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Great job getting up and moving! Once your endurance builds up it will get easier. Please don't give up! You have made it this far no turning back now. I wish you the best .

Take it one day at a time dear. We are here to encourage each other, so making the decision to move everyday is a great move for you. You can add me....we encourage each other! :happy:

You're lightyears ahead of the folks that are still on the couch.

No one ever claimed this journey was easy... if they did, they lied. If it's hard that means you're working, remember that. And once it gets "easy" you're going to need to switch things up again to make it challenging.

You can do it! It's hard but so worth it in the end!

It definitely gets easier! Are there any nature and/or hiking trails near you? When I first started getting more active, I got bored pretty quick with the same old scenery. Trying out new places, especially with my family, made it a lot more fun and effective.

Don't you dare quit! It will get easier with every pound you lose; with every step you take; with every positive change you make (Hey that could be a Police song).

You've got this. One foot in front of the other baby!

I'm right there with you! We can do it but it's ok to be grumpy about it sometimes. I've actually gained weight since joining but know it will start to drop eventually.

You go girl! I am four weeks in from walking as little as possible, being glued to that couch. I now walk two stops futher to get the bus to work. Instead of collecting things to take upstairs I go up for each one. Today i noticed the stairs are easier!!! The little things like parking further away and going the long way round at work really add up. Keep going!

It gets a lot easier! I promise. When I started, I thought that walking from the parking lot to my desk was a long haul (Something like 500-600 steps and 1.5 flights of stairs), I was doing somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 steps per day. Now, six weeks later, I am averaging 10,000 steps per day and have switched to a standing desk at work. I am by no means running or jogging, but I am up and about a lot more and LOVING it. Stick with it and know that it is OK to take it a little at a time.

I think that one of the biggest things that have helped DW and I has been buying our FitBits, they motivate us to do better and I know it really gets under DW's skin when I come home with more steps than her, so she hits the treadmill a lot more or we take our dogs for longer and longer walks. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

Almost 200# ago I was there too. It does get easier, and it is not an overnight thing, but you will wake up one day and say to yourself "huh, I don't feel as bad today as I did yesterday", and you will keep saying that until finally you will wake up, stretch, and say "I feel great! Let's go!!"

I just started too! I figured I had to start somewhere.:happy:

Yes, yes, YES! It does get easier!! Just keep doing what you are doing and you will find yourself walking farther and/or faster in no time!

I was the same way... I went from being a couch potato to an acitive person, but it didn't happen overnight. I started by walking (I lost nearly 80 pounds "just" walking), then I incorporated a bit of other activity, then I gave running a try.

You can do this. Just do a little bit more each day and as your weight comes off, your endurance (not to mention your confidence) will continue to build!

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It certainly gets easier, and it is so fabulous when you notice you are feeling lighter. I donated my car, so am forced to alfdo my errands walking and with public transportation thrown into the mix. I quickly learned that those shopping bags feel light when you leave the store, but about halfway home they feel more like bags of bricks.

I totally feel your pain. I don't know how the hell I let myself get like this. I overdid the ellipticle last night and my butt is KILLING me. Literally. LOL

My problem is that I LOVE food and I wish I was a pickier eater. It would be so much easier that way. And right now I'm usually tired, so that doesn't help in getting off the couch. I just want to nap. But that won't be much help.

Haha, yes it gets easier! You can do this! You are taking the steps you need in the right direction!

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So I've signed on to this and am starting from ground zero, having gotten fed up with living like a pudge loaf.

I am going from straight up sedentary couch potato to walking three times a week and it's KILLING me. How the hell did I let myself get this way? Does it get easier? Because right now it seems impossible and I wanna quit. I know I can't! When does it start getting easier?

Hi! Welcome!

Last summer, I was in your shoes. I was a VEG, and wasn't moving, was eating whatever I wanted, just didn't care! I started small.............a walk around the block. Taking my grandson to the park. Then, I started to walk the beautiful trails in my city - slowly, I worked up to being able to walk for an hour or more.

I am not a gym person. I'm not interested in becoming Wonder Woman........at 57 yrs young, I just want to be healthy, to feel good, to look better.

Take your time!!! How many years did it take you to get to where you are today??? DON'T overdo it..........you'll get discouraged and give up.

But don't give up...........I have lost 24 lbs, just by doing things in increments................and YES, baby steps DO work