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It's not the boys now.......it was growing up.

I was a figure skater, and always on the heavy side

I know I'll never be a twig, but I don't like it when my legs rub together when I walk either....

I guess "there" will be a size 6......when I can wear shorts and not worry about my inner thighs jiggling....

Thanks.....

ya there are certainly sometimes when I have fats......

home made cookies, wing nights, all that stuff that is part of life. I just try not to make it a habit.

ya that's great...thanks!!

In my gym there are 2, 5, 10 lb dumbells.....a ball, and that's about it. So I try and do things like squats while holding both 10 lbs, push ups, sit ups on the ball or floor, ad and ab leg lifts, and different arm exercises with the 10 lb weights........so ya if I could do the skipping and then one of those, skip again, with 6 different exercises and repeat it 3 times or something, that might be pretty efficient.

This will only be when I don't make it to the real gym........I do other weights and stuff there.....but the skipping is for my home gym.

I ask because I run into folks occasionally who were pretty damn close to perfect about four years ago, and some of them will break out a photo to prove how in shape they used to be. Sounds like you are on the right track, the pictures show a leaner you, and someone here will have good advice to make you wear a 6. So good luck. I like success stories.

eta: reading your other post. A kettlebell might be fun. I've been threatening to get one for about 2 years now.

eta2: you can also do a version of back extensions, supermans.

I do back and side extensions at the real gym with a 10 lb weight.........

and dead lifts.....and some machine for the back...

This thread makes me happy.

glad to be of service...

You went from 164 to 136.6, so you are doing something right.

How low you need to go, I cant say, since its about where you are happy with your weight, and this probably isnt a specific number, but when you look in the mirror and are satisfied, then you are where you need to be.

Post everything you ate the last 7 days, day by day, if you want some more specifics on the diet.

Do you need to diet/exercise for the rest of your life? well depends on your goals... but it is certainly healthier to exercise than it is not to, and this is a fact regardless of weight.

Is the only thing you care about with your exercising weightloss?

No....clearly I want the health benefits, it makes me feel good, gives energy, ect.....

but ya the weight loss and looking good is the motivating factor

This is really the most important aspect wrt lifting for looks.

well I am a 26 yr old single female....so yes, looks are important right now.

Ah yes. The old bait and switch.

j/k

HAHAHAHAHA well i hear babies do a real number on your body....so it's not always our fault

I have a theory, and it is probably false. I think it is based on empirical observation, but that is probably self-deception.

I see a lot of people who train for body-building (or their received notion of it), and some of them look damn good.

I see some people who train for fitness, and nearly all of them look good.

My theory is that both groups of people are identical in the extent of their vanity. The body-builders aren't more obsessed by their appearance. Secondly, of those in both groups that look good, the lion's share of their success is (in my theory) due to what they do outside the gym.

That's kind of the end of my theory, but beyond noticing the hit-rate of the second group, I kind of suspect it also has better retention rates/sustainability.

Different people are wired in different ways. I respect that, and I'm getting kind of out there in your thread. So I'll stop (conveniently, I have nothing more in this vein). Again, congrats on your progress, and keep us posted.

I agree with that theory shemp.

Good progress btw. Here's a few more exercises to try out, some of which I've never done myself:
Barbell squats
heavy conventional deadlifts
turkish get ups with a kettlebell
kettlebell swings
front squat + some kind of hard run, repeat for a few sets
automobile pushing/pulling

Going from a less hot body to a more hot body is a very large +EU gain for most people.

This thread seems pretty old (maybe I should have started a new one?) but I'm wondering if anyone could give me some beginner workout tips. I'm female, 49, & I've been tracking my calories in MFP since last fall and incorporating some of what I call "wussy workouts" starting a few months ago (my apartment building has a basic fitness center). Most days I'm within or below my calorie goals for the day, I "workout" Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Since I do clerical work and have always been pretty sedentary except for the occasional walk, I started out with the treadmill. My workouts are basically an hr of walking at 3.2 mph, and some days I also use the elliptical as long as I can (I started at 5 mins and have made it up to a max. of 30 mins.).

I was getting some basic weightlifting tips from someone else on this forum but since we're no longer together I no longer have that source of information. Currently I'm unable to afford a gym membership so I need to just use what's available to me in my building. Also, I somehow hurt my right elbow a few weeks ago, while talking with a coworker they suggested that it sounded like tendonitis so apparently "somehow" after weeks of doing the exact same exercises with the same amount of weight, I managed to do it incorrectly enough to hurt myself. Even without doing any of those lifting exercises, at this point I'm still losing weight (I'm down 45 lbs so far) but as soon as my elbow is better I want to do more.

It might be weird to ask for tips from you guys but since there seem to be some really knowledgeable people on this site, it seemed like a good idea.