jogging in place?

I have been trying to get motivated to go and work out but I find it so much easier to stay at home and jog in place for 20 mins. I also do 100 pushups and day and some ab and leg exercises with 10lb weights( I am working my way up) for about 10 mins or so each day, alternating days, but I do the pushups and jogging everyday. Anyway, I guess my question is, is this enough for weight loss/any muscle toning? I am not overweight but I would like to look and feel better. I eat about 1350-1500 cals a day and I am almost 26 years old and around 5'3. Hope that this makes sense?! Any help would be appreciated and I am just looking for some direction to see if I am going the right way.

Thanks in advance!

Amy

This would interest me too! I would like to build up a little strength by jogging in place because it is still way too cold to jog outside and I'm a little self-conscious about jogging with the evil disciplined fit people watching while I'm this unfit!

Sounds like a really good plan though! Keep up the good work!!!

Thanks! Good luck to you, its so hard to stay motivated!

I jog in my house.  Round and round the house like a teeny tiny track.  At first I thought it was not as good as going out - and maybe is not quite as good.  My house is very small so my stride has to be short.  But I do get my heart rate up after about 10 minutes or so.  In other words I have to work a little longer inside to get the same heart rate and since the pace is slower it takes me longer to burn the calories I would if I were jogging outside.  But the job gets done! 

Hey thanks I am glad to know that you are doing that too. are you getting any good results?

Thats hard to say really.  I prefer to be outside so I run indoors only when I can't leave the house for one reason or another.  Today was one of those days (bizzard)  so I ran indoors for about 1/2 hour.  I do know that my over all stamina has increased.  When I first started running I ran indoors so I would not scare the neighbors.  I could only run for a few minutes at a time.  Now I run outdoors on the local trails and I can run for about 1/2 hour before my legs scream.

But I am also over 40 and just started my new fit life a few weeks ago and quit smoking after 25 years too!  Your mileage may vary with running indoors. 

And for all those who say "isn't it boring?".  Frankly, no it isn't.  I turn on music or NPR just like any other run.  My mind quiets down and I don't listen to the endless grind - just like any other run.  There is no terrain variety.  But no scary dogs, dangerous traffic, smog or "undesirable people" to deal with either. 

Indoor running has it's uses.

I did 10 mins today! non-stop! so proud! I know it's nothing but I'm getting there!

I run in my house 20 minutes a day. Sometimes in place. I'm sure I'd get more done running outside but with a 4 year old in the house, I can't leave him. I have no one else to watch him but his 9 year old sister and I can't leave her alone either. I tried taking them with me once. It worked great for about 2 minutes. Then it was "I'm tired.....you're too fast....carry me..." So now I just run in the house and sometimes they run behind me but if they are tired....they just wander off.

That is great for both of you! I really like it too! Sullysbunny, have you seen any results from jogging in the house?

THanks,

Amy

I'm burning calories, so something must be going right. I really haven't seen any results yet , well other than my stamina increasing. However.....I was only eating about 800 cals a day and lost quite a bit of weight so I've been increasing my intake and trying to exercise more. I figure with my increase in calories it will take me awhile to see some results but man it is so good to eat again.  I figure as long as I'm doing something to get the heart rate up and get moving it's better than nothing. But I do notice that I have more energy.