Exercise

Now counting calories isn't the only thing I did to lose the weight. I also put some time into exercise. I started off walking as fast as I could for 30 minutes about 6 times a week. After a while my dad forced me to walk even faster with him until he got bored and talked me into add bursts of running in. Then it became competitive! This competitive nature allows us to want to do it more and more. Can we beat our time? Can we run farther than we did last time? I call myself a runner now but the truth is I still have intervals of walking in between and I probably always will. I also try to only run every other day so my muscles can still be stretched and worked by walking briskly but not running. I still exercise 6 days a week the best I can. This was all done without any equipment just the local park's track. Now that my apartment has a small gym I have done some elliptical, cycling and wii workout games on my off running days to change things up for my body and my mind! Keep things new and fresh but cardio is very important!!!

I used to talk about how I would never run. I am also in love with swimming but the resources are not cheaply available to me so I did what I had to do. Start things slowly and you can work up to it. Don't walk outside and think I'll attempt to run 3 miles today. Sign up for 5ks before you think you are ready for them. (Or have friends that sign you up and then tell you...). You can do this if you try!!!