Sore and a bit frustrated
Pretty much since I started going to the gym, I’ve been doing glutes exercises since they were recommended by my physio. I thought I was doing pretty well with them. Then I tried a new workout in the Fitness on Request room at the gym called Kinetics and have obviously gone overboard because my bottom is so sore. That’s at 2.5 days after that workout. I’m still going to the gym but haven’t done the same exercises. The workout included lots of squats and lunges. While I can’t keep up with the number done in the workout, I did quite a few of them and must have used a lot of muscles that I haven’t been using. So I’m quite sore. Despite this I found it was a workout that I kind of liked and felt I might one day get used to doing. And I particularly liked the fact that the person in the video doing the easy option really was showing the easier option most of the time. On the spin bike video the easy option person doesn’t do the workout that much differently to the others. I hope I’m feeling better tomorrow because I’d like to try this workout again soon.
Meanwhile, my weight loss isn’t really going very far after five months of dedicated exercise and I’m frustrated at times. It’s not that I’m not losing the centimeters (I am although that has plateaued a bit) but the weight is mostly still there. At the moment my loss is less than 4kgs. My original goal was supposed to be an effortless 1 kg a month…effortless so long as I stuck to my exercise…which I have done. My overall loss hasn’t quite reached this goal and I seem to be a bit stuck right now.
5 Comments
Valerie
I don’t know if this is helpful, but: Everything I’ve read about weight loss says that exercise is a small help and will help keep you healthy in a huge list of important ways, but that the essential thing in order to lose weight is to eat fewer calories. For whatever that’s worth.
Also, exercise builds muscle, which weighs more than fat tissue. So if you are not losing weight, it may be because you are building muscle — which is decidedly a good healthy thing to be doing.
Purple Lorikeet
Yes, I’m aware of the calorie part of the equation…but thanks for the added feedback. :) For the most part I tend to eat less when I exercise regularly and I also tend to eat less junk then too. A few years ago I did manage to lose quite a bit of weight even though my overall exercise was less because I took two days off each week instead of just the one. Back then, I only did cardio workouts and no strength at all as it was all at home.
And that difference perhaps is the main thing. I know I have built muscle but just don’t feel like it’s quite that much of it. I know my body shape is much different than it was five months ago by the way my clothes fit and by what I’ve been told by others who’ve seen the changes. I probably just need to stop checking my weight for a while and focus on the other changes. :)
Valerie
Feeling healthier and being able to do more is awesome!
suze
Have you read about this new ‘fast diet’ which is about semi-fasting two days a week. I’m interested…
Purple Lorikeet
I did see something about that recently but cannot recall details or where I heard it. Seemed kind of interesting so might have to investigate further.