Any tips on losing weight when you can't go outside?

[iceburg-san]

by can't go outside I mean it's -10 degrees and I'm trying to get over a cold

I'm about 140lbs ("about" every scale says differently it's a bit odd)

though much like hibernating animals I tend to gain weight over the winter cause I can't exercise as much

I'm 5'1 and I have a medium body frame (google it) so my weight should be 104-128lbs

I eat really healthy food a lot

mainly cause my moms boyfriend has to have a diabetic diet and no one wants to spare the extra money on junk food. But I like heath food so that's not a problem

I just want a way to get this little bit of "chub" gone by like May at least. (yes something important is happening in May)

And also to stop my sister from nagging me.

its not fun when someone with a model shaped body keeps telling you to get in shape.

[Anonymous]

Check your local library to see if they have workout dvds you can check out. I know my mom gets some from ours.

Also, if you have stairs in your house you can use those. One exercise I used to have to do was called fives. You do five sit-ups, five push-ups, five mountain climbers, jump as high in the air as you can 5 times, then you run across the room and back (we did this in a gym, so if you live in a small house you might want to skip this step}. You do however many repetitions of this as you decide before hand and its crazy tough. When I was first getting back into shape and doing those, I couldn't do more than 4 of those in one go. The max I ever did was 13, I think. Its a lot harder than it sounds.

[iceburg-san]

I'd use the stairs but the stairs in my house go up to another apartment so I'd have to ask them which seems a little odd :/ (maybe, I mean they're nice enough.)

fives sounds like a good one. though I'm pretty sure my gym teacher called it 'drills' or something resembling the army.

[snowangle]

4-minute workout video:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=AimPOSXe7n4

You don't need any equipment for it, but it's REALLY hard! So just do what you can! Preferably before every meal, so it raises metabolism.

Try not to push yourself too hard until you're completely over your cold.

[Michaelmwm19]

Yeah that looks like a good workout for her to try and yeah I read some of the comments one person said they almost passed out lol and that it might be a good idea to stretch before hand.

[iceburg-san]

I wish I got this answer before I ate dinner.

I'm going to do the exercises once I'm over my cold or I'll just completely pass out

(I know I've tried, my floor is quite comfortable)

Thanks~

[Michaelmwm19]

Inside exercises like insantiy...well that might be very hard for you.. or maybe buy a tredmill to run on or one of those bike in place thingies lol or running in place yoga right eating habbits lots of water and such and adequate sleepe.

[iceburg-san]

I'd do insanity workout if I had enough money for it, same goes for the treadmill.

I can use the one at the YMCA one a week but I don't think that's enough.

[Michaelmwm19]

Try and YouTube it you would be surprised the things you can learn from YouTube they have tutorials on a lot of things.Also maybe watch your sisters habbits as you guys should have similar metabolism and such are you dietary habbits good?

[iceburg-san]

My sister eats junk food and take out almost all the time, I'm pretty sure she has my dads metabolism :P

I'll try YouTube though and see what they have for exercise videos

I listed the kinds of food I eat above. basically I'm already on a diet. (with a twix bar thrown in now and then thanks to my boyfriend buying me a lifetime supply~) There's just a lack of fruit which I can fix next time I go shopping.

[Michaelmwm19]

life time of twix lol? how much did that cost just curious not really into candy bars.

[iceburg-san]

it was just like three huge bags of twix that I didn't even ask for he just knows I like them~ I really don't want to know how much it costed though @-@ probably 15 dollars or something

I hate it when he buys me stuff. He's already broke.

[Michaelmwm19]

He loves you! :D if he's spending what money he has on you...

[iceburg-san]

I know~ I love him too. I just worry sometime that he spends too much money on me. He has rent and tuition to pay.

[Michaelmwm19]

Yeah its really nice and sweet that he's doing that but maybe you should talk to him about it?

[Anonymous]

Do M-100's and maintain a clean diet.

You'd also be best served to just put on a heavy jacket and run around the block at night before it gets too cold.

[iceburg-san]

never heard of that.

I'm going to start going for walks again in the spring, I get sick too easily.

so right now I guess it's just indoor exercise

[Sassy35242]

Do some YouTube workout videos. I actually enjoy doing them :)

Or run laps around your house...

[hungariandoll]

Don't eat anything after 6 pm. It helps a lot. :)

[iceburg-san]

ha I thought it was not eating anything 3 hours before you go to bed?

I need to fix my sleep schedule, I wake up at varied hours cause I'm not in school. So I don't think that'd help much. Thanks though.