For the Girls - Toning, Diet and Excercise a very basic guide - Please read!!

Ok so the OPs ass, thigh and arms work out, will that encourage all over weightloss too? Im a gym n00b

If you are wondering about an exercise and how good it will be, think: how many muscles does it use? (the more the better, so f.example bicep curls suck). Also how intensive is it? Obviously the more intensive the better but you have to take it at a good pace for your level, otherwise you will get too knackered and give up, thus not getting the most out of your workout.

Thank you, il be honest im find all of this really stressful and scary I want to lose the weight but i dont want to hurt myself or waste tome doing excercises that don't do anything plus im getting pressure (which im ignoring) from people "helping" and to top it off i think im setting silly goals in my head. I need to calm down and go at it properly so thank you for being patient and answering my questions

To think i used to believe a bit of jogging would have me dropping weight in days

Yeah it's all about slow and steady. I have been slowly losing weight (read - fat) for months now. I have only lost about 6kg and have another 4ish to go but I have done it without making MASSIVE changes to my diet and lifestyle. Obviously there have been small adjustments every now and then, such as recently switching to a much lower carb diet but I feel much better doing it this way than suddenly trying to change everything.
I think a good first goal for you would be to get to the gym three times a week. When that is ingrained in your routine then change something else! My next goal is to start training 6 days a week, which I won't be able to achieve until after Xmas. When I first started last year 3 times a week was a lot! It's also really good to record your progress in a blog and I can recommend taking a training diary to the gym and write down everything you do there and then, that way if you can't get online you won't fall behind on your blog. I just looked at the first page of my blog and I can't believe how much progress I've made since last January when I started it!

Yeah it's all about slow and steady. I have been slowly losing weight (read - fat) for months now. I have only lost about 6kg and have another 4ish to go but I have done it without making MASSIVE changes to my diet and lifestyle. Obviously there have been small adjustments every now and then, such as recently switching to a much lower carb diet but I feel much better doing it this way than suddenly trying to change everything.
I think a good first goal for you would be to get to the gym three times a week. When that is ingrained in your routine then change something else! My next goal is to start training 6 days a week, which I won't be able to achieve until after Xmas. When I first started last year 3 times a week was a lot! It's also really good to record your progress in a blog and I can recommend taking a training diary to the gym and write down everything you do there and then, that way if you can't get online you won't fall behind on your blog. I just looked at the first page of my blog and I can't believe how much progress I've made since last January when I started it!

how much of a calorie deficit are you on? and how are you making sure you arent losing muscle?

I don't record my food atm or even know my BMR so I don't know! I know I am not losing muscle because despite the weightloss I am still getting better and stronger at my lifts. I also look more muscly. (Not much though, only I would notice it). I could probably eat more protein though.

thanks for the reply

so if you get stronger at your lifts it means you arent losing muscle despite losing weight?

Think logically...(it can have to do with technique with the olympic lifts but not really with squats/deads etc)

so if i lost weight but was getting stronger on all my lifts

would i be losing muscle?

No you would not.

Question, whats more important the reps you do or the weight?

Both (assuming you are using the correct form) are measurable levels of performance.

More oft than not unless you are training for some sort of endurance challenge it is simplest to try to perform the same number of reps with a heavier weight - however it is fine to try to get a couple more reps at a current weight before you increase the weight you are using.

If I had to choose between the two I would lean towards weight.

Ok brill thank you, im on measley 4kgs atm but feeling stronger!

You will get there!

I have a question, sorry if it's dumb, but if I became more muscular through working out would I be able to lose the muscle or is that difficult? I've heard from some people that once when you build muscle, it's there forever, whereas others have said that muscle is quite easy to lose if you don't keep working it.