👋 so I am a 41 year old mum of 4 who has never exercised in my whole entire life. I have been on a weight loss journey this last 11 months and lost 5 1/2 stone, 1/2 St to go.
I started walking initially and built up my speed and stamina. Can walk for miles now at a really good pace.
Then I added hooping, built that up to 30 mins non stop with added resistance bands/arm exercises.
Since the new year I have been weight training. 3 x a week. Push/pull/legs 1 each per week and then abs everytime I train. I am now up to using my 5kg weights (started off with just the Dumbell bar oh dear!). 3 x sets 12 reps 3 different exercises.
I added skipping and am on day 5 of a 14 day beginners challenge. I have 2 weeks off work so this fits in nicely.
I am currently hooping and skipping everyday. And I went for my first run today (30 sec intervals). I am not a runner! So I'm not sure how that will go.
When I get back to work I will prob skip/hoop alternate days so my week will look something like this.
Monday: push/abs/skip
Tuesday: hoop
Wednesday:pull/abs/skip
Thursday:hoop
Friday: legs/abs/skip
Saturday: skip/hoop/run
Sunday: skip/hoop/run
Is this enough? Not wanting to build muscle but after having 4 kids (youngest 12) and losing such a lot of weight I would just like to be more toned with less wobbly bits. I can already see some definition in my abs and thighs. Which I have never had before.
I'm just after a bit of advice really. Is this a good combo for toning up? Should I be doing something else? What have you done to lose the flab and how long did it take you?
Thank you.