HarrietRose

Thanks, everyone. I'm trying yoga videos on line and the NFA level 1 workouts and hopefully that'll spark some of the little changes I need. @IrroxinI definitely listen to podcasts while I go on walks, the trick is finding time -- ahem, I mean making them a priority.

Oh man, first post in a new forum never gets any less scary, does it? I used to do a decent amount of working out and exercising (running, yoga) and then in the last few years a bunch of things happened - my mother got sick and passed away very suddenly, I decided nothing really mattered, I threw my back out repeatedly... It's been a dark time. Anyway a couple of months ago, after feeling helpless and overwhelmed for a long time, I decided I'd make just one tiny change -- I would give up one type of candy I'd been eating way too much of. Then I got rid of another, and then another, and now it's been a couple of months and I've been able to kick the daily candy habit all together, instead of eating a whole bag after work every day. (Yeah, it got BAD for a while.) Making that one little change and then having it stick made me feel like maybe, finally, I could start changing some other stuff about how I eat, and start working out again. I've been a vegetarian since middle school -- maybe it's time to try cooking a meal or two a week instead of eating chips and salsa for dinner? I'm aiming for five minutes of bodyweight exercise a day, because five minutes is more than no minutes, right? I know health issues run in my family, I know I need to get fit to take care of my back, and I know I need to start small with exercise to get back into the habit of doing it and making it part of my life. Trying not to focus on weight loss (daily/weekly weigh-ins make me anxious and if I don't lose weight I think "Well, never mind; I'll go eat a donut.") and instead on being less tired and more active and healthy forever. Whoops, that got long. I am very into the idea of finding exercise that isn't just going to the gym and being bored on a treadmill, and making small, sustainable changes. I thought posting might help me keep myself accountable. Hi!