All great advice. I came home from college after ending a long relationship. I was broke, depressed and quickly gaining weight. I knew I was in trouble when my

All great advice. I came home from college after ending a long relationship. I was broke, depressed and quickly gaining weight. I knew I was in trouble when my Mom starting telling me I was looking "puffy" around the face. As a hockey and soccer player, this was the final straw, I knew I had to do something but was so unmotivated to do anything. I started slow. Got a on a treadmill (you can find some for free on craiglist) and did 10 minutes a day. Then I do resistance band for about 10-15 minutes and then tried as best I could to stretch out. I started at 30 minutes, and then as I improved my diet and started to lose the weight, I increased the intensity. Yeah, I was doing 10 minutes, but I was practically sprinting by the second month. I gave up the resistance bands and started doing light free weight lifting, but doing long reps (3 sets of 20-25 reps). My advice? Basically just do anything. Go out and walk for 15 minutes. Go run for 5 minutes every day. Go out and work in your yard, get on a bike and bike for 15 minutes. Anything that gets your blood pumping and your heart rate up is beneficial. Try as best you can to eat better. Working out is useless if you don't improve your diet. Just start somewhere and adjust as you go. My biggest bit of advice? Listen to your body. If you're sore or doing something is painful, stop. If you're sore? Don't push it, take a few days off, switch exercises and take it easy. When you get older, it takes a LOT longer to heal and get back to working out. You don't want to pull a muscle and be sitting on your couch healing for 2 months.