John S Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Hi all. Newbie here. I'm here out of embarrassment! I'm just shy of 38, father of two, my missus discovered exercise about 3 years ago and is now scarily phenomenal with her fitness, and nutrition, discipline, knowledge, ability and motivation, and I've gone from being ridiculously fit and strong at 25 to making excuses to help me accept my middle aged spread. Most people think my weight is normal for my age, but I think I'm about a stone or so overweight. Love food, both healthy and junk and I LOVE booze. Have some back problems (lumbar spine is fused, 2 crushed discs etc) and had to give up the martial arts that I loved as it was heading me towards a wheelchair. Work 50-60 hours a week on average and do shifts. So that's me. Or rather that WAS me. Did my first run today with the app and found the week1 day 1 was perfect for me. Didn't start sweating till I was stretching out at home after and the route I took added about 3 mins walk to the end of the program. All very scenic too. Enjoyed it a lot more than I expected and had a lot less pain. Although recently had a caudal epidural in my spine so that helped! Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself before I lose motivation again.. John S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TrishE Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Welcome John! Congrats on starting. My advice for motivation issues is to set short term goals and reward yourself when you reach them. That helps when motivation gets iffy. At least it helped me haha Good luck and I hope you keep us posted on your progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks Trish. Another run today. W1 D2. Going into working Nights now so I'll take the next 24 hours off and fit in a run on Saturday then switch to Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And bust out some planking and press ups in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyAnn Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi John, Welcome here. I love your story , i can so relate. I was a health nut for years and hubby wasnt. He is now wantong to get in shape and thats after 15 years of me always working out lol. Fit the workouts in when you can dont stress. We are rooting for you here. Keep it up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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