Personal trainer?

[marinera]

..... Weight lifting in particular. Done properly you'll burn the calories you would running in 1/3 of the time... Without the damage to your knees.

Uhmmmmm....

Arthritis Rheum. 1995 Apr;38(4):539-46.
Knee osteoarthritis in former runners, soccer players, weight lifters, and shooters.
Kujala UM1, Kettunen J, Paananen H, Aalto T, Battié MC, Impivaara O, Videman T, Sarna S.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the relationship between different physical loading conditions and findings of knee osteoarthritis (OA).

METHODS:
We selected 117 male former top-level athletes (age range 45-68 years) who had participated in sports activities with distinctly different loading conditions: 28 had been long-distance runners, 31 soccer players, 29 weight lifters, and 29 shooters. Histories of lifetime occupational and athletic knee loading, knee injuries, and knee symptoms were obtained, and subjects were examined clinically and radiographically for knee findings of OA.

RESULTS:
The prevalence of tibiofemoral or patellofemoral OA based on radiographic examination was 3% in shooters, 29% in soccer players, 31% in weight lifters, and 14% in runners (P = 0.016 between groups). Soccer players had the highest prevalence of tibiofemoral OA (26%), and weight lifters had the highest prevalence of patellofemoral OA (28%). Subjects with radiographically documented knee OA had more symptoms, clinical findings, and functional limitations than did subjects without knee OA. By stepwise logistic regression analysis, the risk for having knee OA was increased in subjects with previous knee injuries (odds ratio [OR] 4.73), high body mass index at the age of 20 (OR 1.76/unit of increasing body mass index), previous participation in heavy work (OR 1.08/work-year), kneeling or squatting work (OR 1.10/work-year), and in subjects participating in soccer (OR 5.21).

CONCLUSION:
Soccer players and weight lifters are at increased risk of developing premature knee OA. The increased risk is explained in part by knee injuries in soccer players and by high body mass in weight lifters.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Knee osteoarthritis in former runners, soccer players, weight lifters, and shooters. - PubMed - NCBI

 

[lookatthat]

But now that I have dropped and lost this much, I am wanting to get someone that would help me out daily. What foods I should/need to buy, and cook myself. Proper exercise to lose the rest of the fat and start to tone etc etc.

Start slowly and incorporate healthy traits repeatedly until they become habits and your day-to-day lifestyle. The easiest way to start this is to stop doing bad things. Stop buying soda, for example. Eliminate sugary drinks, treats, chips, desserts, etc...
Also, think about how many calories you'd need in a day. A young woman who is 5'1" probably needs.. I dunno.. 1500 calories? If that's the case, think about how to make three 400 calorie meals in a day, and think of what would be three 100 calorie snacks for other periods when you feel you need a snack. (It may be more than 1,500 calories... I have no idea)
Also, don't make a big deal about food in regard to "cheating," "rewards," "restrictions," and other anxious ways to think of it. It's not a "diet," per se, either. It's just how you eat now. Shop with purpose, like it's an extension of what you do in the gym.
Someone said they'd provide you with a shopping list and ideas of how to prepare food with your goals in mind. That's great. Start slowly, don't beat yourself up for mistakes. Don't stress over it. Do it for a month, you'll feel better quickly. If I were you I'd make an effort to start walking more than you do now and set aside a little time to relax and stretch.
And drink a ton of water!
And sleep!
While change won't happen super quickly, it will happen, and when it does it'll motivate you to do more.

 

[MisterB]

Allow me please to return to the topic of the OP's statements/questions about various aspects of fitness.

The OP described her current efforts and sought some feedback. A long-time FEMALE poster responded, offering to assist the OP. How nice of her I thought when I read that!

That's because this member has chronicled her fitness challenges/goals/successes/frustrations (you get the gist) on these boards since I've been a member (2012). She's lived the life, she knows the score. She's had ups/downs and in-betweens in her fitness efforts.

Her life-partner/fiance also weighed in. He too knows his stuff. I know that because he's also chronicled his fitness experiences on this forum. He too has lived the life. He too is the real deal.

I for one have enjoyed reading about their and other fitness folks experiences. They help me ask the right questions to my fitness professional. That's how I know these two know what's what.

It would be nice if the OP could return to her thread and get some feedback that she requested rather than see an unseemly derailment that does not contribute to the OP's fitness goals.

It is important to note that fitness/exercise is individual. That's the most important fact about fitness I have learned. One size does not fit all. I learned that the hard way. I'm just glad I found a personal trainer who knows his stuff. My first workout was a 60 minute consultation that covered the gamut. I have learned so much from him.

That's why--fast forward 20 years--I look and feel better at 62 than I did when I started.

So, to the OP, I hope you will take Snarky up on her offer. Again, I wish you the best on your fitness quest.

Cheers.