One of my biggest problems throughout life has been that I hate to do things that require a lot of physical activity on my part. I have never really been much for sports, other than watching football on Sunday afternoon. If I had the option of walking or driving, I would drive. I have just always hated moving. Which is very much a part of why I am so big. That being said, I have realized that if I want to lose weight, I need to get off my ass and start to exercise and include exercise and physical activity in my day to day life. Otherwise I might lose some weight.. but without being mobile and more active, it will just come back.

The most frequent suggested form of exercise, at least in my case, has been to simply start walking. Forty five minutes to an hour each day should help in getting fit is what I have been told. My problem with that is walking kills me. Because of the fact that I sit at my desk all day long, sometimes until I fall asleep working, and the size of me; I find it hard to walk more than 100 feet at a time. My back and hip seem to be a serious issue because I have been so inactive for the last several years.

Still, I need to start moving and walking is one of the cheapest and best exercises there is. So, I figure maybe if I start slow and work my way up I can get to the 45 minutes a day or maybe even more. My plan is to start out with daily stretching for 30 minutes each morning after getting the kids off to school. Also, there is this old exercise machine out in the garage that his been collecting dust for the past two years. My girlfriend picked it up at a rummage sale with the best of intentions and we just let it sit. It is a rather odd contraption that probably doesn’t do much to help you lose weight. But it seems as though it will at least help me get moving and stretch me out a little, which is what I’m after. Off to the garage I go.

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