Need to lose 84 lbs

miduck

The first things you need are a decent pair of trainers (properly fitted) and (if you are a woman!) a sports bra.

What are your fitness levels like at present? Those military/ bootcamp style classes can be very tough going, you might find yourself left behind at first?

debrag

Well I do a lot of walking at present

miduck

debrag wrote: »

Well I do a lot of walking at present

Doesn't really tell us anything - a leisurely stroll or getting out of breath/ heart rate up?

Only you can decide if you are up to the classes, but be realistic about what you can achieve - if you set your sights too high, you'll lose interest very quickly.

closed

reduce your calorie intake by 750 calories a day, and you will lose weight at the same rate with no exercise, and no need to spend money and time at classes. 20 minutes on the exercise bike will speed up the process, provided you don't compensate by eating more.

http://bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/

custardy

debrag wrote: »

This is military fitness

I thought the impact of a squat was on your knees, clearly I don't understand the use of 'impact'

impact in this context is the force generated when your foot hits the ground while running
from memory the forces generated while running can be like 3x your weight
then imagine that force impacting on one foot,knee etc
ironically it can actually be worse when doing slow jogging vs a run

As for military fitness.
I love that stuff. The drill instructor style works for me
however its a tough session if you struggle all the way through

WelshWoofer

I'd recommend using www.myfitnesspal.com
I used it and combined cal counting and exercise and lost 2 stone in about 3 months or so.
It calculates a cal allowance for you, has a massive database of foods that you can search to find out how many cals are in something and logs approx cals for every bit of exercise you do.

Don't forget walking too - as long as you're moving you're burning cals. Can you fit a bit of extra walking during the day too? Maybe a walk at lunchtime (even 20 mins is better than sitting down for 20 mins and can burn up to 100 cals) or walking the dog (borrow one if you don't have one) or walking to the shops instead of driving etc. You'd be surprised at how quickly the extra exercise mounts up.
Combine this with some getting out of puff stuff and reducing your cals and you'll see results fairly quickly.

Only weigh yourself once a week too - at the same time in the same place (naked in the morning after the loo if possible) and don't worry if you stay the same or go up a bit when you first start exercising, its normal and will go after a week or two.

Good luck!!

debrag

WelshWoofer wrote: »

I'd recommend using www.myfitnesspal.com
I used it and combined cal counting and exercise and lost 2 stone in about 3 months or so.
It calculates a cal allowance for you, has a massive database of foods that you can search to find out how many cals are in something and logs approx cals for every bit of exercise you do.

Don't forget walking too - as long as you're moving you're burning cals. Can you fit a bit of extra walking during the day too? Maybe a walk at lunchtime (even 20 mins is better than sitting down for 20 mins and can burn up to 100 cals) or walking the dog (borrow one if you don't have one) or walking to the shops instead of driving etc. You'd be surprised at how quickly the extra exercise mounts up.
Combine this with some getting out of puff stuff and reducing your cals and you'll see results fairly quickly.

Only weigh yourself once a week too - at the same time in the same place (naked in the morning after the loo if possible) and don't worry if you stay the same or go up a bit when you first start exercising, its normal and will go after a week or two.

Good luck!!

The shops are right outside my door

I work on a hospital ward so I'm on the go for most of the 12.5hr shift.

annie_d

Have you considered Paleo?

debrag

annie_d wrote: »

Have you considered Paleo?

no I just had to google it

claire16c

If you need to loose 84 pounds you need to be really careful about the impact on your knees or you will be doing no exercise when they're strapped up to the nines in support bandages and you're in pain.

My DH is a personal trainer & he cringes every time we watch a show where they are making very overweight people run about like lunatics. The next episode you see them with their knees all strapped up. He used to run a military fitness session himself but its not right for everyone. Running is high impact.

I suggest you get a free personal training session from your gym or do lower impact exercise first.