My journey into fitness/weightloss.

At the moment im losing weight and running a small amount at the gym.

I started my weight at 14 stone 11lb and want to hit the 12 stone mark.

For now it's salad in the evening and fruit when im hungry at work (i work nights).

I have wholemeal bread (toasted) with honey and peanut butter in the morning when i get home,if im going to the gym after work at 7am i normally have some fruit or a healthy snack bar.

I have lost nearly a stone in just under 2 weeks so my goal is looking good.

Had my body fat measured today at the gym and it was 25% (not sure if this is good or bad:)) im 45 so not looking to lose weight quickly but feel my goal of 12 stone is not far away once the running gets more frequent.
 
schizo said:
At the moment im losing weight and running a small amount at the gym.

I started my weight at 14 stone 11lb and want to hit the 12 stone mark.

For now it's salad in the evening and fruit when im hungry at work (i work nights).

I have wholemeal bread (toasted) with honey and peanut butter in the morning when i get home,if im going to the gym after work at 7am i normally have some fruit or a healthy snack bar.

I have lost nearly a stone in just under 2 weeks so my goal is looking good.

Had my body fat measured today at the gym and it was 25% (not sure if this is good or bad:)) im 45 so not looking to lose weight quickly but feel my goal of 12 stone is not far away once the running gets more frequent.
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If your main aim is weight loss - and you're losing weight - then continue what you're doing.

It might be the case though that when you hit 12st you have so little muscle mass that you might just look like a skinnier version of how you did before.

It would be worthwhile, IMO, doing some sort of progressive weight lifting programme (starting strength, stronglifts or any other which gets you adding weight to the bar over time...) in addition to the cardio. That way you will hopefully retain any muscle that you have currently, may even add some, and will look much better!

Of course, if your goal is to just get skinnier, disregard what I said!
 
I've been 12 stone before an did look good due to the fact I was heavily into body building in my early 20's.

I'll be doing a few weights once my weight has hit the 12 stone mark.
 
Start weight lifting now, there really is no benefit of delaying it until you hit an arbitrary weight loss number.
 
Right,been hitting the running machine all week and my legs feel like there going to drop off.

Had a hour run at a steady 9.5km and felt good,no out of breath or coughing my guts up what so ever.

Want to run 7km in 30 mins within a month and feel that target is not that hard to reach.

Weight is coming of nicely and not wanted a smoke what so ever :)
 
So,been injured with a bad sprain/ripped tendon for 2 months,been back to the gym this week for a bit of light cycling and a mile run on the running machine.

Weight loss has been slow due to not being down the gym/running but its still coming off,not had a smoke for roughly 4 months now and dont want one either :)

Had signed up for a half marathon which is in 4 weeks but there is no way ill be doing that due to the injury.

Was up to 5 miles in one run which shocked me,have been taking it pretty easy with the ankle as it's still plays up with numbness and pins and needles but taking one day at a time now.
 
hey not bad I ran for 2 minutes and i was out of breath, but i can go on a cross trainer for 1 hour and cycle for 30 mins no problem, no breathing issues. on a plus note the sweat pours off me on the cross trainer and I burn a minimum of 500 calories, and upto 700 in the full hour, I always do 45 mins minimum and do the last 15 if I can fit my weight training routine in before the wife is ready to leave. my full session is 1.30mins to 1.45 mins. I dont think I will be running a marathon anytime soon.
 
Lift more weights: much easier on your joints if you do it properly than running. :)

Have you looked in the Mobility thread for help with your soft tissue stuff?
 
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