So I tried the whole gym experience for the very first time in my life at the ripe old age of 51.
- This girl had never seen the inside of a gym or been on a piece of exercise equipment ever before just a year ago.
But I will now unequivocally confirm that exercise is indeed a huge part of getting the weight off. And I had taken decades to put it on by being so sedentary and doing nothing but sitting around in the air conditioning. That’s essentially what I did for the last 20 years at the very least. If I wasn’t sitting inside the commercial HVAC of the office, I was sitting in the air conditioning at home. Or I was sitting in the air conditioning of my car hauling the kids around. Even with the sports stuff, I was sitting. All of that sitting came to an end when I had a slight heart attack about 17 months ago. That’s when, once I was told it was okay, I got off my butt. Instead of lunch at the taco truck, it was staying out of the zone controlled HVAC for the entire lunch hour. I’d walk and stretch and just be outside for nearly the whole hour. And then, I’d retrieve my salad and eat it at my desk all afternoon. I loved walking and biking. But the essential resistance training I needed was at the gym. Yet it was so hot in there and I’ve never felt more out of place, believe me. So my superstar husband put together a home gym in the basement for us. He even had a ductless heat pump installed as well. So we can enjoy air conditioning that actually works while we are working out.