Anyone else very frustrated?

If you are generally healthy yet suffer injuries with any sort of exercise, then you are most likely pushing yourself WAY TOO HARD.

What sorts of injuries are we discussing?

My thoughts exactly. Baby steps, take it easy & build slowly. Any time you're embarking on a new fitness program it takes time for your body to adapt. Remember, this is a marathon not a sprint.

Well, let me tell ya. Just lost 35 lbs and hit my goal weight, and in the best shape of my life. SIgned up for my first triathlon, and I am not someone who is athletic or ever has been. Ran the first time IN MY LIFE about 6 months ago, and also bought a bike for the first time about 2 1/2 months ago (since a little kid). So, to say the least, yeah it was a pretty big deal to have come this far since only January 2012. Well, I fell down the stairs 2 weeks ago, and broke my back in not one but TWO Places! All my hard work...erased. No triathlon, no running, no biking, not much of anything for a long time. so, to say the least....I am a little frustrated!

Well, let me tell ya. Just lost 35 lbs and hit my goal weight, and in the best shape of my life. SIgned up for my first triathlon, and I am not someone who is athletic or ever has been. Ran the first time IN MY LIFE about 6 months ago, and also bought a bike for the first time about 2 1/2 months ago (since a little kid). So, to say the least, yeah it was a pretty big deal to have come this far since only January 2012. Well, I feel down the stairs 2 weeks ago, and broke my back in not one but TWO Places! All my hard work...erased. No triathlon, no running, no biking, not much of anything for a long time. so, to say the least....I am a little frustrated!

Ouch - you have a right to be frustrated. Sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you heal quickly.

Injuries can be very, very frustrating.
I'll give you the advice I got - and it worked for me!

Walk. Just walk. Every day walk a little more. Walk a little faster if you can. If not, just continue with the walking.

I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Type III - fancy name for bad connective tissue. In my case, joints are unstable, muscle and ligament and tendon tear/become inflamed very easily. I'm always in pain and have been since I was a young child. Very very prone to injury.

All I can say is, don't let it get you down. Find something you can do and do it. Do bicep curls with soup cans. Buy rubber band/resistance training bands and get a book/DVD - do the exercises. Take a walk when you can - walking is great for you. And stretch like a crazy woman - slow, careful stretches. Buy a good book on trigger points and learn how to release spasms using fingers, tennis balls. Ice is your friend. Injuries - as frustrating as they are, and believe me I do get down - teach patience.

My days are filled with management of this disorder but I refuse to let the conversation and themes of my life be focused solely on it. The most important thing for me is to feel I'm making progress - so I start doing an exercise and I build slowly. I also keep track of it - because memory is a funny thing, and when I feel I'm going no where I can look back and see that 15 weeks ago I could only walk for 10 minutes - now 30-40; that 8 weeks ago I could only swim 6 laps, now 16. There are lots of sites on the internet with fitness programs - they are all far to strenuous for me - but I read them and think about how to adapt them to something I can do.

I know you say you don't swim well but there are adult swim classes. I don't know if there's a YMCA near where you live (if you're in the States) but sometimes they have low monthly rates. Swimming is one of the best things you can do.

We all need to vent. Remember that "injured", "handicapped", "disabled" - pick your phrase - is not the same as "out of shape". The latter is about diet, and doing what you can to take care of yourself.

Hang in there.

I know you say you don't swim well but there are adult swim classes. I don't know if there's a YMCA near where you live (if you're in the States) but sometimes they have low monthly rates. Swimming is one of the best things you can do.

I forgot about the YMCA--many of them also offer financial aid to those who can't afford memberships! And even if you don't want to swim laps, water workout classes are wonderful...ultra-gentle, natural resistance you can easily increase with simple tools, and being able to work out without ever heating up is a beautiful thing!

I agree with walk and then walk some more. I do exercise in 10, 20 and 30 minute sets. I just started my barre 3 and have worked up to 30 minutes a day , but it took be three weeks… most of it is standing and doing very small range of motion. but I can tell my core is getting stronger and if it takes me 9 more months to get the "ballet beautiful" I want to be then I will do it.

We all find our way eventually.. do and log , log and do.

ME!!!! I have multiple health problems that keep me from doing even menial things. I do 15 min on a stationary bike at a gym and I've really done all I can. It is very frustrating to see my friends running, talking about zumba and other programs, when I can barely do basic walking for 10 minutes...

I agree with most of the comments here. It IS frustrating when you can't do what you used to do or what you want to do - I'm suffering myself. It's frustrating seeing the scales move at 1lb a week, or even 1lb a month, when you're used to 4lb a week, or 10lb a month...
But by doing a little when you can, and noting that everything that moves in the right direction, no matter how slow it is, is a step closer to the goal. Sure, it might take longer, but by not giving up, you'll still get there.

*hugs loads* Hope it becomes less frustrating for you x

Sadly I know all to well how you feel. Frustrating is an under statement. I'm morbidly obese and then some. My current weight is 554. I live in constant pain. It never goes away just up and down in intensity. Both my knees are mangled, arthritis in both of them. Lower back problems, planer fasceitis in both feet. Toss clinical depression, panic and anxiety on top of all that and you've got a mess.

I was just sitting here feeling sorry for myself, having a little pity party like I do every so often. Depression makes them worse and much harder to pull out of, but I will, I always do. But anyway, I have to constantly remind myself that I didn't get this way overnight and I certainly won't fix it fast either. It took years and years of abusing my body, poor eating habits, accidents and honestly, well, a lot of fun over the years, but now I'm paying the price in pain. Between the constant pain, depression and social anxiety I find it rather difficult to do much of anything. So, I am starting with diet.

The more weight you drop with just diet the less you will hurt. The less stress you put on joints the better. You can accomplish a lot just eating better. It's slower, yes. But it's sure a lot better than doing nothing right? And move more. I try to do little things throughout the day. Sometimes it's as simple as vacuuming the floor. Or using the bathroom upstairs instead of down. I am in a place where I can't even go grocery shopping without the use of an electric cart. I hate it.

You can do this. Don't give up. Do something every single day that moves you closer to your goal. Find something and do it a little bit longer, or faster than you did yesterday. And keep doing it every single day. Eventually you will realize that all of a sudden that thing is easy and you can pick another. And know, you're not alone.

Wow as I sit here and read your post I kept saying yep that was me, yep that was me, yep that IS me..... Let me just say you have the right attitude and you must keep dong alittle more than you did the day before.. I started at 560 lbs. myself and 38 months later and always putting one foot in front of the other and pushing forward I have lost 311 lbs. So I know you can do it.. I was homebound from 07-09 before I hit rock botttom and had not set foot in a big chain store in several years at that time so I hear you loud and clear... I could barely stand for 20 seconds at a stretch and had a computer chair I rolled myself from room to room.. You can do this....

OP you need to find things to do to work around those injuries while starting out slow and building up to doing any form of exercise.. I have Grade 3 Osteoarthritis both knee's, torn meniscus both knee's, torn ACL in my Right knee, Chronic Lower Back problems from 12 years of delivery Budweiser, I pinched a nerve 2 months ago that left my right hand completely numb and have had to go through PT and steroid packs to get it back to around 70 %. I also have chronic shoulder problems from those years at Budweiser too... I will be getting knee replacements in the late spring after a circumferential body lift surgery in 15 days (have to be completely healed from that before knee surgeries) but I just get up every day take my pain pills and do whatever my body will allow me to do that day. You just have to stay positive and keep pushing forward.... Best of Luck