Since the winter I gained a few pounds (I'm now 61kg - before the winter I was 59kg). I'm 1m60, but have the body figure to weight a bit more than the average girl of my length and age. 59kg was okay to me, but that was for me my maximum weight. I'm feeling a bit 'puffy' now.
I eat healthy, but that doesn't seem good enough. Because of that I took the chance to start running again and to do work outs.
At this moment I'm following the 'Start to Run' schedules (http://www.start-to-run.be/). It's very easy - just follow the schedule and have attention for your pulsation. I have a heart rate monitor so that I can control my heart rate and can react when it is too high. Also, before you start, calculate your maximum heart rate. Important as well - have good shoes when you go out for a run! At this moment I'm running in Nike's, but next month I want to get shoes that are custom made. When you run often, I recommend you to do that.
I run 3 days in a week, but first I start stretching. You can find a lot of stretching exercise videos on Youtube. I try to stretch every muscle in my body. If you don't use it while running, you probably use it on a daily basis while working or running after/playing with your children. After that I go out for a run for about 30 minutes.
After the run I start 'the real' working-out. I've found a great website (http://www.fitnessblender.com/) with work-outs + video. You choose your equipment, the difficulty, etc. et voila, there you go! In the most work-outs are also stretching exercises, so even that is something you don't have to worry about. The exercises I do are focused on cardio - burning fat, mostly on the total body or for the tight/butt - abdominal muscles. I try to focus on my problem areas (belly - butt - tight), but I also try to choose something I like (pilates - kick-boxing exercises). I try to work out for like 30 minutes. The running is also around 30 minutes, so in total I'm doing an hour exercising.
At this moment I've made a work-out schedule for about 11 weeks. After that I want to evaluate my progress. I'm happy to share with you if it worked, where I see changes - etc.
I have an hour glass figure, the typical Marilyn Monroe body figure. I love it and it makes that it's okay for me to have more curves, but still I have to know where my boundaries are. At this moment I had a lot of fat on my belly and hips. My measurements:
- Waist: 70 cm
- Thigh: 60 cm
- Hips: 88 cm
I'm hoping to reduce these.
In the first place I'm not trying to lose weight! I want a healthy body and if that means that 61kg is my healthy weight, then I'm fine with that.
So, I'm hoping to have a more healthy body after 11 weeks of work-out. I'll keep you guys up to date!
