Starting-again point

I want to post a few words about where I'm starting from this time round, despite misgivings about putting my personal information out the for the whole world to stumble across. I wouldn't want readers thinking I'm trying to elicit sympathy either - my present poor shape is probably about 70% self-inflicted and I take full responsibility for that. It's purely for the record that I'm posting this.

I just calculated my BMI, it came out around 55. I can climb one flight of stairs, but I have to stop and catch my breath at the top. I get lower back pain; if I walk from one end of Lambton Quay to the other, I have to stop and rest my back along the way. My knees are wearing out and I have been diagnosed with "degenerative osteoarthritis" (which I think just means my knees are wearing out). I also have a thyroid condition called Graves' Disease, and I supposedly have polycystic ovarian syndrome (although no actual cysts were found when they looked). I think that covers the main points, and that's quite enough of the depressing stuff for now.

The starting point of my training regime is quite simple. It's ten minutes of walking or more a day, either on flat ground or on a treadmill at the gym. The plan at this stage is to build up from there, and by the time summer comes around I should be able to go back to my hills and nature walks.

I'll be posting a calendar like this every so often. The big red ticks show my first week of activity.