So I'm 33 years old, I've always been unfit, never been into sports/exercise. I used to do a bit of walking and swimming but I'm talking walking a few miles or swimming 20 lengths. I used to go to the gym but I was never very fit even then and only walked on the treadmill.
Ive never had much of a weight problem but after my second child I'm now at the limit of my bmi healthy weight and to be honest i feel overweight, I just know I am. I get hot and sweaty and uncomfortable and my clothes are too tight.
I like my food and I'm just not up for any major dieting.
Before my second child we were doing a bit of cycling and swimming as a family and I was unfit then but the extra stone I'm carrying has made me worse.
I just want to get in shape and shift this extra stone but mainly just get a bit fitter so I don't get tired just pushing the pram to the park.
Trouble is I've hardly got any free time, I'm falling asleep on the sofa by 9 o'clock, I work in an office and no lunch break because I work less than 6 hours so no option for a lunchtime walk. Any exercise would really need to be with two children in tow.
We have got a bike seat for the toddler but dh gets annoyed with me because I'm so slow. Dh is more overweight than me and even he can manage the hills on the bike!
I can't see me ever running marathons but how can I build a reasonable level of fitness so I'm not destined to be a couch potato?
Has anyone been like me and managed to turn it around? I don't know where to start.
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Paddingtonbearscoat · 28/05/2017 20:17
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