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Originally Posted by Bunti
Wow, just wow. I am still having difficulties with exercise. How did you start??
And how do you continue to find the time to do all that? I can barely carve out a half hour of "me" time a week.
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bunti...
when i started...i started walking...i would walk to the mail box and back 2 times...then a little further each day. my hubby got the car and mapped out .5 miles for me. so i would try that...but it took a week before i could do it. on week 2 and 3 i walked .5 miles, each time getting a little faster. first time was 22 mins, then 17, then 14, then 13:11 secs!! almost half the time. that was in december. in jan. i was able to start going to a gym that had an indoor track. i did .5 miles, then added one more lap each day until i had worked up to 20 laps, which is 1 mile on the indoor track.
for biking, it was easier, as i was supported by the seat...and didn't have to "carry" my weight. my first time, i rode 7 miles in 25 mins. i do the interval biking on intervals 3, which changes the pace every 3 mins. from 5 tension, up to 8 tension. biking is easy for me. being brave enough to get on my real bike and ride the streets was more difficult that the actual riding....although, i'm not good on stopping!! haha i have to stop and jump down fast to keep my balance. it feels amazing to have the wind in my hair. i go riding every chance i can outside.
i started doing deep water aerobics 3 times a week...but it became too slow for my pace, so i switched to swimming laps...i do this 4 times a week, for 1 hr. at the gym. sometimes, i go over the hour because i love swimming, and i feel like a skinny lady in the water! i may look like a whale but i swim like a dolphin!! haha
for the weights, i had to start very slow!! i started on day one with 2.5 weights!! i was a weakling. week 2 i went to 5 lbers. then 7.5 pounders. by the end of that week. week 3 i easily went to 10 lbers, and by wek 4 i skipped the 12.5 pounders adn went straight to 15 pounders. those are about perfect for me....so i ordered some to have at home. i bought them on ebay, the hex shaped rubber ones with the chrome handles just like the ones at the gym. now, i use them all the time...when commercials on on if i am watching a movie, etc...while watching the show the biggest loser, i now ride my exercise bike an hour, and then do the weights for 20 mins.
i do zumba 3 times a week, in the mornings. when i first started zumba, the first of jan...i could only do about 15 mins. even that was HARD. little by little i kept being able to do more. each week i got stronger, and stayed a little longer. i never gave up!!!
if you want to, you can find the time. you just have to make the time. even sitting at the computer, i do leg lifts under the table and isometric exercises.
now, i won't even watch anything on tv, unless i am giving it my best in exercises. i get up and put on music, and dance during commercials! haha its hilarious...but it has become a challenge, to see just what i can do in the commercial time!!
THIS IS MY YEAR!!
just keep asking yourself, how bad do you want it?? thats what others kept telling me, if you want it bad enough, you will make the time.
now, i make the time....grabbing every 15 mins i can!
hugs
susan
WHAT A DIFFERENCE One Month makes, 22.8 LBS Gone, Swam 1 Mile
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