stone 10 lbs. I have been walking on my treadmill and so far I have lost 7 lbs. I have lost a lot from my legs and back but my problem area is my tummy and the area just above it. My question is can I speed up more loss by going to the gym.

Vomit

May I ask what your height is? Just curious.

There's nothing specific about attending a gym that can speed up your body's weight loss, apart from perhaps some professional advice and a programme to follow. As long as you can get enough cardio doing what you are already doing, then you'll be fine. It's worth noting that the fat around the midsection is usually the last to go.

starlight09

Vomit wrote: »

May I ask what your height is? Just curious.

There's nothing specific about attending a gym that can speed up your body's weight loss, apart from perhaps some professional advice and a programme to follow. As long as you can get enough cardio doing what you are already doing, then you'll be fine. It's worth noting that the fat around the midsection is usually the last to go.

Hello,
My height is 5' 3'' Thanks for the good advice. I may as well spare my money and keep working with the treadmill, oh the dreaded midsection

Vomit

If you make a few small healthy changes to your diet and drink a bit more water throughout the day, you'll get there much faster!

starlight09

Vomit wrote: »

If you make a few small healthy changes to your diet and drink a bit more water throughout the day, you'll get there much faster!

Yes I agree. I have done all that recently, watching what I eat, smaller portions, no junk food, etc

top madra

How long a day do you spend walking on the treadmill?

Id say the fat loss has more to do with you cleaning up your diet.

Its all about calories in vs calories out,eat below maintenance and you will lose weight.

sundaysnoozer

hi,
first off well done on getting to this point already!
The advice i would give is that you may not be walking at the right pace, continue on with your treadmill extend the amount of time you spend on it tho! as Vomit said the midsection can be the last to go or just generally slow to move.
If your treadmill has an incline feature (sloping it up like a slight hill) would help with the cardio element. You must make sure the pace is right tho thats very important! the pace i would tell clients to judge for weight loss (assuming your healthy no blood pressure breathing issues) is that you should be out of breath, heart pumping and that you couldnt hold a full conversation with someone just words here and there!

If this doesnt work for you, you can get a heart rate monitor in lidl or aldi (they pop up from time to time for 20euro) go for it and then when u have it on ur heart rate should be at
220 minus (your age) = ( ____) and 75 to 80% of that is the heart rate you should be at for weight loss
Example---
220 - (30years)= 190 and 75% of that is 142heart beats per min 9bpm)

Diet is of course essential- the weight watchers pro points seems to tbe the one my clients have had most success with this year but its all down to finding one that suits you!!

Maybe doing some core stability work (pilates) or something would help the muscles in the tummy but the weight loss must still be done too
Hope this helps! sorry if i made it complicated!

Good luck with it!! and well done for starting thats the biggest hurdle outta the way!

starlight09

top madra wrote: »

How long a day do you spend walking on the treadmill?

Id say the fat loss has more to do with you cleaning up your diet.

Its all about calories in vs calories out,eat below maintenance and you will lose weight.

I try to do miles rather than minutes. I have built up to 2 miles a day.

starlight09

sundaysnoozer wrote: »

hi,
first off well done on getting to this point already!
The advice i would give is that you may not be walking at the right pace, continue on with your treadmill extend the amount of time you spend on it tho! as Vomit said the midsection can be the last to go or just generally slow to move.
If your treadmill has an incline feature (sloping it up like a slight hill) would help with the cardio element. You must make sure the pace is right tho thats very important! the pace i would tell clients to judge for weight loss (assuming your healthy no blood pressure breathing issues) is that you should be out of breath, heart pumping and that you couldnt hold a full conversation with someone just words here and there!

If this doesnt work for you, you can get a heart rate monitor in lidl or aldi (they pop up from time to time for 20euro) go for it and then when u have it on ur heart rate should be at
220 minus (your age) = ( ____) and 75 to 80% of that is the heart rate you should be at for weight loss
Example---
220 - (30years)= 190 and 75% of that is 142heart beats per min 9bpm)

Diet is of course essential- the weight watchers pro points seems to tbe the one my clients have had most success with this year but its all down to finding one that suits you!!

Maybe doing some core stability work (pilates) or something would help the muscles in the tummy but the weight loss must still be done too
Hope this helps! sorry if i made it complicated!

Good luck with it!! and well done for starting thats the biggest hurdle outta the way!

You haven't made it a bit complicated, thank you for the advice.
I walk with a big stride lifting my hands as far as I can, nearly shoulder level. My treadmill has 6 programs but I'm so worn out its enough to do the miles ordinarily, ( I have now built up to 2 miles ) I have very active days.

Oryx

starlight09 wrote: »

I'm female, middleaged and weigh 11 stone 10 lbs. I have been walking on my treadmill and so far I have lost 7 lbs. I have lost a lot from my legs and back but my problem area is my tummy and the area just above it. My question is can I speed up more loss by going to the gym.

Yes, you could, but its all about the amount of work you want to put in. Doing more cardio work on different machines, and including weights in your routine would certainly help you out.

You cannot spot reduce weight on one part of your body, it comes off where it comes off. Exercising a particular part of the body wont make fat come off that part.

To speed up your loss you need to a) exercise more or b) eat less. Read through the forum stickies for advice, they say it better than I ever could. In my opinion, walking on its own is good, but it will only do so much. Fix your eating habits (I wont say 'diet' ) first, that will show results more effectively than low level exercise alone. But both are needed.

Why not go to a local gym, talk to the instructor. See what they say they can do to help you reach your goals and then decide. If you think a gym will motivate you and keep you at this, then yes, it probably would be worth it. (But if you know in your heart of hearts youll find it hard to make yourself go, then save your money!)

top madra

starlight09 wrote: »

I try to do miles rather than minutes. I have built up to 2 miles a day.

A 2mile walk isn't really alot, unless of course your really unfit ( im not knocking you, fair play for doing it, its beats sitting on your ass anyday )

I would say for the most part your weight loss has to do with the changes in your diet..

What height are you?

And any idea what your bodyfat % is?

starlight09

Oryx wrote: »

Yes, you could, but its all about the amount of work you want to put in. Doing more cardio work on different machines, and including weights in your routine would certainly help you out.

You cannot spot reduce weight on one part of your body, it comes off where it comes off. Exercising a particular part of the body wont make fat come off that part.

To speed up your loss you need to a) exercise more or b) eat less. Read through the forum stickies for advice, they say it better than I ever could. In my opinion, walking on its own is good, but it will only do so much. Fix your eating habits (I wont say 'diet' ) first, that will show results more effectively than low level exercise alone. But both are needed.

Why not go to a local gym, talk to the instructor. See what they say they can do to help you reach your goals and then decide. If you think a gym will motivate you and keep you at this, then yes, it probably would be worth it. (But if you know in your heart of hearts youll find it hard to make yourself go, then save your money!)

Thank you for replying, I have reduced my intake of food. I now eat healthy. I never say diet either, it always seems to say the word ' no '

Ouchette

Soon enough, you're going to start finding that 2-mile walk pretty easy and you'll find you need to do more to keep seeing benefits. When it’s not making you out of breath enough to make holding a conversation difficult any more, you’d be best off trying something new.

Going to the gym would give you access to the weights (which believe it or not is an excellent way to reduce body fat) but there are plenty of alternatives too, like swimming or Couch to 5k combined with some bodyweight exercises at home.

lorrim

Starlight - I'm in pretty much the same boat as you.
5ft 1" - started at 71kg, got down to 62kg (a sneaky 4kg managed to re-appear over the summer, and i've got 1 of those bad boys off) and currently at 65kg.

I also seem to keep the weight in the same area as you - around my middle.
What is working for me at the gym is a mixture of intervals on the cardio machines and weight training. I've found Transform's beginners program from 5 years ago on here and i'm doing it for the past 2weeks - [thread]2055054745[/thread]- might be worth a try
I've given up on the idea of being thin, I want to be strong.

I've had PT sessions in the past, but I think I've learnt more from reading the threads on here. The nutrition sticky is a mine of information... It's from there that you will lose the weight, the saying you can't out train a bad diet is sooooo true. And before reading that sticky I thought my diet was healthy, hell was I wrong! I now track my food on fit day (there's an app if you have a smart phone). And i'm starting to look at the nutritional labels and properly understand what it means .

jimmyv

Hi there,try www.amfitness.ie their approach is incredible....diet correction sheets,home workout plan,label reading and they give you a set of resistence bands all for in around €60ish....pure class,I never looked back.

dinorebel

jimmyv wrote: »

Hi there,try www.amfitness.ie their approach is incredible....diet correction sheets,home workout plan,label reading and they give you a set of resistence bands all for in around €60ish....pure class,I never looked back.

Is amfitness owned by a guy called Jimmy by any chance?

jimmyv

Oh right ;-).......Nah no affiliation,just give credit where it's due....I was a wreck,they copped what the problems where,set me on my way and now I can see my shoes again ;-)

metamorphosis

jimmyv wrote: »

Oh right ;-).......Nah no affiliation,just give credit where it's due....I was a wreck,they copped what the problems where,set me on my way and now I can see my shoes again ;-)

I hope not, as if you were, you'd be banned from the forum. Nothing showed up on IP search for shills so no reason, but just so you know that shilling is against boards.ie and out forums rules.

Cheers.

starlight09

lorrim wrote: »

Starlight - I'm in pretty much the same boat as you.
5ft 1" - started at 71kg, got down to 62kg (a sneaky 4kg managed to re-appear over the summer, and i've got 1 of those bad boys off) and currently at 65kg.

I also seem to keep the weight in the same area as you - around my middle.
What is working for me at the gym is a mixture of intervals on the cardio machines and weight training. I've found Transform's beginners program from 5 years ago on here and i'm doing it for the past 2weeks - [thread]2055054745[/thread]- might be worth a try
I've given up on the idea of being thin, I want to be strong.

I've had PT sessions in the past, but I think I've learnt more from reading the threads on here. The nutrition sticky is a mine of information... It's from there that you will lose the weight, the saying you can't out train a bad diet is sooooo true. And before reading that sticky I thought my diet was healthy, hell was I wrong! I now track my food on fit day (there's an app if you have a smart phone). And i'm starting to look at the nutritional labels and properly understand what it means .

Thank you for the link and all the info