One Month & Counting

Well I have been exercising along with my diet program for about a month now.  I haven't weighed my self in quite a while.  I have noticed that I have been shrinking.  I have changed my workout program to 3 days of weights and 3 days of cardio.  I'm still lifting at pretty much the lowest weights.  In the first month I really struggled with a couple of the machines.  You sure didn't want to be around me while I was doing those.  I would moan, groan and struggle just to finish my 2 reps of 12 at approximately 25lbs of weight.  Today I can do them better with out all the serious struggling.  This is a very slow process but I'm doing it.  This past Friday I was working out and there was a lady with a cane that appeared to be in her 70's.  She reminded me of the little old lady on the Golden Girls Sophia.  She went directly to the the weights and began her exercises.  I watched her do all of her exercises with ease and a smile on her face.  I was in awe and shame to witness this.  Why may you ask?  Well darn it she was lifting the same thing as me and I'm still struggling, although not as much as in the beginning, with lifting the 25lb weights.  Oh, I still have some work ahead of me. That same Friday I was doing the treadmill.  There was a gentleman in his 60's doing what was a machine that was a combo of stair climber and you can also run with some bars swinging like you are skiing.  We got on at the same time.  He had that machine swinging and skiing as fast as it would go.  For 30 minutes I walked really fast and he swung/ran for the entire 30 minutes.  I finished my walk and he was still sweating and swinging with sweat running down all over his body.  Well for me I tried that same machine.  I barely made it 10 minutes and had to quit.  I only swung/ran for 5 of that 10 minutes.  Well I know by looking at these 2 people I need to do this even more.  They both were healthy and happy.  I will be a more healthier and happier me in 2013!