Hello there! I'm trying to get fit and keep in shape. I've never dieted for too long. About a month and a half ago I lost 10 pounds in about a week and a half but then when I started working I was too sore to do anything.

Now that I've gotten use to my work (heavy lifting) I can start to work out again. I've been dieting (with acception of my friends taking me out 2 or 3 times) for about a week now, but I'm not seeing the fast results as before... I never expected to though.

I still have the 10 pounds dropped and I think I should say a bit about how my body has been working. I have been the same weight for I don't know how long. I used to eat a bag of chips in one to two nights and gain not a pound. It seems no matter how much I eat I don't gain weight. And how much I tried (before a month and a half ago) it seemed I could not lose weight. Kind of like I was stuck in a loop. That's why I've given up in the past.

Anyway. Some things you should know. I'm about 6 to 6 1. I weight about 230. I'm 19. I look kind of average weight, people say that also, but I don't feel average. And I know that for my height that's overweight. I've been doing around 100 sit ups and 400 kicks and 400 punches and running a 4th of a mile and walking a 3rd a mile a day for a week now.

And this is where it gets weird. I actually missed 3 days because I went on a trip with some friends and when I got back the morning I did 4 times that. 1600 kicks 1600 punches and 400 sit ups. It was hard. I've never pushed myself like that. The first day I did the 100 sit ups etc. I felt like my legs and abs would die. This morning my abs hurt a little and my arms hurt a bit, and my legs don't feel like rocks at all.

It seems unrealistic that this would not make me totally hurting. So do I keep upping it till my muscles are sore or what? What is the most effective weight lost exercises. How many of them should I do before I'm at risk of hurting my joints and muscles from repetitive motions. I really don't know much about this stuff.

The main areas I want to lose weight are my legs, belly, butt, arms.

If you need any additional information please tell me and I can provide it

Edit:Also I had a question, is diet soda bad for dieting? The only thing it has in it is a little sodium right? So that's not too bad? I've always wanted to know the answer to that.

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I know I replied to this!

Anyway, quick repeat of what I posted before: To make progress, you have to keep pushing the muscles beyond their comfort zone. Unless you want to spend your life doing sit-ups and kicks, that means joining a gym or borrowing some free weights and lifting weights.

Diet soda has zero cals or close enough, so it should be fine for dieting, but in practise, people who drink diet sodas seem to have more trouble losing weight than those who don't. It may be that the sweetness of the soda causes an insulin spike which makes it harder to burn fat.

Sit-ups and kicks are not an effective way to lose fat. That's where diet comes in. You should workout to work your whole body, concentrate on lifts like squat, deadlift and bench press.