September Update
Well it has been over two months since I began my weight loss journey. At first I wasn’t seeing any results, but I felt so much better, so I continued on my way.
I started getting my husband to drop me off at his sister’s house and I would have breakfast with her. Then walk across town to my Business classes. We measured the walk and it is approximately 4.5km and takes me about 50 minutes to complete. It was really difficult at first, my shins would hurt and I felt like I couldn’t breathe properly. But I didn’t give up and slowly the walk became a little better, the hills seemed more like a steep slope instead of a mountain. I did this 4 times a week, unless it was really humid outside, as I just can’t handle the humidity.
The biggest benefit was the way I felt, I just had more energy and was more motivated to do things on the weekend, gardening, more walking…I just started feeling good.
Then a friend at my class, Anna, said that she had started bike riding and was loving it and that you get a big bang for your buck, fitness wise. Well Matt’s bike was sitting in our garage, so I took it out got the tires pumped up and went for a ten minute ride. Boy was I sore, in places I never expected, my arms and chest muscles, but again it felt wonderful afterwards. So I decided to add this to my routine as much as I could. I aim for about 5 rides a week for 30 minutes each.
A couple of weeks ago I started getting compliments about how I looked, but honestly I hadn’t noticed a drop on the scales! I measured myself and saw that in total I had dropped about 6 inches in two months, so that was great motivation in itself. I have noticed now that some of my clothes are starting to feel really baggy, so much that I start to feel uncomfortable and can’t wait to get home and change.
I am not sure how many pounds I have dropped as I found out that our scales weren’t working properly…so I was probably another 30 lbs heavier than I thought, which makes me feel terrible!! But I am on the path to a better, healthier lifestyle and nothing is going to stop me now.
I am going to start posting more often and share my successes and my doubts with you, please feel free to add your comments about your own weight loss or lifestyle journey.
Sue
September Update
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