Nice post, thanks.<p>Just to counsel some additional advice on this - be aware that eating (and your diet) is much more important than exercise when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.<p>I point this out because I enjoyed exercising for many years before really getting to grips with this point. You can do lots of exercise but still eat badly and consequently not really make any progress.<p>However exercise is still beneficial.<p>There are lots of articles on this, but this NYT article[1] includes links to meta-studies for anyone interested in that level of detail.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/upshot/to-lose-weight-eating-less-is-far-more-important-than-exercising-more.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/upshot/to-lose-weight-eat...</a>