BTW -- I hope I'm not being insulting ... it's just that I KNOW what it's like to remember the way you used to like to exercise -- I was a jogger, swimmer, yoga student, etc. and I was in great shape and could touch my toes without bending my knees, run 3 miles, swim the equivalent of a mile, etc. -- but you have NO idea what you're going to NOT be able to do, since you haven't been excising for a long period of time, AND you're overweight.  I even bought videos that were specifically geared towad "older folks."  For example, I bought a video called "Yoga for the Young At Heart" and the people in the video were at least 60-plus (the teacher was about late 40s, maybe early 50s) and I'm telling you, Sherri, I couldn't do 8 minutes of that tape!!!!  I was appalled.  Then I tried one of those Leslie Sansone walking tapes?  Have you heard of her?  She makes it sound like it's so easy, that anyone can do it.  But her tapes are actually good old-fashioned aerobics ... you're not doing anything that will hurt your body, but man, you will be huffing and puffing!  I couldn't do that one either.  Also, a few years back, I tried swimming again -- I used to be able to swim for 90 minutes NON-STOP -- and years later, I tried it again.  Oh my god.  It's sickening!  I wasn't able to do ONE lap.  If I were to try to jog now, I wouldn't be able to do one block ... my knees hurt, everything hurts, back hurts, got 25-30 extra pounds on me.  Doing a class, at least for me, is out of the question.  I am embarrasingly out of shape.

 

So take it SLOW and EASY.