Excersising through pain, i need support!

please google the story of Jim Obley. It is the most inspiring success story I've found and it all revolved around walking.:flowerforyou:

I have muscle and joint pains that i'm working through too and I can tell you from my personal experience...that it gets better. I'm down almost 60 and I've begun running again and I can do it for long periods of time without serious joint and back pain and when I wake up in the mornings...i'm not hurting as bad as I used too... FR sent!

Hi there! I know how it feels to work out with a chronic pain problem (and then made worse because your body is adjusting to the exercise). It is awful and hurts so much it makes you want to give up, but if you put your health above the pain you can overcome anything and losing the weight will help it! I lost 30 pounds a year ago and got off track, but starting anew now. I'm flipping off my pain and telling it to buzz off.

Hi! I just recently started to have major back pain. It started on Saturday and Sunday I could barely stand up. Went to urgent care yesterday and he gave me a muscle relaxer and pain meds. He is hoping it is just inflammation. Uhhh!!! I have never been in this much pain before and can't imagine having to go through this pain a lot. I am just relaxing and resting (of course working still) hoping it will heal. He said if it hasn't healed in a couple days to come back in and they will do some testing. Sorry to hear you are going through all that pain. I can empathize with you, though you may be having more pain than me. I guess I wouldn't suggest any hard activity. I would keep your activity minimal. Take that dog for a nice long walk though And try to start eating all healthy foods and maybe you will shed some pounds. Who knows after you lose the weight you want to, maybe your back will fully heal? Good luck!!

Back pain was a major reason/excuse I used to not exercise. It hurt like hell when I tried to do it and then it hurt for a few days after, so I kept not doing/avoiding it for a few days. Once I felt better I would give it a go again, but of course I ran into the same cycle. I found the easiest way to get myself into it without feeling awful each time was short bursts. Walk for an hour but in 15-minute bursts. When you start out you are more likely to be able to handle 15 minutes of a harder workout than 60 minutes of a lack luster attempt which leaves you in pain and not wanting to do it again. Finding time for 15 minutes bursts was a lot easier too than trying to find a full hour of free time. With kids, I’m sure that may be true for you as too.

Personally though, walking was the hardest thing for me to do with my body. I found I did much better on an elliptical machine or an Arc trainer. They allowed me to move my body without the thudding impact on my knees, hips and lower back. After a month using the machines I found walking was much more enjoyable and I could do an hour or more without worry of adding pain.

Sadly, pain is always going to be in your head while doing this. I feared certain things, avoided others and it hasn’t helped me at all. I’ve finally decided to at least attempt new things; again in short bursts first, but to at least try. My first big new thing was a step class….let me tell you how I hurt doing it, but I did it. I stayed at level 1 the whole time, took short breaks when I needed to just marching in place and went back at it again. Tomorrow will be the 5th class and I really can’t wait to go. It is actually a lot of fun once you get into it and time flies by. I can do the hour in the class and still handle the elliptical for an hour as well.

It takes time, sweat and tears but you will get there. Take it slow, but push a little harder each time and you will get your body to give into what you know is best for it.

I had to lose quite a bit of weight before I could even think about exercise, I am now doing swivel chair exercises and walking weather permitting. But, it's still painful. Walking hurts my knees plus I have unexplained abdominal pain that is aggravated when I walk. But, sitting and swiveling doesn't seem to hurt much at all, it makes my knees twingy at times, but not to the point it hurts like walking does. But, I would still rather walk cuz fresh air and I take my dog with me.

I second the suggestion of water aerobics because when I did that it was a lot of fun and didn't even feel like exercise.