New one here *waves*

 Hey all...

Im 27, currently 12 stone 7. mum of 2.

well after 2 babies I have been left with a saggy belly, previously 14.5 stones of fat, and a very unhappy self consious mummy. So its about time its all changed.

Ive got myself down to 12 stone 7 using slimming world and not doing any excersise at all, so I want to start getting fit now I dont feel as fat.

Very new to all this, previously the only excersise I had was from horse riding, so look forward to getting to you all better, and pick up and tips you have.

Yuna xxx Soon to be a yummy mummy lol

Welcome to the forum.

Hi again!   

Welcome.

Hello again

Hi there, welcome to MT!

Well done on achieving some weight loss so far and deciding to get fitter!  Good luck with the rest of your progress and goals.

Hope to see you posting in the future.

Hi Yuna!!!
 
Well done on losing the weight- now you've got the diet under control, time to hit the gym!
 
How often are you able to get to the gym? (I know its hard with the babies)

Probably best for you to start off with cardio (bikes, treadmills etc) as often as you can, plus an all over body  weights routine a couple of times a week.....

Hi Yuna and welcome to MT

Well done with the weight loss and have a look round the training forums to help get you started with a new exercise plan.  Are you able to go the gym or are you training at home (not easy with kids to juggle everything sometimes)?

ooh Im off to a good start then, as just started using a bike, I do 20mins a day, but probably should be doing more?

at the minute Im only doing it at home, we have only 1 local gym which is awful, & our leisure centre was closed with lack of funding :( 

Biking is great, build the time up if you haven't exercised for a while, try and do a bit longer each time.  Do you have any weights at home?  If not you can start doing body weight exercises - lunges, press- ups etc.

Hey Yuna!

Welcome to the forum!

I really like to read Women's Fitness magazine as most of their workouts are home-based and no equipment needed, ideal for ladies who perhaps don't want to go to the gym, or don't feel ready to yet :-)

Good luck with your goals :-)

my other half has weights I can use.... 

Ive just asked him what there is.... his reply:

6 york dumbells with cast iron weights, 1 standard weight bench and an olympic weight bench, 4 weight bars, and 150kg weight plates.

Hi Yuna.....you'll be able to get a decent routine together with that!

yuna


my other half has weights I can use.... 

Ive just asked him what there is.... his reply:

6 york dumbells with cast iron weights, 1 standard weight bench and an olympic weight bench, 4 weight bars, and 150kg weight plates.

 
Ok , twice a week (say Monday and Thursday) allover body routine For example..... (Ask your man to demonstrate the exercises.)
 
Warm up on bike- 10 mins
Chest press lying on bench with dumbells
Shoulder press sitting on bench with dumbells
Bent over one arm row with dumbell
Bicep curls standing up with dumbells
One arm tricep extensions standing up with dumbells
Squats holding dumbells
Lunges holding dumbells
 
followed by 20 mins on bike .
 
On two or three other days,(say Tues and Fri) just do 30 mins on the bike.
 
Good luck!!

Great advice from Liz there!

Yuna, you might find this useful:

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html

As sometimes when an exercise is mentioned such as 'tricep extension' for example - for someone who is not familiar with weights, it is difficult to imagine how to perform that - so if you look on that website, you can click on the links for all the different muscles and see the name of the exercises.  If you then click on each exercise, you get a little video clip showing you how to do it!   It's brill!! .... invaluable to me when I first started and I still use it all the time.

aww wow thanks so much!!! off to study that link now

quick question how many of each thing should i be doing? or just do the lot for so many minutes?

That link to the little videos helped ALOT!!! so thank you xx

and what weight of dumbell should I start with?

yuna


and what weight of dumbell should I start with?

Low weight easy reps