Getting In Shape Again!

Wooh! I have been getting out of shape for the longest time but finally have a drive to get back in shape! I am mostly doing it for golf and aesthetic reasons but still going to be getting in shape.

I will be using the INSANITY workout. Does anyone have any advice on how to keep sticking out after first couple days of working out, help with motivation, etc.? Anything really to help someone stick to it all!

Thanks for you time!

Make a point of listing your workouts in the "Your workout today" it helps keep you motivated.

This is key right there.. Controlling your carb intake is the key to sustainable weight loss. The best way to do that is to really keep track of what you eat.

For meats: I tend to eat lean proteins 80-90% of the time, with the occasional beef.

For carbs: I keep it to potatoes, sweet potatoes, veggies for salads, avacado's, tomatoes, things like that. I do not eat anything that is considered a grain, if i do its maybe once ever few months if i go out to eat or something.

Basically my carb levels are between 50 and 100 grams per day. I eat alot of protein and fats. All of my fats are the good kind. I consider saturated fats good, there is no link between saturated fats and poor health.

With that i am almost below 200lbs for the first time since i don't know when. I would have to ask my mom to pull out my old weight/height charts when i was a kid.

As for exercise: Minimum 1 hour of low impact movements; walking, golfing, hiking, light biking, per week. I would keep high intensity running/sprints to once per week. If you weight lift, i always like to go one day on one day off. Or if you do upper/lower splits you can do upper one day, lower next, day off, upper and lower again..

I realize you may have already started your workout regimen, but I find the biggest mistake newly motivated people make when beginning a workout cycle is going much too hard on the first few days.  Especially after extended layoffs, this almost certainly results in soreness and muscle tightness much higher than normal levels, and acts as a deterrent for subsequent workouts.  If you are truly in it for the long haul, you should have no problem easing your way into your workout regimen and building up to sustainable workouts.

I'm not sure why the carb continues to be demonized in fitness/weight loss circles (Thanks, Atkins), but they are perfectly acceptable for diets that are promoting weight loss, especially if it involves an active lifestyle.  I gained weight last season after knee surgery and tearing my hamstring, and began working out again roughly 7-8 weeks ago.  I've lost 16lbs (have about 12 more to go to get back to my ideal weight) and I eat plenty of carbs (including grains).

Brandon

yea to each there own, just pointing out what works for me..

If you want to push yourself, use a pre-workout energy drink. I'm not talking about red bull or that crap five hour energy.

I've used this:

http://www.vitacost.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Essential-Amino-Energy-Concord-Grape-0-6-lbs

It helps give you that little bit of an edge while you are working out. Keeps you from slacking!! You want to hit the ball stronger and with a little more pop? Work on that core, and I mean work on it. From your knees to your chest...that is where all your power comes from. Get it done. Stay with it.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I am still kicking strong and will definitely remember that the main weight loss is of course made in the kitchen and not in the gym!

This workout sure has made me sore and I find it hardest that third or fourth day because of soreness but it is no worse than two a days after an inactive summer ha!

I will also start posting in the "Workout for Today" thread. Thanks again for everyone reply!

All good things to hear.  Keep working hard at it.

Brandon

Working with a dietitian since October last year, including strength training at the gym 3 times a week, and riding my road bike 3-4 times a week around 30 miles per ride.  Results: 52 pounds lighter, cholesterol from over 300 to 130, BP from marginal high to the low side of normal.  It is in the kitchen, but the gym helps maintain muscle tone, the bike also burns tons of fat.  Body fat went from 37.5Z% to 25%, muscle mass went up, don't remember the numbers.

The Insanity workout is very difficult and hard for someone trying to get back into shape to complete.  It will get you in a shape fast, but if your body is going to be miserable for at least 2 weeks if not longer beofre it gets used to it.  Good Luck!