Give time to ramp-up. I like to start 2-3 days with things like the "7 minute workout" before dive in into anything more complicated.
Is better quantity than "quality" until you actually can put the discipline and consistency. If not, just walk is good enough
Training light is a great way of winding up doing a whole lot of nothing.
This doesn't mean you aren't over training.
If it's strength training... Without knowing the specifics what you are describing sounds like too much volume (and training for hypertrophy). Lower reps (3-5) & higher weight will have more of a strength stimulus and be less taxing.
If it's cardio... you probably should be at a lower intensity and going for longer.
If you're exercising to lose weight, you're probably thinking that more exercise means more weight loss, which means that you could be overtraining.
I recently got a second Apple Watch to wear to bed to track my sleep, and it's given me some really great insights into when I'm hitting the red zone and need to dial back training. For exercise, more intensity is not always better. What matters is consistency, not consistently high intensity.
No you dont. Exercise does help, and has many other benefits but is not the main driving factor for losing weight. Diet is by far the most important one. Calories intake vs expenditure is the only thing you need to worry about if your primary goal is weight loss.
Exercise a little earlier in the evening?
This is stupid. All you need to do is to get used to being hungry to the point of losing 0.1kg/day and measure yourself a lot (I'm doing the same).
Actually for me working out increases my appetite, and I feel like I have to eat so thar the gym session doesn't go wasted.
Many people tell me I need to lift weights to lose weight.
On mornings when I actually put in real effort, I pay for it with a significant cognitive performance penalty for the remainder of the day. I want to do nothing more than sleep an hour after a workout, which is bad timing, because that's when I need to clock into work.
I stay hydrated, get enough sleep, etc. People tell me that I'm over training, which is ridiculous, because anything less would be easy and contravene the purpose of the workout.
This is why I prefer to exercise in the evening, but there are known negative effects [0] of physical exertion on sleep quality.
If I actually did all the exercise I needed to do at the gym in the morning, then I'd probably have to sleep at 9:00 PM and wake up at 4:00 AM. There's no room to live in that schedule.
[0] https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58271-x