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When we’ve carrying a lot of extra weight and not being active, we don’t need anyone to point out that it would be helpful to lose weight or start exercising.
Oh no kidding, Sherlock.
We know. And some of us actually want to!
However along with all the general stress in changing our eating habits and the thought of beginning to exercise. It can simply be overwhelming.
There’s the whole decision making process of what exercise, where to exercise, and then the thought of just finding the time. How are you going to squeeze in 1 hour to exercise? And I’m not just talking about the practical issue, of your daily schedule. I’m talking about finding the mental energy to exercise.
It’s overwhelming, way before you’ve even found a tshirt or laced up a shoe.
Here’s the thing. You don’t have to launch yourself directly into one hour a day or half an hour a day. You can start with 10 mins, 5 mins.
Seriously! Something is absolutely better than nothing.
5 mins walking on the spot in your bedroom. Start with anything and build it up.
What should we be aiming for?
The general health recommendation from The World Health Organisation (WHO) is at least 150 minutes of activity a week. So that’s about 20 minutes a day.
I know 20 minutes a day sounds like a lot when you’re not doing any exericse at the moment.
But you can break it up.
4 x 5 minute sessions:
Walking on the spot sessions while binge watching
Dancing to a couple of songs
One dash around your block
Look, I know exactly what it’s like to try and get active when you’re plus size and so I’m actually posting my workouts after a long hiatus. I started at 10 minutes and am working myself up to 45 minutes within 12 weeks.
Currently I’m on week 6 and have hit 35 minutes WHOO HOO.
If you want to take have a look at what I’m doing. I’ve just started my youtube channel, join me here.
I’ll be filming my workouts soon so you can follow along. At the moment I’ve got the workout description, so you give it a go, right now.