Thread: Insanity~

Hi, you guys have inspired me to start getting active myselfafter arguing with the scale about it for a couple of weeks, so I've decided to join you! My usual state of activity consists of standing for 6 hours a day and then sitting for the remainder of it. I've been eating better but the scale insists that it is not enough and refuses to change her opinion no matter how few calories I consume per day. So, right. Working out. But it's okay! We can get excited about this, just as much as I got excited when I figured out vegetables are food. D I don't have a lot of money and I live in a semi urban neighborhood now, so, I've chosen walking. It's Fall so I get bundled up enough that nobody's gonna see my fat ass anyway. Do you like how when you start an exercise activity for the first time, the universe conspires with you secretly to resist? Like, every little thing. Alright, all set and in my coat and everything. Gonna do this! Yeah! Oop! Gotta pee. Hold on, can't start right now, my scarf is choking me. Alright, on the way out the door--uh-oh! There's a something poking me in my shoe! Just a second and I'll totally get started on this 'walking' business, I promise. Finally, I got out there and set my phone alarm for 10 minutesI planned to walk for 10 minutes and then turn around and walk back. Set out and it was actually a pretty nice day and really easy. The walk out during those first 10 minutes was easy. The coming back afterwards was hard, with me removing my hat and breathing heavy and sweating. This is residential shit with sidewalks and I wasn't moving any slower or faster than an average pace. But it damn near tore me down coming back. This is what we call starting at 0. I think I will set the clock for about 7 minutes to make the entire walk come out closer to 15 minutes instead of 20. Just to start out. As I get used to it, I will hopefully increase the minutes and increase the distance over a period of time. Okay, so, I just got back and I weighed myself at 181.0. That is what I weighed last night, but factor in the fact that you usually weigh less right when you wake up than you did before going to sleep, and that I ate a spinach and mushroom omelet this morning, I think I'm pretty pleased with the result already. From what I expected out of a 20 minute walk for the first time ever, I am pleased with it and have high hopes that the longer the walks become, the more results I will see. Just to really jump start my ability to adapt to this, after dinnerwhich will be vegetarian quesadillas I'm gonna go for another walk. I think on days I work, squeezing in a 20 minute walk will be fine, but on my days off, I'm gonna try to do a morning and an evening walk. See, I haven't seen my doctor in about 6 months and last time she saw me, I weighed a little over 200lbs. Already I'm gonna surprise her being down to where I'm at, but my next appointment is on the 22 of October and my goal is to be 175 by then. Might seem a bit fast but I jumped down from 197-185 in 2 weeks just from changing my diet. My entire goal with this is to be 165lbs. Either that or lose this chunky belly I've got. Whichever comes first. So, that is my first report! Good luck team! We can do it, guys!