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happydalek) wrote2007-01-07 10:24 pm
happydalek) wrote2007-01-07 10:24 pm
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GAH!
I am *soooo* out of shape!
I didn't make any New Year's resolutions (I usually don't, since I never keep them anyway), but I've been meaning for some time now to get fit. I've been overweight since high school, but a few years ago I successfully got my butt in gear and dropped about 15 lbs through a combination of daily exercise and a low-carb diet (you know, back when they were the "it" thing). I was doing a really good job of keeping it off, too, until about a year ago, when I quit my job and switched colleges. I have since gained back about 12 of those 15 lbs, and my skin and hair are not happy about it. Plus, the upheaval and stress plunged me into (what I now realize was) a mild depression that made it difficult to even get my butt to class in the afternoon, let alone drag it onto a treadmill, which is ironic, because exercise is a good way to relieve mild depression.
Long story short, I got back on the treadmill tonight, planning to do a simple, half-hour jog. I had to stop after 15 minutes, and I walked most of that. It was a fast walk, and I worked up a good sweat, and my heart raced, but it was 15 MINUTES OF WALKING! At my fittest, I was doing 90 mins A DAY, both aerobic and weight training, and still bounding with energy afterwards. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! I'm going to stick with it, and slowly slog my way back to health and happiness, but I hadn't realized just how badly I'd let myself slip until now. Yikes!
I didn't make any New Year's resolutions (I usually don't, since I never keep them anyway), but I've been meaning for some time now to get fit. I've been overweight since high school, but a few years ago I successfully got my butt in gear and dropped about 15 lbs through a combination of daily exercise and a low-carb diet (you know, back when they were the "it" thing). I was doing a really good job of keeping it off, too, until about a year ago, when I quit my job and switched colleges. I have since gained back about 12 of those 15 lbs, and my skin and hair are not happy about it. Plus, the upheaval and stress plunged me into (what I now realize was) a mild depression that made it difficult to even get my butt to class in the afternoon, let alone drag it onto a treadmill, which is ironic, because exercise is a good way to relieve mild depression.
Long story short, I got back on the treadmill tonight, planning to do a simple, half-hour jog. I had to stop after 15 minutes, and I walked most of that. It was a fast walk, and I worked up a good sweat, and my heart raced, but it was 15 MINUTES OF WALKING! At my fittest, I was doing 90 mins A DAY, both aerobic and weight training, and still bounding with energy afterwards. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! I'm going to stick with it, and slowly slog my way back to health and happiness, but I hadn't realized just how badly I'd let myself slip until now. Yikes!
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Says the girl who is 30lbs overweight, and its all boobs and arse. :(
Keep up the good work, you!
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I gave up on satisfying the BMI a long time ago - BMI says i ought to be about 130lbs. I got down to 143 last November, i looked like a skeleton and was being tested for cancer, so i wont ever want to get that thin again.
147 would suit me. So i need to lose 30-35lbs to achieve it :( I dont know exactly where i am today; i avoid the scales, they scare me.
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