Anyone go from lazy - fitness freak? Share stories here!!

I am trying to, it is a complete lifestyle change so it is tough but I know I can get through it.

YES! I went from absolutely ZERO exercise to walking 3.5 miles since June 10th. I've just finished my first week of the Couch to 5k program and tomorrow I'm going hiking. I have waaaaaaaay more energy now than I ever did before and I feel fantastic. I'm trying not to overwork myself, but damn I feel antsy all day because I want to get up and do something.

I used to be a 130 lb twig. I wasn't willing to shave my head for fear people would think I had cancer (seriously..) I got into lifting about 4 years ago, but recently turned up the juice. I'm 205 now and can deadlift almost 500 pounds. Success in the gym and the kitchen lead to further life success, I believe anyway.

I was DEFINITELY lazy. I am a stay at home mom who homeschools her children and I didn't do ANY walking, exercise, or anything that was anywhere close to exercise. I haven't exercised at all in my entire life nor dieted (outside of having an eating disorder pretty major when I was a teen).

My husband and I were both overweight but I never joined him on his multiple diet attempts because I could NEVER give up my mountain dew or coffee/sugar combo. He went on Atkins and I was going to do it with him and I lasted all of 3 hours before I went into the kitchen and made myself some pancakes, I couldn't take it. He stayed on for quite a while although wasn't really dropping weight successfully.

Anyway, on March 21, he mentioned thinking about trying Weight Watchers. Something clicked in my head and I decided to look at it a little bit and I dunno, a switch clicked in my head. I "tried it out" the next day and within a couple of weeks I had lost a few pounds and was feeling pretty great. I dropped the mtn dew, the sugar. No one could believe I just dropped them just like that. I had been drinking my calories for 25 years. We switched over to counting calories, though I use Spark People and not MFP for my calorie tracking (don't shoot me). Mostly important though is that it isn't just a "diet", we've changed the way we approach food, there are a LOT of things I have discovered that I love and they're healthy.

Exercise wise:
March 27th we bought an elliptical, April 1st we started JM 30 day shred. I started walking 3 miles a day. May 27th, we started Chalean Extreme ( I also added Turbo Jam to my routine). We're just about done with our CLX rotation. It's been walk for 3-5 miles, CLX, Turbo Jam, and elliptical 3-4x a week.

I workout every single day. I ONLY miss if I absolutely have to (son had surgery, had a back problem one day).

1 more week and I start my CLX/Turbo Fire hybrid with a dose of T25 thrown in in the afternoons, along with my C25k and walks. Its crazy that I went from being RIDICULOUSLY lazy to challenging myself more and more with steps(walking, jogging), exercise, and lifting.

I started at 185 and 43% bodyfat and am currently at 151 and 28-30% bodyfat (I don't even know how accurate that is). My goal is 135lbs and 20% bf. I still have a way to go but I look so much better and I FEEL so much better.

On top of all of that, I even quit smoking! I quit smoking, MOSTLY because it was hindering me in my exercise and jogging. So it had to go! Totally a life changing transformation.

It has also been amazing doing this along with my husband. He has been overweight his entire life and has tried many different "diets" and none of them really worked for him. To date, he has lost 60 pounds. We are each other's cheerleader and coach.

Our kids are proud of us (they're 8 and 5) and they are along for the ride as well, going on walks with us (they love going for walks), hikes, even "working out" with us. My son encourages me ALL of the time by telling me, "You only have 15 more minutes left in your workout, Mom. Finish it!" My daughter (5) tells us, "It's time to get extreme, baby!" lol My son puts his arms around me to "measure" lol He can now reach around and grab upper forearms where before he could only grab his fingertips.

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;tldr - I was VERY lazy, now I'm VERY active!

I wouldn't say I went from real lazy, I work outside and do a lot of moving, however I never cared a whole lot about fitness or what I ate. Now all of sudden I eat right, I work out and do plenty of cardio and have signed up for a boot camp. One thing I would of never done is go out and by running shoes and I did that today. Since I started this about 4 weeks ago, I have lost a few sizes on waist, love handles have started to recede, top 2 abs are coming in and now I fit it in medium shirts.

Yep, I'm one of those too. I went from couch potato 3 months ago to working out hard 5 times a week. I even drive to different clubs most days in order to get all my workouts in doing the classes I like. It's a bit of wear and tear on the car, but it's worth it. I used to sleep until 10am every morning, now i'm up before 9 so that I have time to grab a quick nutrition break and get to the club in time to stretch before class. My husband has to be wondering who this woman he's living with is! He's seen me lose on fad diets (South Beach, Fen-Phen, blah, blah, blah), but he's never seen me take the exercise part of it so seriously.

I went from 0 to 10 in one day. I'd never worked out before, 7 months ago decided to start and have been working out 6-7 days a week ever since.

(raising hand)

I am no longer washing my mouth out with chocolate anytime anyone says the word "exercise."

I wouldn't say I was "lazy" but I had ZERO interest in exercising!

Until one day I decided to order Insanity, and the day it arrived--I went from NEVER working out, to working out religiously 6 days a week. I am on day 54 of Insanity with only 1 week left! I actually feel anxious and bored on my Sunday's off!

Never ever pictured myself looking forward to working out, but it's incredible how much better I feel!

I definitely did. Not even a year ago I didn't workout at all. I also spent a lot of time lounging around the house. Now I get in at least 2 workouts a day, sometimes 3 because I like it not because I have to. Speaking of which, I am going to go do my second round of T25 for the day.

Been there and back a couple times. Guess I'm kinda a cyclical fitness freak.

I go hard... Life happens, *ish comes up. I miss a workout or 10... get lazy... haven't worked out in months, then
I go hard... Life. (I think you see where this is going)

Trying to keep my Fitness Freak status!

Yes I used to be really lazy, I discovered heavy lifting and fell in love.

3 months ago I was heavily obese, always tired, constantly had headaches and would nap just about anytime I could.

I've had one headache in 3 months, have shed nearly 3 stone and have so much more energy! My buzz is the gym and planning my food.

I went from playing video games in all my spare time to hitting the gym for hours on end. I workout 2 to 4 hours a day 4-7 days a week.