The last time I blogged I was about to start a new phase of my life. I have since that last blog changed my life for the better in many areas.
I'll be adding some photos shortly, but for now I just want to share my day's victory.
I have always hated exercise. Having lived the last 15+ years at an embarrassing weight, I didn't have the energy to actually try exercise. I was quite happy detesting it without any real experience. I did start exercising this past year, but still did it grudgingly, as if it were punishment for the way I behaved in the past. I dreaded it and I avoided it at all cost.
I've been working on losing more weight and the time has come to boost the loss with exercise. Let's face it, there are 2 components to weight loss.......eating less and moving more! I have the eating less part down and now it's time to start the other. Sure, I've walked the last year on my treadmill, but it's been a slow comfortable walk. It has helped with my weight loss, but I still hated doing it.
Today was different. I have now taken off 117# and for the first time ever....exercise was fun. I planned on doing my usual, casual walk for 20 minutes. Once I got on the treadmill, I decided to kick it up and walk faster until I reached my target heartrate. I set it higher than I've ever walked before. After a few minutes I reached that goal and instead of backing off, I continued. After my normal 20 minute duration, I sped it up a bit more for the final couple of minutes. Next thing I knew, I'd walked at that speed until I hit the 30 minute mark. And it was great! The adrenaline had kicked in and I felt great. I'm actually looking forward to getting after it again tomorrow.
For all you exercise afficianados out there, this is no biggy. But to me, this is HUGE. I am pretty sure that today was a landmark in my life. And it's only going to get better from here....
Wow Linda that is really great, congratulations for sticking with it.
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