I'm new to this forum, so hello there!
I used to have a slim figure, but gradually over the last 6 years (I'm now 26) I've put on four stone, taking me from 8stone 7lbs to 12stone 7lbs, height 5"2. Needless to say, this weight gain has made me very unhappy, especially in recent months- I started university back in September and being surrounded by pretty and slim 18-year-olds all day long has really knocked my confidence! So, I've decided to do something about it, for real this time- I'm very determined and my head is in the right place, I think.
I'm losing weight by calorie counting, limiting myself to 1,200 or thereabouts each day. I'm finding that bit quite easy.
But the exercise part of my new lifestyle is something that does NOT come easily to me at all. I've never exercised in my life- I always found it terribly boring and uncomfortably strenuous, so I just didn't do it. I didn't need to, either- I just sort of stayed slim. What changed in my body, I have no idea- my diet has always been unhealthy! But now I find that I actually need to exercise, and I have no idea how to go about it. I'm about as unfit as a person can be without keeling over and having to crawl everywhere she goes; I smoke 20 a day- more when I'm sitting at my laptop working; and I don't like pain! I'm a student, so I can't afford to join a gym either.
What should I do? How can I go about increasing my exercise without overdoing it and putting myself off? I've started walking more- around four miles a day, briskly. I suppose that's better than doing nothing, but is it enough? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!:help2:
I used to have a slim figure, but gradually over the last 6 years (I'm now 26) I've put on four stone, taking me from 8stone 7lbs to 12stone 7lbs, height 5"2. Needless to say, this weight gain has made me very unhappy, especially in recent months- I started university back in September and being surrounded by pretty and slim 18-year-olds all day long has really knocked my confidence! So, I've decided to do something about it, for real this time- I'm very determined and my head is in the right place, I think.
I'm losing weight by calorie counting, limiting myself to 1,200 or thereabouts each day. I'm finding that bit quite easy.
But the exercise part of my new lifestyle is something that does NOT come easily to me at all. I've never exercised in my life- I always found it terribly boring and uncomfortably strenuous, so I just didn't do it. I didn't need to, either- I just sort of stayed slim. What changed in my body, I have no idea- my diet has always been unhealthy! But now I find that I actually need to exercise, and I have no idea how to go about it. I'm about as unfit as a person can be without keeling over and having to crawl everywhere she goes; I smoke 20 a day- more when I'm sitting at my laptop working; and I don't like pain! I'm a student, so I can't afford to join a gym either.
What should I do? How can I go about increasing my exercise without overdoing it and putting myself off? I've started walking more- around four miles a day, briskly. I suppose that's better than doing nothing, but is it enough? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!:help2: