Wow that is so much walking :O
I definitely couldn’t walk for a whole hour! Do you take breaks to sit down? I’ve never walked that long before.
I am trying to walk for 20 minutes but it’s tough! I feel out of breath after a few minutes. I don’t like the feeling of being on my feet for a long time. My legs ache and just wanna sit down so bad so I can feel comfortable again. When I start to feel that, I sit down to take a break but then it’s so hard to get back up. I’m trying for 2,000 steps in a day but I often can’t do 1,000
Then when I see online how many steps other people do...
Start at your own pace and focus on being a little bit better today than you were yesterday. I didn't get that fitbit until May, but I started my weight loss journey on Jan 1 so it took 5 months to build up to those occasional 5,000 step days.
When I started it was unpleasant to go 1/4 mile and yes, I did stop and take breaks. Walking a dog really helped - both to motivate me and to hide some of my shame (when I needed to stop and take a break, the dog would stop and sniff around so it looked like maybe I stopped to wait for her to go potty).
Getting started is a real bear - it is a catch 22 where until you start exercising you often lack energy. But if you're too tired to exercise, where do you get the energy? Summon whatever reserve you have and just push through for about 2 weeks. After that you should start to feel a lot better.
Start super small if you need to - park farther away from work or the store and walk that little bit extra.
You don't need a diet, because even if you were able to successfully diet down to your ideal weight, once you stopped dieting you would just start to gain weight like you're doing now. However you're eating now is unsustainable - you're going to have to make changes
forever. I was in such deep denial that this realization was shocking to me, but accepting it is step 1 to your new life.
The good news is that since you don't need "a diet" you don't need to put up with hunger. You'll just need to find foods that you enjoy (or tolerate) that keep you feeling full a long time without too many calories. You don't have to go from 0-100 all at once, just start small - cut out "empty" calories like regular sodas and elaborate coffee or energy drinks. Avoid junk food and, if you do have some, limit yourself to 1 serving.
If you're like me, your feeling of "hunger" often is not hunger - it is something else. If eating celery or carrots or anything else healthy doesn't seem like it'll fill the void - the void is really something that food can't fix. No diet can fix this, you'll have to find ways to address any non-food issues so you aren't transferring your feelings into your stomach...