The transformation. Hopefully a motivational thread

[Cujo]

I hope my story can help anyone wanting to get in better shape.
It started when the wife took my blood pressure and it was through the roof.
I decided there and then to do something about it.
Looking back I can't believe I didn't realise how bad the fat fuckery had got.

The first step was exercise. I joined the gym and started power walking on the treadmill. That got boring so I decided to take it outside. We live near the ocean so after walking the daughter to school I carried on around the coast and then home, 6.5k.
I realised after a while that the path I took was a cycle path that continued up the coast so I started pushing my old mountain bike to the school and carrying on from there. First to the 10 k mark (20 Return) then the 30