In Need of Some serious help!!

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  • danag1967
    danag1967 Posts: 14 Member
    I completely agree with everyone else...start walking. Another thing no one has mentioned is try to find someone to walk with. If you have a friend that will hold you accountable, it is a lot easier to get out there. When I first started exercising on my own, it was hard. I found a group that I run with now and my Saturday runs are some of my favorite time. Start small and increase the distance or time each week. It will absolutely get easier, but it does take getting over the hump of lacing up your shoes and moving. When I don't feel like running, I put on my shoes and exercise clothes and just go. Usually, but not always, I start to feel better after a while and just keep going with my original goal.

    What if today, you put on your shoes, go outside, and walk until you get tired. At that point, turn around and go home. Start a journal and record your turn around point and how long it took you. Tomorrow, put your shoes on and try to go 3 steps past today's point, turn around and go home. Record how long it took you and do it again the next day. Measure your progress from today. If you fall off the wagon and have a bad day, its ok. You will need rest days thrown in there sometimes. Its ok. Just keep making progress. People who do too much too fast tend to quit. Little by little and day by day. You can totally do this!!
  • seamonkey789
    seamonkey789 Posts: 233
    I'm not sure if this will help you, but my boyfriend and I are at totally different fitness levels and weights. He also has additional breathing issues due to allergies.

    While I go on the elliptical like a little jack rabbit, what he does on both the elliptical and the bike is crank the level way up so he is going at a much slower pace, but still getting a work out and it doesn't effect his bad breathing so much.

    Also heart rate monitor! My fitness pal tells me one thing for calories burned, the machine is telling me something way lower, and my heart rate monitor was something right in the middle.

    Starting out slow by just walking helps, or you could break up the elliptical into a few short work outs a day till you can build up your time
  • glennstoudt
    glennstoudt Posts: 403 Member
    My heart doctor told me I needed to do 30 - 45 minutes exercise, 5 days a week. I told him I could only do ten minutes on the treadmill and he told me thats ok, then do 10 minutes 3 times a day. You will get stronger as you continue. Now I can do Zumba and ride my bike for 30 minutes or more. It takes time and commitment. If you can only do 5 minutes, then do it and later do another and another. The machine you have is not taking into account your height and weight...MFP does...use thier calculator. Keep track of your minutes and add it in under the exercise tab and eat back those calories. I have has asthma almost all my life, as a child and back in my early 30's. I was sucking on that inhaler every day all day with any little exertion because of I was so out of shape. I hardly EVER use it any more! I know its hard starting out but trust me it gets a little easier every day and you won't believe how much better you will feel. You are young, get a handle on it now. Good Luck!
    Who Dat lost 35 pounds. You dat!

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