HELP!!! I wanna lose weight!

lovelyivy84 · #1 08-01-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeMoon

Awww lovelyivy84 don't hate spinning it can really be fun. Ask the instructor if they have a cushioned seat/gel seat or next time bring a towel to wrap around the seat. As you go to the spin class more and more you'll learn to balance you weight to take the stress off your backside.

Can you tell I love spinning

I've been spinning since January and it keeps me motivated. Try spinning one more time pleasssssssssssssseeeeeeee...okay you don't have to but choose classes that work for you. Goodluck reaching you health and fitness goals.

*whispering*go spinning one more time.

It's all mental, I am just not built that way. My mind HAS to have something to do while I exercise. Dance classes have me focusing hard on trying to remember the next steps. In weight classes I am concentrating on my form. When I get on the elliptical trainer I put ona book on tape. In spinning classes and boot camp classes it's just too monotonous, I can't do it. After 15 minutes all I can focus on is how uncomfortable I am and I am ready to climb the walls.

Currently my favorite form of exercise is window shopping. That's about all I've done since I started working for exercise, and I am down a pant size, lol.

Well that and changing from sandwiches at lunch to salads (the McDonald's southwest salad is GREAT as long as you go to a good McDonalds that makes the salads fresh). Lifestyle changes!

treblk · #2 08-01-2007, 10:45 AM

I've been on an exercise slump ya'll..I'on know what is going on.

don't get me wrong..I still run, but not as much.
RD, the site may help motivate me..le sigh

ETA: I just joined Sparkspeople..so far so good

MeezDiscreet · #3 08-01-2007, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lovelyivy84

It's all mental, I am just not built that way. My mind HAS to have something to do while I exercise. Dance classes have me focusing hard on trying to remember the next steps. In weight classes I am concentrating on my form. When I get on the elliptical trainer I put ona book on tape. In spinning classes and boot camp classes it's just too monotonous, I can't do it. After 15 minutes all I can focus on is how uncomfortable I am and I am ready to climb the walls.

that's why cardio is hard for me. I don't know if I should but I've started breaking it up into 10 min. intervals. I'll do 10 on the treadmill then upper body strength training; 10 min. on the TM then lower body; 10 min. again then abs.

For a long time, I've heard people talk about how good they feel after working out and I just couldn't follow that but since I've started doing the above plus using the stretching thingy the gym has, I see what they mean!

lovelyivy84 · #4 08-01-2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MeezDiscreet

that's why cardio is hard for me. I don't know if I should but I've started breaking it up into 10 min. intervals. I'll do 10 on the treadmill then upper body strength training; 10 min. on the TM then lower body; 10 min. again then abs.

For a long time, I've heard people talk about how good they feel after working out and I just couldn't follow that but since I've started doing the above plus using the stretching thingy the gym has, I see what they mean!

Books on your ipod! It makes it sooomuch better! I highly recommend a light, easy title- romance novel or something. Something where you don't really have to concentrate but are entertained. The only bad thing is when it makes me laugh and I almost fall off the trainer, lol.

Also, music works for me. Get some club music on your ipod that makes you want to dance and then channel it.

These are the only things that work for me on the elliptical- when I tried watching tv it took too much concentration away from my workout and my intensity was nil. Doing it with no audio was not an option.

Right now I leave for work at 6:30/7 and get home at 10, so working out isn't really in the cards (I try for an active lunch hour and walk about a mile or two to the train station instead of getting on outside of my office to compensate), but those are things that have saved me in the past.

MeezDiscreet · #5 08-01-2007, 02:39 PM

Oh, I can't workout unless I have my iPod. But after about 10 or 15 min., I feel like I have to do something else. I even made the first 30 min. on my workout playlists reggae/dancehall so I can get my groove on while doing the treadmill but it didn't work.

lovelyivy84 · #6 08-01-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MeezDiscreet

Oh, I can't workout unless I have my iPod. But after about 10 or 15 min., I feel like I have to do something else. I even made the first 30 min. on my workout playlists reggae/dancehall so I can get my groove on while doing the treadmill but it didn't work.

Try a book- it keeps your focus.