How do you exercise?

[chouse]

What are you doing as exercise? I've orderd Tony Horton's 10 Minute work out. I figure I would start out w/ baby steps. Has anyone tried this workout yet? I'm still waiting on mine to be delivered! Another thing, should I let my body get used to Atkins for a week or so? Or start the workout as soon as it arrives? Believe it or not, I had a nutritionist (LA Weightloss) to tell me I should diet for a month before I start an exercise program. She said I might get discouraged if I didn't see a weight loss because of adding muscle from exercising. Opinions?

[IrishMom82]

Well Dr. Atkins says that excercise is non-negotiable. I don't know why you would want to wait a month to start, that's just me. There are members here who are succesful even when they don't excercise.

I do the Couch to 5k program. It's a great workout cause you start out slow and you go at your own pace. It sounds like something you'd like. I'm on week 3 so far and doing great and I am in NO WAY a runner...yet

I also do P90X for strength training. That's a really rough workout. It's your call on that. I've read a lot of posts here saying how important and beneficial it is to strength train so that's why I started.

[Adena]

I say to start it as soon as it arrives, and I think most folks here would agree. Atkins alone is great, but Atkins+Exercise yields even more amazing results. Don't cheat yourself of a month of potential benefits.

When I first started, I did the Walk Away the Pounds DVDs. They are just challenging enough to get a good workout, but not so hard you can't stick with it. You can get them pretty cheaply on Ebay (but first search the titles on Amazon to read reviews on which ones are the best. I like the 1 mile and the 2 mile for beginners.

Best of luck!

[chouse]

OMG! You're doing P90X?? I bought it a yr ago and it's never made it to the DVD player. I read after i bought it that I'm supposed to be able to do a certain number of push ups and pull ups. I can do NEITHER!!! My hat's off to you!!

[colleenieweenie]

I have never heard of Tony Horton - But go ahead and get your exercise ON! Why wait a week? Start now! It will help with any crummy feeling you might get while on induction...
The 1st time I "did" Atkins (7 years ago?) I did it and never exercised. I was a really skinny, fat person. Lost all muscle tone and my body felt funky. Once I started exercising this time around, I feel more compact, toned, alive and fabulous.
Congrats to you for making the choice to start exercising! I say go ahead and start now! Certainly can't hurt!!
Best to you!!

[carbless_in_seattle]

oh god. pull ups? forget it.

I do intervals on the treadmill and my exercise bike. Intervals burn fat the fastest. also whatever you choose to do, its good to switch up your routine so your body doesnt get inefficient at whatever exercise you're doing. any exercise is good exercise .

Just push yourself a little bit each time. whether its a 5 minute walk, or a 2 mile run, make sure you're living up to your potential, it feels so much better when you do!

[sanoukee]

I just do pushups, situps and curls daily and occasional leglifts and squats. I do like zero cardio though

[TheDogAteMyName]

I would definitely start exercising. I'm with Colleen on this one...when I did Atkins back in 2004 and lost all the weight I ended up as a skinny fat person too! Exercise is vital. I wouldn't wait another day to start. I feel so good after a workout. To me it's my natural prozac.

As for pull-ups, if you cannot do a full one yet you can do a jump pull-up. That is where you jump up and then pull yourself up. I started out doing those and can now do pull-ups.

[IrishMom82]

Originally Posted by chouse

OMG! You're doing P90X?? I bought it a yr ago and it's never made it to the DVD player. I read after i bought it that I'm supposed to be able to do a certain number of push ups and pull ups. I can do NEITHER!!! My hat's off to you!!

Haha, don't give me that much credit! I'm not doing the whole program otherwise I would be over-excercising. I'm just doing a couple of the DVDs because I need something to tell me what to do since I'm new to strength training.

I use my treadmill as my pull up bar, so it's not techincally a full pull up since I'm at an angle...I saw people do it on the Biggest Loser so I figured it'd be ok if Bob and Jillian (the trainers) were having people do it.

[chouse]

Ha! What a visual! There's no way I can get this chunk off the ground to do a jump pull up! Funny thought though! If you guys can't figure this out, I'm TOTALLY out of shape!!!