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Originally Posted by ericschand
Yeah, so I spent 15+ years screwing up my body. It's now fighting back.
Blood sugar high, cholesterol high, blood pressure extremely high.
Headaches and lethargy like you wouldn't believe.
I'm on a bunch of drugs for the next few months to keep me going.
I need to eat right, exercise, and lose weight (about 25 lbs). I've been
tasked by the doctor to show her *any* improvement in 3 months. She
says if I can lose the spare tire gut, no more meds, no more headaches,
and so on.
So I have a few questions.
What exercises are suggested for someone starting from my position?
Is running on a treadmill just like a regular run?
What about Wii Fit or the cardio programs/games you can buy for it. Are
they worth it? [I own a Nintendo Wii]
Is it worth the money for a personal trainer? How much does that cost?
And finally, where would I even begin? I'm thinking that 3 months doesn't
give me much time to experiment.
ers
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I haven't been in your position but I would suggest walking to start. Make it a daily routine. Buy a Kananaskis Country trail guide and think about some hikes . . . . and you can do some of those in the winter (right now) too but target the spring or summer if you wish. You might look at some snowshoes too or do some x-country skiing on some of the closed golf courses in the city, skating at the Oval . . . .
There's nothing wrong with a treadmill but yes, it is different running outside in weather and variable terrain versus a treadmill. For you though, that shouldn't matter. Run wherever.
See if you can run a light trot for five minutes. Just start there. Once you've conquered that, keep adding five or ten minutes until you can push things out to 50 minutes to 1:10 which should probably be 10 km or so. I know lots of people who've done that from your starting point. Better yet, find some 10 km race to enter in the Spring or summer (the Calgary marathon 10 km race on May 31 comes to mind) and make it your goal to finish (running, walking, crawling, it doesn't matter) so you have something to work towards. Take it easy but keep pushing the distances and times further out.
Don't overdo it and hurt yourself. Just keep pushing.
Cowperson