First exerise down

I did it. 30 minutes fast walking. I am beat. Turns out that I am REALLY out of shape. It shouldn't make a person tired to walk fast for half an hour. Turns out that if you do it packing an extra 100 pounds it is hard!

I don't believe in exercise to accomplish weight loss per se. I think it is GREAT for you health, helps prevent saggy skin, improves confidence that you can make yourself do what you say your going to do, etc... However, I just burned 230 calories. That is a little over two of the reeses I ate earlier. I ate the reeses in a matter of minutes. The walking took a looong time. For me, I have learned over the years to not beat myself up over the lack of exercise while dieting. If I put my attention to eating less, that is what counts. As I lose weight, I naturally want to do more in the way of exercise. I naturally LIKE to exercise, but when you have to pack around an extra 100 pounds while doing it, it takes all the fun out of it! So I will try to exercise over the coming weeks... but if I don't, I am not going to fault myself for it at all. I tend to do a lot better if I don't overwhelm myself with exercise and diet all at once after not doing either for some time. I can't honestly remember the last time I exercised beyond today. I feel bad about it, but ever since I hurt my ankle over a year ago, my ankle has not been what it used to be, so I baby it.