5'5 260 lbs and starting a new lifestyle..:)

Good morning Maureen,

Honestly, it took for me to get to the point where I feel as though "I'm at the end of my rope" when it comes to my health...I have been getting so frustrated with my health (asthma problems, stress, and anxiety). I work at a desk job for 8.5 hrs per day and drive 40min to get home everyday....I want more for my life....I am a Christian woman and I believe God will guide me on how I need to this lifestyle change. I am not counting on my "will power" alone....I've done that for too long and I always fail....The strength training class I am taking is offered at my work and it called "Women & Weights". Boy, my legs were SORE & TIGHT that night! lol
So I know, I did something! lol
I also walk with a friend of mine .7 of a mile 2x every work day.....All in all, my inspiration is wanting to LIVE without feeling gloomy, tired, and not wanting to look in the mirror....that to me, is not living....:)
In the Women and Weights class, we did a little of cardio (2 min) and jumped right into doing push up's (i did them on my knees), many arm exercises and lunges( those killed me! lol) The class is 45 min long....After I get to learn some of these routines I will write the reps, and the moves..:)

Let me point out another thing that kept me from working out, I have asthma (late onset in adulthood)...I was diagnosed two years ago and in my mind that was a death sentence.....I have always feared not being able to breathe/labor breathing and now I have asthma...so it has taken me a while to "step out in faith" that God will guide me on how strenous the exercises I can do and to listen to my body. With me, its always been a trust issue and now I am stepping out and moving forward to a healthier me..:)

Thats my story....:)

Thank you for responding to my post..:D

I am doing a class sponsored by my work called "Women and Weights" (45 min class).....and I am walking .7 miles 2x everyday with a coworker. I am not sure on what all the moves are but they def include push ups (i have to them on my knees), many diff arm routines, and lunges (those are killers! lol):)

I will post more specific as I attend these classes....They are only two days per week...Monday and Wednesdays...

Thank you for the wonderful and def motivating response....I am def taking this slowly and easing into these workouts...my other problem is always "jumping into it and overloading/overdoing it".....I basically go to one extreme to the other....in the past I either went "all out" or quit out of frustration....

I also have a hubby who is doing this with me (my first time for anyone to do this with me).....we are not working out together (yet), but we are def changing our eating habits....and weighing together once a week (our first weigh-in is Sunday)...:) We both are looking to lose 100 lbs in a year or 18 months...

But I am just looking at losing the pounds (not focusing hard on the time frame...that's where I normally started to get into trouble)....

I have a Jillian Michaels DVD for 6 pack abs work out...(in all honesty, I am not going to have these in 90 days), I got this so I could progressively shrink my belly..:)

I know it will take time, and her warm ups are killer! lol

My first weigh in and I'm down 8 lbs!!!!!!:-) my hubby lost 10 lbs....yayyyyyyy
:-)