Making it happen -- for the first time in years.

irobotneverdies
irobotneverdies Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi folks!

Needed to share it out with someone. I've been logging calories for 5 days. I worked out today for the first time in probably 4 or 5 years. I bought myself some kettlebells, and a wrist device to help keep track of steps, heart rate, sleep, so on. It feels great to actually make it happen.

I'm also making myself sit up straight and trying to do exercises to help keep my posture in good shape.

I'm 35 and desperately need to make this stick. I've been sitting on my butt, working from home since covid started, and it has worn my back out, and I feel like I get winded just going to the bathroom. I thought to myself "I'm going to do 100 kettlebell swings tonight" and quickly got humbled, but I did it until my form was getting so bad that it wasn't worth it to continue and risk injury, but I got a sweat and heavy breathing going and my legs felt wobbly, that's the most I could say I've exerted myself for the last... 2000 days or more.

The pedometer inspires me to want to get some steps in. I think I'm going to get a gym membership and keep this ball rolling.

I'd love to have you as an accountability partner if you're reading this. Add me!

35, male, 400 pound club, and I like to write about my journey so I'll try to keep your feed semi-interesting.
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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,162 Member
    This is so great!

    Congratulations on your wonderful start, and especially on starting at 35: I started much later (mid 40s for fitness, 59-60 for weight loss), and I would've saved myself a lot of health issues and discomfort/pain if I'd gotten myself to a good spot earlier. I could kick myself at this point, since a healthy weight and fitness are each IME major quality of life improvements, and both together are gangbusters . . . plus getting there was easier than I'd imagined in my ornery catastrophizing brain.

    IME, you won't need to wait until goal to start feeling major improvements. It does realistically take a little time investment at the start to get those earliest improvements, but they'll start in the coming weeks, I predict, not months and months down the road, let alone having to wait all the way to goal weight.

    Wishing you continuing excellent progress: Go, you!
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,206 Member
    irobotneverdies wrote: »
    Hi folks!

    Needed to share it out with someone. I've been logging calories for 5 days. I worked out today for the first time in probably 4 or 5 years. I bought myself some kettlebells, and a wrist device to help keep track of steps, heart rate, sleep, so on. It feels great to actually make it happen.

    I'm also making myself sit up straight and trying to do exercises to help keep my posture in good shape.

    I'm 35 and desperately need to make this stick. I've been sitting on my butt, working from home since covid started, and it has worn my back out, and I feel like I get winded just going to the bathroom. I thought to myself "I'm going to do 100 kettlebell swings tonight" and quickly got humbled, but I did it until my form was getting so bad that it wasn't worth it to continue and risk injury, but I got a sweat and heavy breathing going and my legs felt wobbly, that's the most I could say I've exerted myself for the last... 2000 days or more.

    The pedometer inspires me to want to get some steps in. I think I'm going to get a gym membership and keep this ball rolling.

    I'd love to have you as an accountability partner if you're reading this. Add me!

    35, male, 400 pound club, and I like to write about my journey so I'll try to keep your feed semi-interesting.
    Good for you keep with it. You seem to place a lot of importance on the kettlebell for fatloss when in reality the loss will come from diet so make sure you're in a calorie deficit every week. At 400 lbs you can get by with a BIG deficit. Look at your food choices. Eliminate ultra processed foods and drinks, minimize alcohol, get a good amount of protein. Those 3 things alone will get you on the right path

  • Mel8579
    Mel8579 Posts: 9 Member
    Congratulations on starting! I'm 39 and was 300.5lbs in August when I decided to stop quitting on myself. It's about repeating those small steps much more than having a perfect program or taking giant leaps. Small, consistent steps create habits that turn into routines you can't imagine not doing.

    I started by counting calories and walking. Once I joined a gym it slowly became something I wanted to do. I had to make myself show up until it became a part of my routine.

    I'm sending you a request and can't wait to watch you succeed!
  • hoodlisa1979
    hoodlisa1979 Posts: 38 Member
    Congratulations, I'm just starting out too, my blood pressure has been high for 2 years since the start of the pandemic, I hardly move and at 43 I want to be around a while longer, I bought myself a weighted hula hoop and although I don't think I'm doing it right I'm moving an hour more than I was a week ago and I also got to remove one link in the band today but I think that's the water weight coming off and possibly not sinking a bottle of wine every night has helped 😅, I'd love to follow you but I'm new to this so don't know how, if you could let me know I will definitely cheer you on, good luck
  • metaphysicalstudio
    metaphysicalstudio Posts: 293 Member
    That's wonderful. Keep at it and believe that the change you want will come with work.

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