As someone who has been heavy most of my life, I have done this 'losing weight' thing before. *But I have never been *this* heavy.* Now, it's slowing me down and stopping me from doing what I want to do.
I have almost never lost weight without fairly heavy exercise, mostly of the weight-bearing variety. And that has been in the gym. And I don't have a membership right now. I feel lost as to what I need to be doing here, other than finding a gym membership...which is something I may or may not be able to reasonably afford right now. I can afford a cheap one. It's one that the husband and kids can also get something out of that is the issue.
I think my first couple of days I will just be trying to eat lighter and cleaner, and look in my schedule for time to set aside for formal exercise.
I started this on a whim, this time. Someone I admire and 'follow' on fb posted a visual of how she is marking weight loss achievements - bands of convention ribbons, with an inspiring statement about the year on each - and I loved it. I wrote and asked her where to find such ribbons, because I think that would really keep me going...and she wrote back asking how many I want, and offering to just SEND them to me. How could I not work towards 'earning' them now?
So here I am. Wish me luck.