Hate "Exercise" Need Something Fun

I'm not going to lie, I hate exercise. I'm not lazy, I bustle around my house every day but I hate setting aside time for scheduled exercise. Its cold out with winter coming and walking around in bear country before they hibernate scares the toes right off my feet.

Do any of you have a suggestion of something I can add to my every day life of laundry, dishes, tending live chickens and a big dog that will work in pieces of exercise without it being "exercise" ?

When it's cold and rain, I use DVD to exercise. There are many out there, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes each time. Cardio kick boxing, tae bo, walk in place, Just have to find what you like.
If you have Netflix, they have it stream online. I do not like exercise either, but that the only way we could burn more calories. I am like you busy all day but can't lose if I don't exercise. I like short DVD.

I LOVED Turbo Fire. I used to hate working out too, but now I help others. It changed my life. Helped me get over my weight loss plateau! I'm hoping to start up a support group on facebook soon. I'd love to have you. LET'S DO THIS!!

I don't like going out when it's too hot or too cold. When I first started losing, I walked laps through my house for 30-40 minutes and started with a kids' Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVD. When I mastered that, I moved on to an adult Tae Bo DVD. They're pretty cheap at WalMart. Next, I purchased the Chalean Extreme DVD and a set of SelectTech dumbbells. That program includes strength training and cardio. Now, I've added running and cycling. It felt good to add more activity as I lost weight and moved more easily.

Another thing I did when I didn't want to leave the house was look for Zumba clips on YouTube. I'd dance along with the same video 5 or 6 times until I got it down.

Get some cheap exercise videos

I have the same problem can't get out either. And snow is coming. I will be back in a bit, need to go to store to feed everyone else. I like this conversation. And I have NO privacy where I'm living if I wanted to be around people I would go to the gym, but can't afford it either. I'm in the same boat! Good luck!

If you like Dance Dance Revolution you may really enjoy Hip Hop Abs.

I love exercising on my mini trampoline. I have a you tube playlist of workouts that I stream though my wii, and the time flies as each song has its own routine. I also sometimes just bounce while I am watching tv. I burn a lot of calories--last night I burned 460 calories in 50 minutes.

You can get an inexpensive mini trampoline (also called a rebounder) at Walmart.

Exercise is not a must for weight loss but from one fairly recent former anti-exercise person to another, I'm gonna let you in on a secret. One day it suddenly clicked that all of my resistance was really a mental thing. You will see people attempt weight loss because they want the prize but for whatever reason, they aren't fully ready yet for the mental part of weight loss. The same is true for exercise. I realized the key was just to do it. There is nothing else really stopping me more than my own mind. I won't lie. I don't enjoy all of it but I have learned to be proud of my accomplishments and I gather motivation through the journey by realizing it is a journey and learning more and challenging myself more. Along the way, I've learned to even really enjoy some of it. I don't always stick to the things I enjoy all the time though because like the tasks involved in weight loss, sometimes I'm after a specific goal. But all in all, I gained a sense of freedom the day I discovered the trick was just being open to it and doing it and stop allowing my mind to close the possibilities up.

Put some music on and dance during your breaks. Or you can look for free exercise videos on youtube. There are a lot of them in different styles (dance, yoga, boot camp, etc.) so maybe you could try out a different one every day?

Gearing yourself up and exercising isn't fun or easy when you're not used to it. You might just have to fight your way through it until your body starts anticipating the endorphin rush on its own.

yep just keep moving... crank up the tunes and move all those body parts

Exercise is not a must for weight loss but from one fairly recent former anti-exercise person to another, I'm gonna let you in on a secret. One day it suddenly clicked that all of my resistance was really a mental thing. You will see people attempt weight loss because they want the prize but for whatever reason, they aren't fully ready yet for the mental part of weight loss. The same is true for exercise. I realized the key was just to do it. There is nothing else really stopping me more than my own mind. I won't lie. I don't enjoy all of it but I have learned to be proud of my accomplishments and I gather motivation through the journey by realizing it is a journey and learning more and challenging myself more. Along the way, I've learned to even really enjoy some of it. I don't always stick to the things I enjoy all the time though because like the tasks involved in weight loss, sometimes I'm after a specific goal. But all in all, I gained a sense of freedom the day I discovered the trick was just being open to it and doing it and stop allowing my mind to close the possibilities up.

Awesome. Love this. Good for you, and everyone that pays attention to this post.