I Strongly Dislike Exercise!

I hate exercise. It was my enemy. Exercise and I now have a truce.......I know it is necessary and it has agreed to let me introduce it into my life in baby steps. People used to tell me all about the feel good after exercise and endorphins etc. It was hard to believe over the feelings of exhaustion, heat and sweat! Yesterday for the first time in my entire life I did some 15 minutes on my stationary bike and actually after the initial heat and breathlessness passed (5 minutes) I felt invigorated! I did 17 minutes today and felt better! I just may get to love the feeling! Just start moving - every time you move is a step in the right direction.

Runners high. . . . from running

Lifting, because I enable beast mode


Of course its hard, Its really hard. No excuses, not ever.

couch 25k. google it.

Exactly. I was just like you and hated the idea of going to a gym to exercise, mainly because I felt out of place. I wanted to take up running but realized I needed to take baby steps. I would walk at 3.5 mph for the majority of 30 min., and would run as fast as I could in intervals. I could barely do 4.0 without getting winded. Then as time passed, I was able to run for the entire 30 minutes without a walking break, and then shot for running for a full hour. When I was able to do that, I focused on decreasing my mile time..

The point is take baby steps. Realize what you are capable of now, and push yourself a little bit beyond that each time. There are no shortcuts. I would definitely look into a couch25k program in your area.

I used to. I wouldn't walk up the street if i didn't have to. Now I'm running and lifting weights. I definitely get a runners "high" . You need to find something you enjoy.

Have you tried the Wii?? I started with Just dance 4.....it has just sweat on it. I wasn't a big fan of exercising either but am enjoying seeing the results?? I'm down 17 pounds and who doesn't love to dance??

Hated exercise, hated hated hated it. We bought an elliptical, didn't go cheap on it, and I love being on that thing everyday now. My iPad plugs in and the speakers are great on it. So watching a movie on netflix while I work out makes the time fly, and I actually look forward to getting in there and getting my calories burnt.

Don't wait for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain.

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Love it. So true.

I bought a second hand stationary bicycle, and everynight, I bike while watching TV. I don't notice I'm doing exercise because I'm not going that fast and I'm enjoying myself because of the TV. I've been doing this for 3 months. Tonight, I went for my first real bicycle ride outside for this year. I loved it. I had more energy than last summer, and it felt great. Good luck in finding hte right exercise for you!!

Mind over matter.

I LOVE fitness
I LOVE working out
I HATE exercise

Let's just say that I RARELY find anyone that obese/very overweight that enjoys exercise. Along with over consumption, that's probably why they are in that dilema now.

Lots of us on the way down learn to love it.

i hate to exercise my self and make every exscuse why not to do it but when i saw shawn t rockin body dvds i said wow that looks like fun so i got them and do them. find something you like to do.

I didn't like exercise, but mostly because I found it really boring. It changed when I joined the gym and their treadmills had TVs on them :P My partner and I would walk/jog for ages when there was something interesting on. I don't have a membership anymore, but I still like going for walks/attempting jogging with my partner along some of the nice walking tracks in town. It's nice scenery and good company

I also play Just Dance on the wii, and that's about as un-boring as you can get

I think is that mentality of hating or disliking what makes people give up and not do things. You must understand that your body has adapted to an inactive life and most probably an unhealthy eating habit for years. Very few people like and enjoy exercising right away when coming from a life style like that. For the majority, it takes time. The same way people don't put on 100 lbs of extra weight in 1 month, people won't lose 100 lbs in one month, nor they will like working out in one month.

Our bodies are designed to move, to run, to jump, to be active, and just like it takes professional athletes years of training to do what they do, it will take those who are not used to workout a certain period of time to adapt their bodies enjoy and need to exercise and change that mentality from hate to like.

Life is about sacrifices. If you want to achieve something in life, you will have to sacrifice yourself and do things you might not enjoy at the moment, but eventually you'll learn to accept it and like it. Like someone said earlier, sometimes we work in a job we don't like, but we have to because we need to get paid to be able to pay for food, etc. We take classes we might not like in order to achieve an education goal. Same way happens with fitness, except your body WILL let you know that you are doing the right thing, and eventually it will get to the point where you will feel bad when you miss a workout day. Why? Because like I said, you would have trained your body and mind to like exercising, which is nothing more than what our bodies are made for, to move and be active.

Learn to love it. Or i'd say you may be bound to fail. Make it fun. You can get great burns from playing sports or other activities.