The Exercise Enigma - both genders

[plasticserenity]

You ladies are awesome! I can't tell you how good it feels to know that there are other people in the same boat as me. It really is a huge relief to know that it is not a complete dealbreaker and there has still been success stories!

But you know what, I'm gonna give it a go! In for a penny in for a pound right? If I'm gonna try swaying I might as well give it all my best shot!

I've been tracking food and calories for long enough that I should in theory be able to eat intuitively to lose weight and let my loss be my guide. And a clock is enough to tell me what 60 minutes of exercise looks like.

I'm actually scared haha! Who would have thought that letting go of graphs and tracking would be the hardest part of my sway over dieting and exercise

Time to see if I can float too. Thank you all so much for the supportive words! xxx

[XXforhubby]

You can do this! I'm sending you loads of sticky, pink baby dust your way [emoji597][emoji92][emoji178][emoji254][emoji178][emoji94]


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[Happy Mom]

Good luck plastic serenity !!! Hopefully we can both keep our charting to a minimal!
Try dropping one thing at a time! Since I've dropped Checking my workouts, I've enjoyed them a lot more! So maybe calories and all the other girl sway stuff will be that way too!!! [emoji6]


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[Scurlys]

Well, it's all maybes. Sorry, I know it sucks, but it's the truth. :/ I just don't have the info to tell you because unless I'd been able to run experiments with lots of different people doing lots of different things, I'd just be making it up.

A lot of people did Zumba or other dancy-type things like that. They have some dancy workouts on Youtube, Blogilates has some that are more dance ones and less musclebuilding.

If you get an elliptical and set it on lowest setting so you aren't building muscle.

I think that's fine, I can't say about what is "best" since I just don't have the data to say.

Thank you. Sorry for so late response. I actually had my son a little over a month ago and when he's a year old I'll start my sway. My plan is to buy an elliptical and just use it on the lowest setting. Having a toddler and a one year old at home I think doing DVDs all the time would be difficult to fit in so this way I can run, walk and elliptical and if I can find a Zumba DVD add that in.

[atomic sagebrush]

Congrats on your new little guy!! Lots of people use the elliptical if you like it, that's great.

[Prayingforagirl67]

Question, with being over weight (trying to lose 50 lbs) and walking for about an hour 4-5 days a week, should this be increased to 6 times a week? I've been in this routine of walking like this for the last few months (sometimes more walking and sometimes less (Day wise) but always an hour. Should I be increasing? Ttc in november(pink sway)

Also would like to add that I've lost 20 lbs or so since April (not sure if that will do much for my sway being that it was quite a while ago, even though I still plan on losing more weight.)

As far as muscle goes, I've never been really muscular, so I'm not sure how much muscle I actually have to lose! ��

[atomic sagebrush]

If you can, but when people have more than 35ish lbs to lose I like you guys to do exercise even if only moderate. So if you can do more, great, but do not try to do more than you can handle at the expense of risking what you are already doing, which will be great for your sway since the benefits to weight loss and blood sugar control are so major even if you never get up to the full on 60 6-7 recommendation.

Don't worry about how much muscle you're losing, it doesn't matter, it doesn't need to be quantified. Just keep doing what you're doing, you're on the right track!

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you for the info, the only reason I'm not doing the 6-7 times a week is just because of lack of time. I think once summer is over I should be able to get to 6-7 times a day.
Weight is coming off at a steady rate so I'm hoping
I don't end up plateauing around the time we are ttc, does that affect a pink sway negatively?
A lot of people that I know (who have girls) lost a significant amount of weight before they conceived. Or they were dieting when they conceived so I don't doubt that weight loss is a big sway factor.

Thank you for all of your help!

[Nowmarriedgirl]

Why is tracking things more boy sway? Wouldn't it help either sway you were trying for - so you know what your body is doing etc to get the best sway possible?

[Prayingforagirl67]

I'd definitely like to know this as well, I've been keeping track of everything as well on my fitness pal to make sure I'm keeping to my limitations.