Starting to Exercise for 1st Time in a Long Time
When I was real heavy and had a hard time walking, I found a park with plenty of benches. I would walk as long as I could and then sit down to rest. You could try the mall. Start slow and work your way up. At my heaviest, I could barely walk a 100 yards before my back started hurting. Thanks to the surgery and everything else I have done, I just did 7.2 miles in 1:35 this morning. I can now run a mile in 10 minutes.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
on 7/17/15 9:26 am
Hello there Jami1371 your body is already changing based on the decisions you made. I have sob and get winded just taking the garbage out. At first I didn't want/feel like exercising because it is such a scary sensation not being able to breath. But I also know the importance of getting the oxygen in me because that's one way to lose weight.
So what I do (because I still get winded) is have my chair right there while I indoor walk sometimes, just five minutes or ten minutes and/or break it up throughout the day. Exercise is cumulative so it adds up throughout the day even in pieces.
I also tried chair Zumba, chair toning, and chair abs, I found on youtube and they really work! So try it and let us know please the progress you are making...we can do this together!
I started with walking the dog. First for 10 minutes at a time, a couple of times per day, then 15 minutes, then before I knew it, I was leaving the dog at home because he was slowing me down :) Walking is a great way to build up your endurance. Get some good music, load up your ipod, and go for it :)
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
