The number one piece of advice I learned concerning exercise: lose weight first! When I decided to give weight loss one more attempt I jumped in all the way. I started jogging. I hated it. I then tried jump roping. When I was 35 pounds overweight I felt horrible about 25 jumps into the workout. I stopped. I didn’t stress about stopping and I didn’t worry about stopping. I just focused more on my new way of eating. I was losing weight through my diet so that is where I focused.
Eventually the idea struck me that I didn’t have to transform into a marathon runner to become healthy. I started to take walks. Nice and easy with no pain, but I was still having gains (losses). I lost 25 pounds through diet and nice walks with my dog. The interesting thing that happened is that when I ended up losing my 25th pound a month ago the jump rope didn’t look so horrible. I tried it again. It wasn’t nearly as bad to jump with 25 pounds no longer on my body! I am now able to do 400 jumps in a row and a total of 2000 jumps per workout.
The key, for me, was lose weight and the lighter body will actually start to feel like moving. I was amazed by this discovery, and yet now it makes perfect sense. So eat right, be patient, and the exercise will follow.