Move To Lose - Week 2 - Beginner Basics

Hey BOTTs,

If you are just beginning your workouts this week is for you. If you are more seasoned, please read and you may pick up a tip or two 

We all know the mistakes we have made when starting a new workout plan.  How do we know?  Because it didn't work or we were so disappointed we quit.  The most common mistake is we want it and we want it NOW, the fastest, easiest, least amount of work routine.  Let me ask you something?  How is that workin for  ya?    Hmmmm, I bet the answer is it's not, and you don't want to hear it.    Imagine you are out walking on a trail and you are climbing and running and working up a sweat to get home and when you get to the end of the trail you find you are on the wrong trail.  You can avoid all the frustration and mistakes in your workout routines by doing it right the first time  

You want it simple (if it's to complex  you are going to quit), short (you need time to rebuild after a workout) and of course eat the right foods.  Another key to working out is Sleep    I know with all that is going on it's hard to get a good nights sleep, but there is no better way to hit the ground running than a good nights sleep.    

Tomorrow we will talk about sessions and sets/reps.

So BOTTs, Did You Move To Lose and or Maintain Today?  I have been working like a dog on my yard, getting out the furniture, getting the beds, pots and all ready for plantings.  So after work I will be out in the yard, working like a dog 

Come in and be accountable for your exercise, share and inspire  

Take care,
Kathy

you have an excellent point. I get so frustrated and dissapointed when I work out HARD for a few weeks and see nothing. It feels like all the effort was for nothing.  Starting small and simple and building up might be the very best method. I have avoided the gym like the plague the last week, mostly because of depression (Job ending). But that's gone (Got hired FTE!) so now I have no excuse! Must. Gym. Must. Gym. Must. Gym. Don't wanna fall on my face either, though. This weekend is a HUGE cardio work-out for me, it'll be something I think to help my mind focus on my body.

Hi 

I am so sorry to hear about the job....my son just got back to work after a year off, but you know what?  He said if he had it to do over he would.  The job he was in was going no where and this new job just ROCKS....  So while it may seem bad right now, think of it as a new beginning for you    and here is a BIG hug  

I have made the same mistakes, when I worked so hard it was like what the he$$?  Why am I not seeing more and then the scale would stop moving and by that time I just knew I was cursed 

I have been down and up and when I was at my lowest and lean and mean and we are talking body fat of 10%, it was by doing it  slow and doing it right.  It may take months, but the results are loooooooooooong lasting.  Once you build up that muscle it's not going away unless you lay in bed for months.  And you burn more calories just by moving that the person next to you that does not have the lean muscle you do....

Remember work smart and hard 

Take care,
Kathy

Kathy - I'm glad you mentioned sleep.  At the obesity conference I attended last week, there was a great deal of emphasis on sleep.  Not only is sleep important for the obvious benefits we get, but metabolically it is VERY important.  The word was 8 hours a night.  That's going to mean a major change for many of us but it is not just "important" it is VITAL if we are to be healthy.