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Free Easy Weight Loss » Tag: exercise - Recent Posts http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Free Easy Weight Loss » Tag: exercise - Recent Posts en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:03 +0000 Liz Quilty on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-878 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:02:03 +0000 Liz Quilty 878@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ It's ok, you are not alone. I fall off the wagon regularly. The trick is to get back on again, and get back into it. Better to cycle 3 days a week and fail the other 4 than to not cycle at all! Spange on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-871 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:23:48 +0000 Spange 871@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Hello. Just thought I'd check in to this site with my morning coffee... Like you, I also fell off the wagon over Christmas. I gained 3kg!!! I am sure that I can just look at a pavlova and put on a kilo. Anyway, back on track now and like you said, no one is going to do it for me. Just get back into it, one day at a time. (Would you like any more cliches?) I've set myself a goal - I have entered into a 15km off road run which is on 21 April. If you can find an event that you think you'd like to enter (there are lots of mountain biking / road cycling events too) then it is something to work towards. I know that I'm not going to have an easy time running if I am carring extra weight. So at the moment that is my focus. I think that you cannot let something like your bike breaking stop you from exercising. (Which you haven't - you have yoga). But it will also help you get past the plateau if you change up what you're doing. Don't let anything stop you! Eg, last year in April I was the heaviest I had ever been - went to the doctor, jumped on the scales and when I went home I made my fiance eat all the junk in the house and told him we're not getting any more. My routine was up at 5.30am, go for a run, scooter to work, come home and make dinner, and then lunch for the next day. Some nights I had soccer training too. One Saturday morning I got up and some a$$hole had stolen my scooter. Which meant I had to take the train to work, which meant I had no time to run in the morning. And never had the energy to do it after work. So rather than giving up, I got my mountain bike out of the shed and decided I would cycle to work. It was an hour each way each day, but there was no way I was giving up. So for a month I was cycling, instead of running and it sure helped. So you mustn't let anything get in your way - like a broken bike. Why not try swimming or running instead / as well as yoga? Most people hate running - it is hard work, but if you start with a small distance then try and do a little more each day and before you know it you're doing a 15km off road run <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> I don't know much about the protein shakes and those sorts of things. I do know though that you'll find that all that gimmiky stuff always says on the label "when used in conjunction with a calorie controlled diet and exercise plan". Like that Ab Circle Pro advertisement - since they were sued or whatever they've had disclaimers across the tv screen. I have managed so far without that stuff, plenty of people do. And to be honest I don't have the money to spend on it either. You sound like you have the right outlook anyway. Keep doing what you're doing - you'll get there <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jade on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-870 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:48:45 +0000 Jade 870@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Everything kinda hit the fan over the last couple of months, I haven't gained any weight but I defiantly haven't lost it either. I had a minor set back with my bike, it seemed that everytime I went for a ride something would go wrong (chain came off, pedal broke etc) and so it went back to the shop to be fixed. I am still doing yoga and man it gives me so much energy. So obviously christmas time hit and I lost all focus, chocolate found its way back into my eating habits and everything went down hill. I have come to realise though that if I am actually going to loose weight then I need to do it for myself and no body else, I've been told my whole life that I'm fat or over weight and always just agreed and always said I am going to loose the weight but it never worked because I never truly believed it. But now I believe that I'm happy being me, I'm happy the way I am, but do know that I need to eat healthier and exercise to keep the insides of me happy as well. Eating 6 appropriately portioned meals during the day and set times, drinking plenty of water, cycling or doing yoga and living life how I want to will be how I become happy inside and out. I am on holiday for another three weeks and this will be my chance to get everything into a routine so that when I get back to work it will be apart of my life and not like another chore I need to achieve or try and fit in somewhere. Bye for now <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jade on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-866 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:08:07 +0000 Jade 866@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ I have joined up to Fitday.com and it's been helping heaps. I'm still getting my head around counting calouries but I'm getting there. I've stopped buying crap everyday after school (kinda, I slip up every now and then) but have taken to chewing sugar free gum, to keep my mind busy, so that I don't have to stop <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> I started yoga tonight and man does it make you sweat, it was hard work but I loved it <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> Has anyone else tried yoga, what did you think of it?? I've been thinking of trying meal replacement shakes or doing something like Kate Morgan or Celebrity Slim. Has anyone tried shakes, do they work?? So I think I'm slowly getting there, but I definitly see a brighter, happier, healthier future <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jade on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-846 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:59:17 +0000 Jade 846@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Thanks heaps for that, it does actually help. Its hard to believe how simple changes like those you said make so much more sense when someone else explains them. Will definitely be giving some of these ideas ago. <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> :) Spange on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-845 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:08:29 +0000 Spange 845@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Hi, I just thought I'd share a couple of things that really helped me - because you sound a little like me - I fell off the wagon a bit, but I've started again with running each morning and watching what I'm eating. First of all - I hate the scales. I think the best way to measure your progress is with the tape measure (I use one out of a sewing kit). Measure your bits - eg your arms, belly, bum, thighs, wherever you like really and write it down. A week later measure yourself again. After just one week I had lost a couple of cm from my belly and my arms. It was really inspiring to see the progress after just one week. Secondly - exercise. I find that if I don't go for a run in the morning before work, it just doesn't happen. I get my gear ready the night before, and I get up at half past 5 and go. I absolutely fail if I plan on goign after work. The only way it does work is if i have agreed to meet someone and run with them. So maybe get yourself a running buddy (or walking, or cycling, or gym or whatever you do). And my dog helps. If I get up early she follows me around the house waiting for me to take her out for a run... Next - junk food. I love sugar. I love baking. I love cake decorating. I love lollies. I love it all. I can turn down a pie or a burger or a sausage roll without any trouble. Buying a snack on the way home from work - I can relate to this. To combat this - If I go for a wander during the lunch hour at work, I don't take my wallet. I only take to work for my lunch what I'm going to eat. If I take any baking to work I demolish it all. So, for you, can you go a different way home from work? Not past the shop? Something that helps me when I feel like a sweet treat are the Nescafe Mocha Trim sachets. They hit the spot. Or after dinner - you can get some yummy teas - like cocoa chai, or caramel teas and it is just right for me. Maybe you can try the same thing? Do you use fitday.com? I found it a little bit fiddly to start with, but once you add in your usual customised food that you eat it is really good. A timtam has the same calories as about 30 grapes. I wouldn't have had a clue if I hadn't started using fitday. It really helps I think to know what you're putting in your body. And how long it takes to burn it back off!! I love biscuits, but I have found them to be the biggest waste of calories of them all. I tell myself that I do actually know what they taste like so I'm not missing anything. Failing that - get naked and jump up and down in front of the mirror. That always helps me get back on track!! I hope this helps you <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jade on "Ready for a new start" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/ready-for-a-new-start-1#post-844 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:54:28 +0000 Jade 844@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ So I'm into my second week, and i have to say the first week went really well. I made it up a huge hill on my bike without stopping for the first time, ate healthy and didn't stop and by crap on the way home from work, I was feeling soooo great. BUT this week, I don't know whats happened, It's like my subconsciously I'm trying to get fatter. I don't understand it. Normally I'm an emotional eater, but this week I have been fine, work has been fantastic, home is great, everything's fine, but I still find that every day this week I have stopped on the way home and brought crap food, and I haven't exercised once this week. WHAT'S GOING ON!!!! Liz Quilty on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-791 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:49:43 +0000 Liz Quilty 791@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Heh see other thread <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-786 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:05:15 +0000 cherrydaisy 786@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ How did you mess up your knee and how bad is it? Maybe you'll need to look into water exercise cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-783 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:57:58 +0000 cherrydaisy 783@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Cool, i'll check those out too. Yeah my weakness is food. I eat what's easiest running out the door. I was having a little thought today, i can maintain the larger weight, and not move from it, gain or loss.... but struggle to loose it! Of course it's easy to put on, lol, but i wonder why it's so easily maintained, then when i was thinner, it was harder for me to maintain?? Liz Quilty on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-782 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:45:57 +0000 Liz Quilty 782@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ I really need to look into my diet more i think, ive been eating badly for a wee while now since i messed up my knee :/ Yep, ive used sparkpeople but never much liked it, found the website too over the top , too much, and too hard. I liked fitday.com and myfitnesspal.com etc cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-777 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:28:48 +0000 cherrydaisy 777@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ There's a website <a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sparkpeople.com/</a> it has heaps of really good work out tips and demos. I find it quite good. There's exercises on there for areas that are hard to target. cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-776 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:27:19 +0000 cherrydaisy 776@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Yeah totally. That is heaps of cardio and resistance in that alone. YOu can even shadow spa, it get's the heart rate up and kind of like pilates, if you really focus on your stance and punching out the moves completely controlled it's actually a good strengthening and balance enhancer i guess the word would be. Good focus on breathing and keeping the abs tight = awesome workout. Liz Quilty on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-775 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:19:07 +0000 Liz Quilty 775@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Yeah thats what i was thinking. If i stick to punch bagging and similar no footwork i should be fine <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-774 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:29:52 +0000 cherrydaisy 774@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ I guess it would depend on the extent of the knee injury. There's a lot of foot work with boxing and i'm just guessing that if it's the same stance as kickboxing you would need to keep your legs semi bent, (if that makes any sense) so you're not stiff, and keep loose for easy quick footwork, getting out of the way of the opponent. But to be honest, if you're just going to a gym class that's doing some boxing, i don't think the degree of stress on your knees would be that bad unless they wanted you to do squats as part of the circuit. If you were doing it hard out, i would say your knees would feel it, but if not and it's just a class at the gym, you'd be fine. Pays to check with the instructor before hand or your doctor and go off an individual basis. Kickboxing on the other hand i wouldn't recommend for people with knee injuries, it's just too much with kicks being aimed at knees and what not, and the support needed for head kick's or any kicks for that matter. Great for loosing weight though and pretty awesome for stress relief. (especially that hard day with a sucky boss :P) Liz Quilty on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-773 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:55:45 +0000 Liz Quilty 773@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Any idea how normal boxing is on the knees? cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-772 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:47:34 +0000 cherrydaisy 772@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Yeah it is a bit rough on the knees, mine are a bit bung from when i used to train. Liz Quilty on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-769 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:40:17 +0000 Liz Quilty 769@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ i really want to get into boxing myself. Unable to do much with the knees cherrydaisy on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-750 Fri, 20 May 2011 21:42:41 +0000 cherrydaisy 750@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Awesome, sounds good. Kickboxing is great for the weightloss. Love it!! north shore kickboxing on "New guy" http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/topic/new-guy#post-747 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:55:26 +0000 north shore kickboxing 747@http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/ Hi guys I am from North Shore Kickboxing in Browns Bay Auckland NZ. I used to be a butcher and I weighed in at 97kg! but after starting kickboxing I decided to go to uni and do a Diploma in fitness training. I now weigh 80kg and Im loving being active and helping other people do the same thing! <img src="http://weight-loss.co.nz/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" />