Is this a good diet plan?

[horsey0920]

Ok, well thanks to these forums I have learned so much, that I'm starting to scare my parents and friends. Well anyways, this is the first healthy eating habits I'm trying out to lose weight-

eating- obviously eating healthy, watching calorie in-take, healthy snacks like low-fat yogurt, those 100 calorie cookie snack packs, everything is good.

Exercise- after reading a topic about high intensity exercise helps you sometimes a bit more then low intensity I decided to give it a try:

morning: right after I wake up, turn DDR on, even though I can't play heavy, starting go absolutely nuts for 3-5 songs. Then get ready and eat a good breakfast.

after school/afternoon: get home do the high intensity workout for another 3-5 songs, then about 3 days of the week go to my school track and do brisk walking with spurts of jogging in between laps for 30 minutes. Even if I do that, I then turn on my exercise channel and do one that helps stretch and work every part of your body, chest, legs, arms, abs, you get it. I've even been trying cardio yoga. (That's so hard to do at first!!)

nighttime: Do 3-5 more songs an hour before bedtime.

So does anyone think this will work? Also on the days I don't walk/jog I'll try to get in my 30 minutes of DDR, on levels I can do. So just post tips, opinions, if it helps it's valuable to me. Thanks.

[mattyboy]

I dont think cookie snack packs are good, its not just the calories that count..


"nighttime: Do 3-5 more songs an hour before bedtime."

I think its best to do them for around 45 minutes in one hit, because after 3 songs you have just warmed up really..

Try do 10 songs in a row a night.

You need to keep your heartbeat up as long as possible in one hit.

[horsey0920]

The cookies I don't eat too much of, since they are still cookies. On the 3-5 songs, I'm doing heavy which is a level I cannot even begin to do, since I'm just barely on standard, so I don't follow the moves, but instead go as fast as can, till I feel like I'm going to drop. I'll try 10 songs, but for the most time I'll still do 45 minutes when I don't jog one night. Thanks for the tips.

[abrannan]

horsey0920 said:

I'll try 10 songs, but for the most time I'll still do 45 minutes when I don't jog one night. Thanks for the tips.

Remember to understand why you're doing the routine you're doing. IIRC, you're targeting your 3-5 songs to match a High-intensity type of training, not a Long, slow cardio session. Recommending 10 songs at a shot is geared more toward the long duration type of exercise.

[horsey0920]

Ok, then I'll keep those morning, afternoon, and evening high intensity workouts for 3-5 songs and then do long duration in between on DDR.