Using It - March 20

[Shadow]

Up and at 'em, everyone :D! Today was step with intensity blasts.

Who's next :)?

[Ottawa]

Today should have been Aerobics but we have no instructor. Instead I will use the freight elevator stairwell with light hand weights. I get the equivelent of 45 flights of stairs on this non-used stairwell in just over half an hour at lunch.

[ShayKNJ]

Three miles on the treadmill, ran for 2.25, speeds 5.6, 5.7 & 5.8.

[Mitra]

I did something like randomly waving weights around, under the pretext of trying out some new exercises.

[Bonnie]

I must first confess that I did not do the treadmill last night when I got home from work. But today is a new day. I did 20 minutes on the bike and then my weight training circuit.

Bonnie

[Shadow]

I did something like randomly waving weights around, under the pretext of trying out some new exercises.
ROTFL :D :D :D!!!!

[Shadow]

Way to get right back into it, Bonnie :D!

Randy - 45 flights :eek:?????? You are da man!!!!!

Shay - Yeah for you!

[hawk]

Me.. I have strep throat. Not excersizing anytime soon :^(

[ShayKNJ]

Lynn-I hope you feel better soon. Step throat is very painful.

[Shadow]

Lynn - Take care of yourself - that is the number one priority! Sometimes our bodies make us stop when we refuse to listen ;). So just take this time to mentally prepare for when you are well and go over any plans you might want to think about on how to change what you do so you're not pushing too hard. Sometimes this mental exercise is every bit as challenging as the physical exercise :).

[hawk]

I don't feel like I am pushing myself too hard. Maybe I am blind to myself. I get up at 6. Drink 2 glasses of water. Drive myself 3 miles to the Y. Hop on a treadmill. Do about 3.5 miles an hour for 20 minutes to get my right leg good and warm(it's always cold) and then work out on wieight machines for 45 minutes. I feel energized and wonderful. I only get slight DOMS and not always . Mostly I just get enough DOMS that stretching them feels incredible. (hurts so good) I am careful about slowly upping my weights by only 3 - 5 pound incriments. I work out upper one day and then cardio.30-50 minutes the next and then lower the next. I do not strain,I go for the burn. I'm careful with my joints. I always rest on Sunday. I drink a protien shake right after I work out and eat every two hours in the morning and every three hours in the afternoon. Small amounts.
It was only when I began gettin up earlier than I ussually do to make sure I don't have something else get in the way of working out that I began to get very tired. And I lowered my fat because I was not losing weight.
So now I want to know how to lose weight without getting really tired and sick. I began to go to bed earlier when I started getting up earlier and I sleep really well. I was dragging tho. And I don't understand the science of this, I just do it because I'm told it is good for me and I believed Gabes website.
I have posted some of this to Gabe. I feel like I am on a roll and I sure don't wish to slow down. I have no one else but this board to help because everyone else tells me I am wrong. In my personal training course the instructors and every other Y director jumped down my throat when I mentioned lo carb. I was told to add fruit.. apples and pears or peaches with my protien shakes.
I very much appreciate the resouces of this new board. I just don't always understand them. Sometimes they are confusing to me. It was easier to post on the old board..., but no matter how nice everyone was I need more help than that. I don't know how to say this and don't EVEN want to be offending anyone on the other board but I need to be told by someone who does what I do. Who works at it like I do and knows alot more than I do. And I probably need to hear it 10 different ways before I'll understand it. I need to learn so I can get healthier and reach the goals I set for myself.

[Mitra]

Who works at it like I do and knows alot more than I do.

Well, that wouldn't be me on either count - but I'll still keep trying to help :) (until you tell me to stop). I hope you feel better soon :).

[Shadow]

Lynn - First of all, let me just say that no one answer applies to all :). If we were all absolutely identical in every respect, then there would be a one definite answer to everything in life ;). However, we're a bit more varied than that, thank heavens! So, while I'm sure your cohorts at the Y mean well, they are not necessarily well informed. And while some basics of exercise apply across the board, each individual has to work with his/her own body to figure out what is the best for them. Exercise is just like eating likes and dislikes - they are entirely individual and unique to each person.

I'm not sure I understand your workout time per day, but if I understand the rest correctly, you are doing:
6 days of exercise
Cardio and weights each day (alternating the upper/lower)

Here are some suggestions of ways to change your routine that may (or may not ;) ) help. I am certainly not suggesting trying all of them - just one thing at a time until you find what works for you and keeps you from feeling so tired all the time.
- Take a second rest day each week
- Alternate weight and cardio days rather than doing both each day
- Vary your cardio so you do low intensity, medium intensity, high intensity rather than always pushing to the max
- Sleep in a little longer :). If your exercise gets waylaid too often, go back to getting up earlier. But you have such a driven nature, I really don't think you're going to let anything keep you from working out
- Vary the amount of time you exercise. Don't always do a long workout - do some shorter days, some longer
- Do something different like yoga or pilates in place of some of the weight and/or cardio work

Now, for the eating. That is actually Gabe's forte so I will let that to him ;). However, I can say that I've done weights and cardio the entire time I've low carbed and have had absolutely no problems keeping to my routine. I have, over the years, cut back the amount of time I exercise - but that has nothing to do with my eating and happened before I went low carb. I now exercise 5 days a week - one day at 90 minutes, the rest at 60 - 75. I also do a 4 day week every 6 weeks. And before you panic, let me just say that I have survived cutting back and it never hurt my weight loss or my maintenance now that I'm there :).

When I get overly tired, I cut back on cardio. And I focus to make sure I'm not doing all high intensity. Occasionally, I will also - gasp :eek: - take a rest week. Now of course, my "rest" week is still filled with daily activity - it's just not exercise.

Anyway, Lynn, don't be discouraged :). There are almost unlimited options of different "tweaks" you can do until you find what works for you. Hang in there!