I am extremely extremely unfit. And overweight. I want to get fit.?!


Question: I am extremely extremely unfit. And overweight. I want to get fit.?
I will be honest and say I am an extremely unfit. Really badly, if I walk for about one minute my breathing changes. I am 25 year old woman.
And I am overweight. I am 7 stone over the weight I want to be.
I know what people will say eat less and exercise more. I understand this.
I am going to my doctors to talk to them about it, i'm just waiting for the day of the appointment but in the meantime I need advice.
I am very unfit and I would like to lose weight and get fit.
At the moment when I exercise I feel like I am going to keel over and I get really hot, red and sweat. I know exercise is good but it makes me feel ill. Thats just a brisk walk that does this.
I am embarrassed for people to see me like that.
I can't run as I worry about my knees and my chest is too big.
I dont eat that much considering the size of me, but I do no exercise so know thats why i'm not losing weight.
Theoretically if I do persevere how quickly should my fitness improve?
Any friendly advice appreciated.

Answers:

The first thing you need is a positive can do attiitude



You need to reduce your calorie intake and lose weight before you start to do any exercise. As a woman you should be eating not more than 2000 caloris a day and this is if you are doing some brisk dailly exercise.

Try Weight Watchers, you are allocated a set number of points each day, and different foods have a different number of points. Ultimately this takes will power though, think of it as a challenge!

Once you have lost some weight you will be able to exercise.



Like everything in life you have to work at losing weight but it doesn’t have to be torture and can even be fun if you find something you like to do instead of thinking it’s something you have to do you will start looking forward to it. Some good ideas: http://healthmad.com/weight-loss/fun-exe…



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Loosing weight is up to you ... you can get sleek and slim body only if you want so... No doubt this requires a lot of hard work. Planned diet chart and regular exercise can only help you.



Wii Fit Plus! If you have a Wii. That is a greattt start. They have so many fun things and hard-working things on there. Once you do that for a bit, You'll be able to do a lot more.



you can walk more and do jump roping and any kind of sport.

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Swim a lot. Swimming burns fat and calories faster than running and other forms of exercise.



It's going to depend on the intensity and frequency of your workouts. Ideally, your workouts should bring you to the edge where you brain says, "no more." This is where you need a personal trainer or exercise instructor to keep pushing you past your break point. If you work out to the point where you need to throw up, you are being pushed hard. You want to be pushed hard provided your doctor says its ok.

For 3 years through law school, all I did was sit, eat and study. I increased by weight by about 15% and found difficulty running. I got back into karate after graduation and in about 1 month, I stopped feeling ill during workouts. In about 3 months, I was fit, and in 6 months, I went from a pot belly to a six pack. I work out 5 days a week for about 3 hours each day. I drink an enormous amount of water rather than soda or juice and I eat three meals a day at the exact same time. I feel hungry for most of the day and drink water to stave it off. I sleep less as well. I no longer vomit after workouts due to their intensity.

At our karate school, we have a couple of women who gained 50-100 lbs. while pregnant. They are trying to work it off. We don't pull any punches and make them work out HARD. Those who come to class regularly have had rapid results, those who have not haven't had much of any. We also have the children of obeese parents. Their body type makes it easy for them to gain weight, but because they exercise 3 times a week, they only appear to be a little overweight. They are able to exercise for an hour or more and can run. Of course, they also have gym class 3 times a week as well.

I'm not sure what your overall health is, but you will want to speak to your doctor and get a personal trainer, or join an exercise class for people in your weight category. You will need someone to keep you motivated and you can't have a fear of social acceptance to hold you back. Regular exercise will change your metabolism so that sitting will burn more calories for you. If you stick to a regular schedule of eating and exercising and watch your results and progress with each, you should notice good results. I can't say how quickly they would occur because it will depend on your frequency of exercise and the strength of your system, particularly your heart. You have to watch your heart, which is already overtaxed accommodating your weight.

You could see results in as little as a few weeks, but it is going to take a full life change. Should you get the support to do it and find the will power yourself, you can turn yourself around at any time.

2nd degree black-belt instructor



You can do everything if you want even if you're overweight. Have you ever watched the show "I used to be fat"? People there are overweight, unhealthy and unfit but from the first day the trainer is pushing them to exercise hard. I'm not telling you to do that because you don't have an expert to watch you, but you should try to exercise.

Walking is a good exercise for a beginner. You can try walking for a while and when you feel really tired stop and do some strength training. Repeat that again. Do this exercise 2 hours per day or 3 times per week. You will see a difference. At first it will be hard but you have to do this! You have to make a change in your life.

Rein in your consumption of refined carbohydrates - cakes, cookies, biscuits, sweets and candy. Healthy eating to lose weight in this way is especially important if you're wondering how to lose belly fat.
If you really can't avoid eating at junk food restaurants from time to time, make sure you know how to choose healthy fast foods.
Put the frying pan away. Steam, boil, bake, broil, grill - choose fat-free cooking methods every time. Remove visible fat from foods, pick lean cuts of meat (and serve red meat no more than twice a week), pre-fry ground/minced meat in a dry pan and pat with kitchen paper to soak up fat.
Cut down on fat.
Eat lots more fresh fruit and vegetables. Not only are they good for you and low in calories, but they help to bulk out meals by satisfying your appetite without adding many calories.
Eat a mixed salad before your main meal to take the edge off your appetite.
Add fruit to your breakfast, sliced on to cereal or served as it comes.
Offer a plate of raw veg sticks and fruit pieces as a snack or pre-dinner appetiser.
Eat plenty of salads - see our collection of 50 Healthy Salad Recipes.
Use vegetables and pulses in pasta sauces, stews and casseroles and reduce the amount of meat you use.
Homemade soup is delicious and very sustaining.
Serve two types of vegetable with every meal and again, serve less meat.
Wise up on Portion Control - don't rely on guesswork, but weigh or measure your food.
Eat a healthy breakfast every morning. Research shows that eating breakfast is a characteristic of slender people, plus a sustaining meal first-thing can keep you going snack-free until lunch.
Cut down on alcohol, or cut it out completely. It's stacked full of sugar - that is, calories - it's super-easy to drink it without even thinking about it. You'd need to jog for a mile to use up the calories from just one unit of alcohol - that's a small glass of wine, half a pint of beer or a measure of spirits.
Don't buy wine boxes, which make it far too simple to drink a lot. Stick to one drink a day - choose the best time to have it and enjoy.
Soft drinks are also bad news for slimmers, as they are laden with sugar and calories. You can switch to diet versions, but better, to avoid artificial sweeteners, is to take to drinking water instead.
Fruit juice counts towards your daily intake of fruit and veg, but is also high in sugar, so limit yourself to one glass per day.
Use skimmed milk in tea or coffee and cut out sugar.

These are just some tips. You have to know that it's not as easy as it sounds. It's really hard and I know because I used to be fat. I was like 235 pounds and now I am 120 pounds. Be strong to succeed!



At its most basic weight loss is all down to your daily calorie intake. If you eat less calories then your body needs you will lose weight. In this regard exercise just means you can eat more food then you could without exercise. If you’ve no interest in exercise you just need to track your calories, and aim for between 500-1000 calories below your daily maintenance level.

You can track your calories, and calculate your daily calorie requirements on one of the following sites:
http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/
http://www.sparkpeople.com/
http://www.calorieking.com.au/
I’d strongly advise you do so to begin with as it’ll give you a greater understanding of how many calories different foods have. It might surprise you how many calories foods that people consider to be healthy and ideal for weight loss actually have. For example, 100g of uncooked pasta, which is about a handful, is around 250-350 calories.

These basic steps should be enough to get you started with your weight loss, but if you want to fine tune your diet a bit there’s more you can do. The main thing you can do is reduce the amount of carbohydrates in your diet. Carbohydrates are found in foods like pasta, bread, starchy vegetables, rice, sugar, and other foods that make up a big part of the modern diet.
The problem with carbohydrates is that when you eat them your body produces insulin, and insulin plays a major role in the production and storage of fat. If you combine fat and carbohydrates in a meal then you are providing the body with everything it needs to store as much fat as possible.

Ideally you should aim for your calories to come from 40% protein, 40% fat, and 20% carbohydrates. The level of fat might seem high, but you need to remember that dietary fat is not the same as the fat in your body. When you eat fat it’s broken down and used immediately to provide energy to the body, and only stored when you are either consuming a lot of carbohydrates, or eating more calories than your body needs. If you are on a diet this won’t be a problem. You can eat whatever you like as long as you stick to this nutrition split.

The following is a list of high carbohydrate foods to avoid:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-h…

And here’s high protein food:
http://commonsensehealth.com/Diet-and-Nu…

Next, exercise. You don’t need to exercise, but it’ll help you get fitter and improve your body shape. I’d recommend regular cardio exercise, such as jogging, or jumping rope, but high intensity stuff like Zumba will do as well, and if you enjoy it that’s even better.
I’d recommend 3 sessions of cardio exercise a week at a minimum, and if you are going to start jogging then I’d recommend the Couch to 5k plan, which is ideal for beginners :
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/…

If you want a great body shape you should aim to go to the gym 3 alternate days a week, and remember the key to building muscle is doing a few sets of a low number of reps at the highest weight you can manage. People who pick up tiny weights and lift them 250 times are basically doing very inefficient cardio exercise that doesn't do anything to build muscle.

Toning is just reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass. Anything that suggests you can “tone” by doing some light weight exercise lots of time is really taking a very inefficient route to improving the shape of your body.

With weight lifting it depends whether or not you have access to a gym. If you do I suggest you follow a plan like Starting Strength, the wiki of which is full of very useful information : http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/S…
The actual programme is here : http://www.startingstrength.net/workouts…

If you don't have gym access read Brain over Brawn, a free ebook, which contains lot's of useful information about dieting and weight loss : http://brainoverbrawn.com/get-the-book/
I highly recommend you read it regardless of your plans, as it will educate you on what is required to lose weight.

With a calorie controlled diet you’ll lose weight, with added cardio you’ll get fit, and with weight lifting you’ll look great, but how much you are prepared to do is up to you.



Well first of all you just need to start doing something. It doesn't matter what it is. If you are embarrased to workout outside where people can see you I would recommend getting a exercise video you can do in the privacy of your own home. There are many very good beginners videos out there that can help you get a great start.

First things first you need to start eating healthy. You need to start eating 5-6 small healthy meals per day. Just eating healthy will make you feel more like exercising every day.

Start a exercise video you enjoy in the privacy of your own home. Start eating healthy. Commit to doing this 6 days a week for one month any your results will be amazing. You will lose weight, feel better and you confidence will improve. Check the source for exercise video reviews

You just need to start somewhere

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