Am I working out too much?

[Seaturtle4]

A Okay I am 5 foot 6 1/2 inches tall and weigh now 178 lbs. I have been working out for the past two weeks and have lost about 6 lbs. I work out 6 days a week. I wake up and have a cup of coffee then do an hour in the morning on my eliptical. Then I eat breakfast and take my daughter for a 3 mile power walk in her stroller. I then eat lunch. I do my ab routine between 1 and 2 pm then I prepare dinner and eat about 5pm. Then I do another hour of cardio on my eliptical at 6 pm. Also, every other day I do weight training with jullian michaels total body shop workout bench. Sunday is my only day off from all workouts. I eat 1200 calories a day. Sometimes more depending on calories burned, but no more than 1500. What should I be doing differently? Am I working out too much? Is there any advice anyone can give me about how to tone my abs faster? I would appreciate any advice as I am training for my future career. I would like to add that I have also quit smoking 3 weeks ago to have a healthier lifestyle.

 

[PLB]

AHey and welcome to the forum!

If you've only been at this for a few weeks, give yourself more time! 6 lbs is really good! Can you give us a little more detail of what you do for strength training?

 

[Seaturtle4]

AThank you for getting back to me. I am currently using jullian Michael total body bench with her ifit workout. It is a bench that uses your own body weight to strengthen your muscles. It mostly works your arms and your legs, although there are a few ab exercises in there from time to time. I also do 3 ab workouts from her website. The ab crunch, bicycle crunch for my obliques and then the leg raises for my lower abs. I do 3 sets of 20 reps. I have noticed a little change in my face but as for my abs and muscle tone,I still don't have any definition. The scale is now saying I am gaining weight, which I know could be muscle, but I am a muscular person in general. I have broad shoulders and large theighs. I am just afraid of putting on too much muscle and not losing fat. I have also started drinking the lean shake 25 for meal replacement. I wanted something to give my muscles the protein and nutrients it needed while I was working them so much.

 

[Sukanya]

Very right! I even started at 1 lbs...very poor to hear, right? But not bad...everyone can start small...it's even healthy in that case.

Originally Posted by PLBFitness

Hey and welcome to the forum!
If you've only been at this for a few weeks, give yourself more time! 6 lbs is really good! Can you give us a little more detail of what you do for strength training?