Hi all
I started all this dieting and exercise about 5 weeks ago,
I used to do a lot of physical exercise in my younger days but now approaching 50 it seems Ive grown quite a lot in the past 15 years since I stopped playing sports.
Any way my question is I now weigh 255 lbs from the 275 when I started all this.
I can jog (slowly 11 min miles) for around the 30 mins, its taken me 5 weeks to get here.
would I now be better keeping the same distance and try and decrease the time it takes or try and maintain the time as well as increasing the distance or should I just keep it the same.
Just another quickie is jogging enough should I look for some other gym based work out as well ?

Hoping for some advise
trawets

I'd start readingthe stickied threads in this forum and start to incorporate some strength training into your workout... and watching your nutrition as welll

Hi thanks for your reply,
I have read through quite a lot of posts here, that was just the point really lots seem to have conflicting advice, :confused: some say to exercise moderately others suggest a much more intense regime.
So I suppose my real question is which is best for the larger person longer steady paced exercise or shorter more intense or indeed a mixture of both?

I have been watching my nutrition in fact I'm eating heathier now than I ever have before (if a little less though).
I am finding there is a lot more to the loosing weight business than just not eating buns.
again thanX for taking the time to reply
trawets

Hi Trawlets,
I'm no expert, infact I'm in the same boat, I'm 54 male, retired from Judo 10 years ago, sedentary life style, had knee replacement surgery so I can't run. My weight was 268 lbs when I got started. (March 08) I got down to 243 lbs in July but had been stuck there until this week. I use diet, curcuit weight training 3 nights a week, & strength training 2 nights. I was killing myself with the heavy weights, too many reps to failure trying to build some extra muscle. I got some good advise on reps, compound exercises, nutrition etc from Steve here in the forum. I also added a stair climber to my home gym, & added 15 minutes on it after my 30 min circuit training. I do 30 seconds flat out (heart 150bpm)/90 seconds reduced (heart 110 bpm) cycles. That has broken the dam so to speak. My weight dropped 2 lbs this week after being stuck for 8 weeks. Take a look at the stickes on HIIT.

Hope this helps

Good luck & hang in there.

Mike D

Unless you actually enjoy the jogging I wouldn't try to add any more distance. I would up the intensity. Maybe through in a few sprints. I will secont that you need to be doing atleast a couple days a week of weight training but for fat loss holy trinity is
Diet>cardio>weight training.

Definately look into some strength training (weights) to add to your cardio.