work out advice needed

loopylou

loopylou

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Right I joined the gym today after weeks of saying I will. I was wondering if people could give me advice on what to do … I know there is a body building sticky up the top but I would rather lose weight and tone up than bulk up to a huge beast. Right details about me:

I’m a girl, 6ft tall, about 11stone (size 14 if you understand girly sizes) and a bit squidgy ‘round the tummy bum and thigh area. Ideally I would like to go down one clothes size which I would guess is about a stone (2-4 inches one my stomach) and loose the weight around my thighs and the love handles.

I don’t want to have huge muscles but a bit of definition would be nice, plus I would love to build up arm strength and flatten the tummy. I haven’t really done any exercise in the past few years.

I am assuming cardio work would be suggested, advice on a routine would be great. Oh there is a swimming pool at the gym but seeing as I can only swim about 10 meters I think this will be a bit fruitless.

Thanks in advance for the help.
 
I've always wanted to swim, I just feel like a muppet flapping around in the pool trying to stay afloat when all these 7 year olds zoom past me.
 
weights it is then! thanks for the advice, just going to look at those sites.

My diet is generally quite good, toast for breaky, roast chicken sandwich for lunch and then a healthy dinner in the evening (mum refuses to have crap food in the house).

I need to cut down on my sweeties and fizzy drinks which is what I'm starting tomorrow.
 
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GordyR said:
One thing I really should mention is that when you start resistance training you should ignore the scales and go by the mirror. Your aim is to decrease your bodyfat percentage, not just your overall weight. Many women when they first start lifting weights are horrified to see that they actually weigh more than when they first started, yet at the same time they look far better and their bodyfat has gone down. This is simply because muscle weighs far more than fat. So basically don't put to much emphasis on your weight, it really means very little.
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Oh I know that, I used to play football at a high-ish standard (or a girl anyway, I competed in the FA and offered a place a county level before I left for university) and I weighed about the same as I do now but I was about 28"-30" round the tummy. I'm trying to base my weight on clothes sizes as I can tell the when I have lost the podge.

Mum threw out the scales when I turned 10 so I would never be obsessed over my weight. I haven't weighed myself in about two years. I thank her so much for that
 
I'm planning on doing the race for life this year too.

I want to get fit again so in the summer I can start training for a new football team, I gave it up in the first year at university as drinking took a whole new pirority and then I lost my passion for the game. Since finishing university I have been watching Colchester united every week and I'm getting the feeling I want to play again.

When I gave up football I lost loads of weight as I kind of gave up eating too (crap food provided in the halls and we had no kitchen), I never want to be that skinny again. Being this tall it looked wrong, plus I lost the babs!
 
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