Hi all -
I have finally reached the point in my life where I am sick of all the extra
weight I am carrying around - sick of the additional problems it causes
me (I have horrible psoriasis, no doubt exacerbated by my weight, as well
as knee and back problems). I'm just sick of it.
After many stops and starts I am *finally* going back to an LC lifestyle.
My next question is exercise. What to do? Right now about all I do is to
walk about 1/3 mile to my son's bus stop each way and it KILLS me
to do it. It's not so bad in the cooler weather but I live in Florida so you
can imagine how often we get that.
We have a weight machine, but I'm too big to use it.
I weigh 420+ lbs. I say + because my scale only goes up to 420 and it
errors out when I step on it (how embarrassing is that?).
My first weight loss goal is 419lbs
so that I'll at least be able to track
real numbers in my weight loss journey.
I would love to take up bike riding, but I can't afford $700 for a bike that
supports up to a 500lb person so I'll have to find other ways to lose the
weight until I can safely ride a 'normal' bicycle.
I am mostly sedentary except for my bus stop walks due to back, hip
and knee pain and floor exercises are a joke!
Any advice is desperately requested and most definitely appreciated! I would
love to see my scale read below 400 by spring if such a thing is possible.
Thanks much!
Cynthia