Today was the first day of my new WOL and my new WOE

i'm very outta shape and i'm starting slow today i went for a walk in the neighborhood i live in. i walked around the neighborhood twice and then got in my car to see how far that was and it was a little over 2 miles. so everyday i'm gonna walk the 2 miles in the morning and do my weights at night.Wish me luck

this morning on an empty tummy i road the stationary bike for 2.5 miles in 20 minutes and came home and did 3 sets of 20 crunches

then this evening i walked 2 miles and seen nat's web site about t-tapp and i did the three exercises 8 times..

for a girl that doesnt exercise i'm sure tomorrow i'm gonna be sore sore but i'm determine to get up and go to the gym and ride the bike all over again and walk and do the crunches...(Nat if you see this i would love to learn how to do side crunches and reverse crunches) and i'm gonna keep doing the t-tapp as like a cool down i really loved it

Good going grrrl! Keep up the good work ... it gets addicting after a while.

I woke up this morning and was gonna go to my gym at 630am..well,to my suprise i found out it doesnt open till 9am..that is way to late for me to eat so i decided to do the 3 exercises from t-tapp and then to 3 sets of 20 crunches,and side crunches..my question is if i get up every morning and do that then i eat breakfast and then around noon i go and ride the bike am i burn as much fat and is it okay to do that?

might i add i'm very very very sore today

and Nat omg them side crunches girl WOW i can feel them already..lol


Thanks for all the help everyone

Grrl, this is the site I first used when starting the Ab work:

http://www.fatlosstips.com/abs.html

Reverse and regular are here. I pulled the side ones off the net as well, but must have them booked at home (the perils of 3 computers )

Grrl, it's a good idea to rest your muscles for at least 48 hours between workouts. They need time to recover. Try doing the abs one day then move to lower body or arms the next. Take two days off between each group.

Have you taken a peak at the A.M. Cardio on Empty Stomach thread yet? If not give it a look, chock full of great information on when to workout and the benefits of each. You'll burn more if you workout on an empty stomach first thing in the morning; but you'll also burn if you do cardio AFTER you've done the resitance work. Doing anything though is better than nothing

Good attitude, btw. that goes a long way too
Nat

went to bed at 1am and up at 7am feeling great today

i went for a 2 mile walk on and empty belly and felt wonderful when i came home.
so i did 3 sets of 20 crunchs and some tummy stuff from t-tapp..i love how she teachs you to put your internal organs back where they need to be from when they all go south...and at 32 here they done went south...lol

i'll be back later and tell you about my evening stuff

Nat,wow i read about am cardio on an empty belly and i'm gonna go for a walk and do crunches every morning...Thank You so much.

Wow, Grrl, such energy!

I remember laughing at the "organs in place" description and the video clip, kinda freaky. the Frog one was strange too. I have tried them, and use them prior to doing crunches and "awesome legs" in my own way; I think they help keep my spine straight and tight to the floor. Have you tried awesome legs? Talk about working the legs and abs!! ouchies.

Keep with the great 'tude,
Nat

Nat,..not only did i try the awesome legs but i love it...i was doing them slow and i seen her doing them fast and i love it...but wow you want to talk about sore...i'm sore today,...but i'm ready to do it again tomorrow.

well i went for another 2 mile walk tonight and when i got home i used my 3 lb weights and did several arm exercises 20 x's each.

ohhh i almost forgot Nat i tried that frog...thats freaky...lol

Grrl-
Congrats on deciding to start working out. You have such a great attitude about it and I think when you have a good 'tude about it, it is much easier to get your exercising done!!

You're doing GREAT!
Linda

Hi Fern,..i didnt know your name was linda thats my name too

at 630 this morning i went for a one mile walk came home and did 2 sets of 20 crunch and side crunchs and some tummy toning exercises

mid day i did 2 set of 20 crunchs and side crunchs and 5 different leg exercises 10 times each from t-tapp(that women loves to make you burn)

and just now i went for another one mile walk this time i went slow and took my dog with me we had a great time Shes gonna make a great walking partner at night...because at night i just kinda go at my own slow pace but in the morning watch out i'm in a hurry burning calories

i'm on my way to the store to buy me some new walking shoes.
Have a great weekend everyone

okay its TOM time and getting up this morning and going on my one mile walk was some what of a struggle but i did it and when i got home i did 5 sets of 10 of the follow and all on an empty tummy!!!
side to chest (all with a 5 lb weight in each hand)
straight out to the side for a 10 seconds
side to shoulder
side(palm up) to shoulder
side (palm down)to shoulder
side to back(wow this one hurt) i seen it on t-tapp and i added weights to it

before dinner i went on another one mile walk...i love my evening walks..but today was a struggle i hate TOM

I woke up and it was raining so i didnt go on my morning walk instead i went back to bed then got up later and did my t tapp leg workouts and walked in place for 30 minutes to some 80's music

then around lunch time i did 2 sets of 20 crunchs and side crunchs and my t tapp organ alignment..lol...

then before dinner i went on a mile walk and had a great time

Grrl, I read your post about leg cramps.. are you taking any magnesium? It seriously helps with cramps. A good link:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...=&threadid=4633

Nat

hey Nat,..I take about 400mg a day maybe i need more?but the leg cramps really were only my first 2 days..now i'm doing good...well awesome legs workout makes them sore the next day...lol...

Nope 400 mg should do it. I misunderstood, thought you were still experiencing them

Nat