Thanks everyone for your replies. It seems like the consensus is to do moderate-heavy cardio 6 days a week and 1 day either off or light cardio. I think that is what I will do. Yesterday, I took off from cardio, but I think next week I will go for a leisurely walk on Sunday just to keep my mind in the "exercise zone." Just like having one bad day of eating, I can see that taking one day off of exercise could snowball into MANY days of no exercise!
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Originally Posted by makeyourownplans
Biking is pretty low impact, so as far as injury you should be ok. I'm really impressed that all of you move so much! I'm consistently going three days a week, and it's great that you're exercising so much trooworld!
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Yeah, biking is pretty much the only cardio I do...either stationary or actual outdoor biking. Someday, maybe I will work up to walk/jogging but for now, it's the biking. That can get pretty vigorous. I am impressed with all these hard workers, too! It's no wonder you are all losing weight!
It's amazing that I am doing cardio 6x a week now, I loathe exercising. I like lifting weights, but I hate cardio.
A few years ago (more like 3!), I belonged to a gym and lifted 6 days a week (like LessOfLisa said, 1 muscle group one day, the next muscle group the next etc.) and I got down to 185. But then, I injured my quad and used that as an excuse to stop going.
Now it's time to get back in the groove, this time I don't have a gym membership, but I have a resistance band, a physio ball, a 10# medicine ball, some weights and that stationary bike. Plus good old fashioned stairs and a chair. I should be able to do something with all that.