foot tall make, 12 stone, flabby belly, how can I lose this?
Getting out of the house again and doing some exercise would be a great start. However if you are homebound then it all comes down to some careful food substitutions. You would be amazed at how some small changes make huge differences. A good idea is to cut out soft drinks, fruit juices, try low fat dairy products and stick to lean meats. Try counting your calories. Your body burns a set amount of calories each day, called your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and so once you know this you know you just need to consume less calories each day than your BMR and you will lose weight. http://www.alfitness.com.au is a great site that assits you to do that.
Make exercise something you do regularly, something that fits into your lifestyle and you enjoy. Playing uptempo music that makes you feel good while you do it will help. If life stresses you out, venting it into pushups is a great reliever. Cardiovascular is good, but building muscle is very good too – it’ll increase your metabolism long term as your body will work to sustain your muscle mass. Thus it’s a long term solution to being leaner. You can do sit-ups and press-ups and squats with no equipment, and just a jump rope for a tough skipping workout (a leather rope or speedrope will give you a much harder session than a schoolgirl rope). 12 stone isn’t really that much for someone of your height, so don’t beat yourself up too much about it, but your decision to improve your health and lifestyle is a good one. There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there about fitness science and technique, usually by people who are all talk and little action, but really you can keep it simple and g
