For the first 4 months, I was loosing weight very rapidly. Well, not that rapid, but fair enough. But for a person like me (read endomorph), loosing fat at a fair rate is tough.
Diet and workout needs to go hand in hand.
For the initial months of my training, I did more cardio and less weight, but I still did weight/strength training.
I started cardio at my gym on the treadmill and still continue on it. No elliptical/cross trainer, no cycle. Just that damn treadmill.
Trying to do about 10 minutes of cardio for a FAT person is overwhelming, if she/he hasn't done it before. So I started with 5 minutes and it was exhausting.
But from day 1 I was doing inclined running. 6.5 kmph speed and 5 stop inclination. It's a PRECOR machine if that helps calculate.
Then I slowly built up my duration from 5 to 10 and from 10 to 20 and then 30 minutes. It took me about 3 weeks to do this.
But then it kinda became easy for me and not sure why I stopped loosing weight. I mean yea, don't know. Diet was just the same.
Read all around the net and watched lots of Youtube GURU videos. :)
Conclusion... Run more.
And boy, this was difficult. 30 minutes was okay. But more???
But I kept running, with my headphone always plugged in during running. Kinda helps keep the pace.
It took me one more month to get to a 1 hour long run. At this point the speed was 7.5kmph and inclination was still at 5.
The best part... I was back on track with loosing weight.
I kept on doing this for about 4 months straight, after which I pushed slowly towards strength more and cardio less.
Recent pic, about 2 months old ( this is near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India ):
Diet and workout needs to go hand in hand.
For the initial months of my training, I did more cardio and less weight, but I still did weight/strength training.
I started cardio at my gym on the treadmill and still continue on it. No elliptical/cross trainer, no cycle. Just that damn treadmill.
Trying to do about 10 minutes of cardio for a FAT person is overwhelming, if she/he hasn't done it before. So I started with 5 minutes and it was exhausting.
But from day 1 I was doing inclined running. 6.5 kmph speed and 5 stop inclination. It's a PRECOR machine if that helps calculate.
Then I slowly built up my duration from 5 to 10 and from 10 to 20 and then 30 minutes. It took me about 3 weeks to do this.
But then it kinda became easy for me and not sure why I stopped loosing weight. I mean yea, don't know. Diet was just the same.
Read all around the net and watched lots of Youtube GURU videos. :)
Conclusion... Run more.
And boy, this was difficult. 30 minutes was okay. But more???
But I kept running, with my headphone always plugged in during running. Kinda helps keep the pace.
It took me one more month to get to a 1 hour long run. At this point the speed was 7.5kmph and inclination was still at 5.
The best part... I was back on track with loosing weight.
I kept on doing this for about 4 months straight, after which I pushed slowly towards strength more and cardio less.
Recent pic, about 2 months old ( this is near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India ):
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