Resolute

[docwebster]

Perhaps a better subject for this would have been Tired. You'll understand why in just a moment or three, I think.

Genties and ladlemen, I am tired.

I am tired of looking like a beachball with legs. I am tired of wheezing for breath when I do something so simple as schlep a particularly full basket of laundry upstairs. I am tired of so simple an activity as feeding my cats in the morning being cause for immense back pain.

Here and now I'm swearing to the lot of yez I am going to get myself in a physical condition where I *don't* move around like an asthmatic pregnant heifer. So help me Ghu, it ends. Not here and now, because unless some kind soul among yez has a magic wand handy, this will take time.

But the journey of a thousand miles, and all that.

Comments

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

You can do this, and every step you take makes you a bit healthier.

I've been low-carb dieting for three years now, with some success (46" waist to 34" waist - I don't know how much I weighed at the apex, because I was scared to step on a scale). I'm still not thin, and I'm still ugly (I did this for health, not looks) but I have much better habits.

I've never heard of a magic bullet, though you'll get lots of different advice. The common threads of successful dieters generally involve regimens that they can live with, and ever-increasing amounts of exercise. I can live with the low-carb thing. As far as exercise, I started by walking to the bus stop, then started doing daily stationary bike rides, then began weight workouts and much longer, regular walks (3-4 miles, 4 or 5 times weekly).

The best of luck to you in your quest for better health.