Workouts.

I am intimated by the Gym. Ive gone and I spend an hour. The first problem is going. I feel like everyone is looking at me and I will talk myself out of going to the gym. So I bought an elliptical one year. I didn't really use it till now. I also invested in a treadmill. I have a punching bag and a barbell and a few sets of dumbbells and kettle bells and bands and a step and I have an addiction to buying all types of fitness equipment. Does that mean you need to, well no. Sure its nice, but there are so many cheap ways to workout. Also buying a set of dumbbells doesn't hurt. Rule should be it should be more then your purse. Girls who lift will not get bulky, you will change the muscle 

  Working out should be fun. Find something you love to do. Also it should involve some type of strength and cardio and weight training. Building lean muscle burns fat. The more muscle you have the more fat you will burn. I love Cardio and weights. My problem I work on is body weight exercises. Like planks or push ups and wall sits.

My favorite thing is running. I am outside running like 4 days a week. Mostly 3 to 5 miles per run. I started walking the trail by my house till I felt confident to run.I love it. Its the best feeling in the world to know you did this. The whole 3 miles.And pushing myself to do 5. I have to take it slow some days because of my fibro and I get bad pains in my back and hands and feet but those days I do feel good I take advantage.

My tips for running or walking are these: (btw I am not an expert this is just all from PERSONAL experience)
1. Start off slow. don't try and do like a half Marathon your first time out. You will end up hurting something and possibly end up throwing up. I don't know what any one's fitness level is, but I am still working up to wear doing 6 miles is easy for me. I can knock out a 5k in 45 to 55 minutes Slow but its better than nothing. I started out walking a mile three times a week and then worked up to 3. I also did my first 5k this year. I highly recommended doing a color run.

2. Listen to your body. If you are feeling fatigued or feeling an ache, slow down. Sometimes I have trouble breathing and I have to stop and start walking its a pain but I have to not push it too hard. Also not trying to out run myself then not want to run or move any more.

3. Music. If you make a play list that is full of songs you love that get you in the mood to run, just enjoy listening to. I listen to a lot of everything, Beyonce is on my play list,Far warned tho I wish I could be beyonce lol I also have a soft sport for Justin Timberlake and when I cant push myself anymore, I put him on and I can run further. I also listen to like AC/DC and Coheed and Cambria and Florida Georgia line. I am all over the map. I find it helps me.

I also find if I wear cute workout clothes I am more into wanting to workout. I don't know why that is but it is just something that motivates me. Also love proving the Dri-more tech clothes wrong when I am dripping in sweat.

Rest is also important. One days I go on big runs I am not very active during the day because I try and rest my muscles, I do know if I run 5 miles and then I do a bunch of stuff that day,its hard for me to sleep. Rest days are also important, but since I am not too active through out the day I use my old rest day for a short 30 minute workout, and I now workout every day. but its cause after I'm usually sitting around after cleaning, but I felt like crap Sunday nights after not working out and then it was hard to get going Monday.

For other workouts to do at home... I will use Pintrest. I am on Pintrest My pintrest. Follow me, my board for Fitness has a lot of at home workouts.

And if you are not like me and you need the gym to stay on top of workouts, take me with you.haha

Its all about finding what you like to do. This is your body, you are going to do the workout, we cant transfer workouts.

I just started this, I can only tell what I enjoy and hopefully that motivates someone to do something.