Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on January 19, 2015

Step 2: Exercise

Step 3: Profit

Well I think I've been doing pretty ok with step 1 so far. Now it's time to start working on step 2. i HATE step 2. I always have. Mainly because I'm so fat and so out of shape that doing any form of exercise is hell. I envy people who love to run. I want to be one of them.

I guess I'll start with getting my steps in again. When I was a manager at Starbucks, I used to get 15-20K steps in just during a shift. With this desk job I've had for a couple years, I'm lucky if I break 4K for the entire day. Thats why I gained so much work. Less moving + same calories = morbidly obese Angie.

After dinner I was watching youtube videos and cleaning the ktchen and checked my fitbit. Still in the 3K's. So i jogged in place for about 5 minutes. At least I broke 4600...

I'm going to continue keeping my cals as low as possible while slowly working my way up to at least 10K steps a day.

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01/20/2015 6:18AM

Do you like to dance? I highly recommend Zumba videos. You get rid of a LOT of calories and can do it in your own home. That is what I started doing when I really got serious about losing weight and it helped me shed 20 pounds in two months. Plus, it was fun! Most videos are 40 minutes or less. Good luck!

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Angelica Pickles

No. Like REALLY self-conscious. Like my hubby can't even see my giraffe moves.

Oh if only you could see my non dance ability, haha! I just embrace it and dance a fool, haha! Hope you find something you like and enjoy! I have to have fun doing exercise or I cannot stick to it.

Val

01/20/2015 5:52AM

I feel ya, the diet part if the easier part for me as well. I lost 60lbs before from diet changes alone. It's the working out that I struggle with. I hate exercising, always have, as a kid I didn't like sports or gym class, and as an adult I just don't move. It's sad but true. I would love to be the kind of person that craves a work out and feels great afterwards, but I know that won't be for QUITE some time. But I guess we've got to start somewhere, and that's with begrudgingly doing something. I'll start with walking as well and I'm going to give yoga a shot.

Angelica Pickles

Do you hate to sweat too? Thats the WORST! And what I think first contributed to the "i dont want to exercise" mentality. Now I practically sweat just getting dressed every morning. ha. The irony.

Val

I don't sweat a lot, which is good I guess. While it is gross, it's not what has deterred me, I'm glad I don't have that part to overcome! I've just gotten far to used to being sedentary and lazy. And now it feels even worse to try to work out because of health issues (I've got a hip that likes to be out of place throwing my whole body off and causing a lot of knee and back pain), so going in knowing this is going to hurt, just makes me less likely to start something.