Hiya,

i am at the end of a journey which started off much like what you describe up there with the same age and same weight - i had never run a mile in my life - anything that meant getting out of breath was considered not important and too hard, i was unfit and overwieght and as such i considered myself not able to excersize.


this is how i kept to it:-
"you are not on a diet, you have changed your diet" - if you are on a diet a diet can be broken

if you intend on excersising in a gym people will call you a "Gym freak" - "nope, you just want to be healthy"

people will ask "how much weight have you lost?" say "i dont really count, i try to be fit and any related weight loss is a bonus"

what you are aiming for is a lifestyle change, you must want this change and it must be IMPORTANT to you. - it is worth it beleive me, its almost like a re-birth.

i will give you a heads up on how much easier it is just to walk around, up stairs etc when you have reached your target... i liken it to carrying two bags of cement around all day, everyday.... HARD WORK, i woulndt do it, would you?

at the end of your transition the smiles you get when you see photographs of yourself in nice clothes - hardly believing it is you is worth every ouch of sweat, every pain, every tear.

i hope i dont sound condesending but you must REALLY want this, positivity is the key, the only person stopping you is yourself - the sky is the limit.