losingit
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Restarted Atkins recently after falling off the wagon and going through a difficult time, although surprisingly i managed to maintain all the losses from my last atkins attempt. When i was doing Atkins earlier this year i bought the kettlework dvd's and 5lbs kettlebell but only ever did one session (the cardio one, which i found impossible at the time!) and then gravitated more towards my elliptical trainer.
I'm going to be doing things the other way around this time, i'll start off with the kettlebells and then later on if i feel fit enough i'll add in some elliptical trainer too.
I have the "6 week body transformation" DVD series. I also have "the ultimate body collection" from kettleworx plus another 'fast fun 10 minute workouts' - i got lucky and bought them all together from a big groupon discount back in march i think.
Anyway.... i'm starting off with the 6 week body transformation. I am really unfit, but 3 stone lighter than i was at the beginning of 2012, so feeling energetic and ready to go.
Week 1
Resistance. I did the resistance week 1 session last night (you have to do three 20 minute sessions per week, one each of Cardio, Resistance and Core). It was pretty heavy going as expected and i only barely just made in through from beginning to end - but most importantly, I DID IT... .which is good for me i normally collapse halfway through any workout! There were two exercises i just couldn't do - the one where you have to squat very low to the ground and then stand up on your tiptoes and back down on your heels - i think i'm physically incapable of doing this but who knows, i might learn, i'll keep trying. Another one i really struggled with, although did manage to do for about half a second, was the plank one where you have to go on your elbows and toes in a kind of push up position and then hold it up - i was actually pretty proud that i managed half a second because previously when i was 3 stone heavier i tried a similar exercise and was not able to even get into the position. I think it's easier this time not because i'm fitter (i'm not) but because i'm 3 stone lighter (yippee).
At the end, my muscles were killing, as expected. Was like jelly walking up the stairs to bed. This morning i feel pretty good though, only a little achy which is nice, i recall having a personal trainer once who worked me so hard that i was physically unable to get upstairs and could barely sit down i was in so much pain, for a whole 4 days afterwards!
Having a day off today and then will attempt the cardio workout on Monday - the cardio one totally broke me when i tried it earlier in the year, so we'll see how that goes. Will try to do the core one on Thursday so that i have two days to recover from cardio.
Starting weight at week 1 = 15stone 11
I'm going to be doing things the other way around this time, i'll start off with the kettlebells and then later on if i feel fit enough i'll add in some elliptical trainer too.
I have the "6 week body transformation" DVD series. I also have "the ultimate body collection" from kettleworx plus another 'fast fun 10 minute workouts' - i got lucky and bought them all together from a big groupon discount back in march i think.
Anyway.... i'm starting off with the 6 week body transformation. I am really unfit, but 3 stone lighter than i was at the beginning of 2012, so feeling energetic and ready to go.
Week 1
Resistance. I did the resistance week 1 session last night (you have to do three 20 minute sessions per week, one each of Cardio, Resistance and Core). It was pretty heavy going as expected and i only barely just made in through from beginning to end - but most importantly, I DID IT... .which is good for me i normally collapse halfway through any workout! There were two exercises i just couldn't do - the one where you have to squat very low to the ground and then stand up on your tiptoes and back down on your heels - i think i'm physically incapable of doing this but who knows, i might learn, i'll keep trying. Another one i really struggled with, although did manage to do for about half a second, was the plank one where you have to go on your elbows and toes in a kind of push up position and then hold it up - i was actually pretty proud that i managed half a second because previously when i was 3 stone heavier i tried a similar exercise and was not able to even get into the position. I think it's easier this time not because i'm fitter (i'm not) but because i'm 3 stone lighter (yippee).
At the end, my muscles were killing, as expected. Was like jelly walking up the stairs to bed. This morning i feel pretty good though, only a little achy which is nice, i recall having a personal trainer once who worked me so hard that i was physically unable to get upstairs and could barely sit down i was in so much pain, for a whole 4 days afterwards!
Having a day off today and then will attempt the cardio workout on Monday - the cardio one totally broke me when i tried it earlier in the year, so we'll see how that goes. Will try to do the core one on Thursday so that i have two days to recover from cardio.
Starting weight at week 1 = 15stone 11