Hi all!
Right I need some help from you exercise experts! I've always been a reluctant gym- goer but previously lost weight (in my mid twenties, I'm 32 now) by calorie counting and going to the gym 3x a week. All I did at the gym was cycle loads and use the cross trainer because they are what I enjoyed and they worked.
I have done no exercise for two years. I had a baby 16 months ago and it took me months to recover from a horrible birth. Once my baby turned 1 I joined a gym and went twice (doing what I had been doing before) before I picked up an awful ankle sprain - just slipped off a step. Turns out after repeat X-rays and an MRI I'd actually chipped the bone and torn a ligament. It's pretty much healed now, but is still quite weak. I'm having physio.
I need a bit of guidance on the best way to get back into fitness and lose weight through exercise through a sensible diet. I am massively unfit, as you'd expect. When I got on the static bike before I hurt my ankle I could manage 40 minutes at a steady pace (I'd go about 8km in that time don't know if that's good or not) but it was so hard. I used to breeze through that! I've got about 2/3 stone to lose. I hate classes, I'm very much a headphones on, go to the gym by myself person. I can fit in an hour long gym session three times a week around my child.
What are the best exercises for building fitness and weight loss?