I'm new need motivation.....exercise??

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Registered: 04-19-2007
I'm new need motivation.....exercise??
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Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:51am
I am new to this...last summer I went on Weight Watchers with who I thought was going to be a good friend well our friendship ended and I stayed on till October when my best friend got married I mean I had to have a piece of her cake right well then Thanksgiving came and then Christmas so I kinda got off of it and now its time to get back on it! I need to because the weight is coming back gradually...anyway I just got my treadmill back and so I need some motivation to get back on it...can anyone help me??? please...

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Tue, 05-15-2007 - 8:59pm

I love (and kinda hate lol) my treadmill workout because not only does it help me get healthy but it melts inches off like no one's business! I do what's called interval training on the tredmill--and interval training is great on any piece of equipment because it's constantly tricking your metabolism while you're working out while helping you gain a stronger heart rate. I have asthma so I have never been able to just straight run like a lot of people--so I found that this works perfectly for me bc of that as well. My tredmill interval training is simple--I do a minute of speed walking on an incline, then I bring it down at the end of the minute, and I run (I call them minute sprints), I repeat this until 40-60 minutes is up. Constantly changing what is going on with the treadmill makes the time FLY by and by the end I am definitely wanting to take a good relaxing sit lol. I've done this (I;m back at it--I gave it up for a while when my asthma got really bad and switched to the elliptical, then to the stair master, then rotating between those 2 and the bike lol, now I'm back to the training on the tredmill bc it just works the best for my inches!). I started out just doing it for 15 minutes and doing it every 2 minutes and at a slower pace, then I worked my way up, and now I run at about 8.0 on the tredmill for my minute sprints and I walk at a 5 incline during my speed walking minute--plus I do it for 40-60 minutes, depending on if I want to jump on the elliptical some or not. If you're anything like me and you get easily bored or distracted or have a lack of motivation--this will get you on the tredmill, not distracted/bored bc you're constantly changing it up, and you'll get hooked to it! I'm pumped when that sprint comes now! I also keep a picture of me when I was almost 250 lbs on my fridge--so if I'm avoiding my workout, I go look at the picture and tell myself to get on the tredmill NOW. LOL :)

Hope that helps, good luck girlie!
-Heather M. :)

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Registered: 04-19-2007
Fri, 06-01-2007 - 1:33pm
yes!!! I have been working out on my treadmill now for about a month...last week when I did my weigh in I only lost .6 pound but hey at least I lost right!!! and then again I think I ate to much salt on sunday since I do my weigh ins on mondays...anyways back to the treadmill...I started out walking 2 mph and I got up to 3.5mph I thought that was fast...I start out at 2.5 (5 mins warm up) then I go up to 3.0mph for 5 mins then 3.3 for 5 mins 3.4 for 5 mins 3.5 for 5 mins 3.6 5 mins 3.7 5 mins and the other day I got up to 3.8 for my last 5 mins and felt like running so I ran my last 5 mins at 4.5mph!!! it felt good and I just felt like running so I did...so my total work out is 45 mins 5 warm up 35 walking at increased speed and then 5 mins cool down so a total of 45...I also added using my weights..I put those on my arms as I walk I need to go get some for my ankles now ha ha...but I feel good!!! really I do!!! people at work have noticed...my boyfriend has noticed too I think but he gained the 30 pounds I lost...so I dont think he wants to say anything I told him guys do weight watchers too but you know how guys are and there egos!!! hey man I do weight watchers what do you do...yeah right they arent going to say that!!! anyway thanks for writing to me...my treadmill has an incline too so I might try your routine to change it up a little bit but I dont think I could run at 8mph I would fall off my treadmill and right into the wall ha ha!!! thanks again WBS

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