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Hey everyone,
I'm an 18 year old female weighing about 190 lbs. Even though I don't look morbidly obese, my weight does bother me, and I'd love to lose a bunch of weight, especially for the sake of my health.
At school, we have a gym. Most of the machines are broken (elliptical, bikes with no resistance) but you can still use them. There's also a treadmill, which I love using.
So, here is what I've been doing lately. I use the treadmill for a good 35 minutes, with in incline of 10% and speed of 5. Is that good to lose weight?
I hate the elliptical because it's so tiring, but I love it because it helps lose weight. So I usually do about 10 minutes on it (unfortunately)
And although I don't like the bike because it has no resistance, I use it just for the heck of it, to about 10 minutes as well.
I don't do weights because I'm afraid my already big upper body will get bigger.
So if anyone can help me plan out a regimen, I'd really appreciate it! (link)
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What you've been doing sounds pretty good. With weight loss work outs cardio is very important..so when you're doing the treadmill, elliptical & bike you should be doing all these things at a pace that gets you breathing hard & blood pumping faster. For weight loss especailly it isn't such a bad thing that the bike doesnt have resistance. the resistance will build up muscle, which isn't a bad thing, but like you said, you don't want to gain more..i'm going through the same thing right now
it really doesn't matter what you do, just have a routine, and you need to work at most days of the week. if you have any more questions let me know...i hope this helps :) and good luck!
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