Getting into the exercise thing . . .

ginadaye

Hubby and I decided to get a recumbent bike and keep it in our large living room. Every evening we work out, one after the other, while watching TV or listening to music. I love it! It's a Schwinn 240 - very quiet and very smooth motion, no matter what speed you are going.

I also signed up for a low-impact aerobics class offered here at work during lunch hour. It's for people who have been away from exercise for a long time, or, like me, have physical limitations. I wake up at night with my left leg, from hip to knee aching like a toothache, but I'm going to hang in there and hope that passes. I'm trying . . . I'm trying . . . I'm trying.

TeaBea

The soreness (and in my case leg cramps) will get better and better. You will find that you actually miss working out. I use walking DVDs & feel like I will exercise regularly (finally) .... for the rest of my life.

Keep up the good work!

wendylee01

Hi I was a physical mess 9 weeks ago. I've had 2 hip replacements one that has not healed as well as I would like, a torn rotator cuff and just general aches and pains.

I started walking at work on the top floor of our building with a co-worker as part of a Biggest Loser contest. We started with 7 laps (equals 1 km) and for 14 days added one more lap, so we're up to 3 km (1.9miles)

My mobility is much better, I don't ache like I used to, and my shoulder is even much better. On top of that with watching what I eat I've knocked of 20 lbs.

The contest is over and I'm still walking every day, getting quicker and quicker and trying to add a few more laps.

It sounds like you found something that is working for you, keep it going it doesn't have to kill you to be effect, I'm proof of that.

dpowell58

I think its great that you have found something that you enjoy doing. It sure makes it easier to keep up the exercise. I'm a teacher and I always made the excuse that after school I was just too exhausted to work out and I was NOT going to give up what little sleep I get to get up earlier to work out. So this summer, when I could no longer make excuses I started walking on my treadmill. I started at 30 minutes a day and then worked up to 45. I too, had pains in my legs (hips, knees, ankles, feet) and sometimes just felt like giving up. By the time school started, exercise had become a routine and most of my pain was gone. Now it is easy to go home after school, change into my workout clothes and get busy. I actually look forward to working out. And at this point I even get a little antsy on my day off, feeling the need to get moving.