Flashback!!! My First Exercising Experience At 225 Pounds.
Posted by: Natasha in motivation time
OK- Look at the pictures of me above. At this time I weighed 225 pounds and had no ambition to exercise. Someone would say exercise and I would run the other way. Now some of you out there will be able to relate to my flashback b/c I remember starting Nutrisystem and wondering, “what kind of exercise routines should I try? I am too heavy to try kicking my legs to Tae Bo. Step aerobic would kill me after just 15 mins, and I am not trying bootcamp training either!” So, a very good friend of mine suggested that I try walking with her and a friend with our kids in the stroller? So, I was like okay- now I can walk and push my 25 pound child in a stroller.
So the next day arrived and I was to meet her at our local Brushy Creek Park in Cedar Park. When I got there I was ready and was feeling good until she said, “We are going to walking and pushing our kids in the stroller for about 7 miles, and too add, the walking surface was on gravel, AND there was many hills to go up and down.” My eyes got so big, but I told myself it couldn’t be that bad.
Yeah right!!! The skinny mommies were walking so fast they forgot that big Natasha could not walk that fast at 225 pounds. My thighs were burning and not the muscles mind you. They were burning because my big ole thighs were rubbing together too much. I remember my muscles that day was in such shock to the point my muscle were shaking. I was praying God help me?!?!? Finally I made it to the half way point and then the ladies said okay let’s turn around and head back. I was like Oh NO!! because going downhill was easy, but the way back I had to go uphill and at that moment my 25 pound toddler in the stroller felt like I was pushing 100 pounds.
So I headed back with the other moms and to make thing worse it started to rain. I wanted to cry. My body was ready to shut down on me. One mom felt so bad for me that she offer to push my little toddler back for me, so that he could get out of the rain. I had to go up many hills and finally I saw my car and I was like HALLELUJAH!!!! I was the last mom to return. How embarassing huh? The other moms were so nice to let my little boy stay in their cars until I made it back. They all gave me hugs and said they were proud of me. But after all of the hugs, I got into my car and just sat there for 15 mins. I felt like my muscles were in such shock and I was so tried, and shaking due to exhaustion. My body was like, what going on, what the HELL did you due to me!! hee hee. I remember getting home finally and getting my little in bed for his nap and I think I slept too!!
But isn’t that something? I guess my point is don’t give up. Keep trying and you will get better and better and the weight will begin to drop. Now, I can do that walk in my sleep and I can out walk the skinny moms now!!! I tell them, Watch out!!! Her comes Natasha!!! Any they just say you go girl!!!
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