Well, sister, we're in this together! You betcha that guy of your would find it sexier if you lost some weight and got healthier! After all... that means he's going to have you around for that many more years... ;-)
Exercise... yeah, that's a toughie. One of my personal demons, too. I need to go buy a set of walking shoes and leave them here at work so I can walk at lunchtime.
Walking is a good start, and easy to do at home or at work during your lunch break. GET A FRIEND OR COWORKER INVOLVED! Tell them to nag you into coming along, even when you don't want to. Even if we don't want to do it to start, we feel better afterwards.
Also, you might want to check out Curves if you have one around and can afford it. It's fast, and you don't get bored on their machines! I love their workouts, but they're not open early enough for me in the mornings when I *want* to work out.
Go to your local library, and I'll be they have some workout videos or dvds in their stash. Check one or two out, and try getting up 1/2 hour earlier in the morning to do one of those. One of my faves, corny as he is, is the Richard Simmons workouts (Sweatin' to the Oldies, etc.). He doesn't have 102-lb skinnies on the floor working out -- it's women and men BUILT LIKE US, who might be 250, 300, even 400 lbs. They're doing the exercises to the best ot their ability at that time, which is really inspiring, and gets rid of any excuses such as "I can't do that!"
Oh, yeah... keep a diary or blog of what you eat and how much you exercise! Fitday (fitday dot com) is great (and free!), plus they've got the blog site here that I'm looking into.
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