I envy all of you who

I like to walk, ride my bike, play tennis, etc. You've gotta find something you enjoy otherwise it will be a dreaded chore. If I had to do a work out video for my only work out, I would never do them because I find them to be so boring.

I am so jealous of all of you who post how you did an hour or more of any sort of work out! I cannot stay focused on it that long! I try to get in 30 minutes a day and usually that's pushing it! I get so burnt out! I do Wii Fit Plus and Jillian Michaels. (Wii Fit I do daily, Jillian I do every other day).

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to burn some more calories that is fun and not so dreaded?

How about working out TWICE a day for a half an hour? I do that lot's of days with my 36 minute wieghtlifting dvd in the morning and then going for a fast 2.5 mile walk in the evening!!!

I did something new today - i walked to the local healthy grocery store that's about 3 miles away. This forced me to get a long workout in! Once I walked there, I had to walk back! :laugh: All together it took me about 1 hour and 40 minutes of walking - 6 miles. It was a great low-intensity workout. I'd recommend this type of thing to anyone.

See if you can find a team sport to play that is enjoyable and you are held accountable to. Also, find a friend to workout with to help pass the time while walking, working out at the gym.

music! It makes all the difference in the world for me!! When I put on my iPod, and I am in a musical trance, I can keep going much much longer than I ever could before I had an ipod!!! Making new playlists keeps it fresh for me, and I'm always discovering new music.

Everyone has there own ways of working out, my advise would be to find something that you enjoy doing. I bought a bike thingy from walmart for thirty dollars and I do it everynight there are sports on because by watching the game i forget about pedalling the bike so the bike becomes sorta like background noise and its easy to rack up mintues when you're doing something without even thinking about it.

Also I take my dog Bella for a walk almost everyday(gotta have rest days too) and we walk to the lake one day, then the road the next, and if there's no train we walk on the tracks behind my house. My point is you CAN DO IT, the hardest part is always getting started, but once you figure out what works well for you then its easy from there. The worst thing you can do is get down, or be hard on yourself because you don't work out for a hour like most other ppl. Everyone has different levels of fitness and I am sure a lot of ppl on here can varify that when they first got off the couch they couldn't go for a hour either.

Try pushing outside your comfort zone, if you feel tried try going an extra thirty seconds, then next time try for a mintue more..ect. you are the only one who is stopping you, once you overcome yourself you will find that it was all worth the struggle. Remember your weight wasn't put on overnight and it won't come off overnight either it takes hard work and eating right(no doritos everytime you have a bad day) to get to your goals hun. Good luck!

Manda B! Semper Fi to James always!

I believe that the ideal length of exercise for getting into the fat burning zone that will continue after you stop working out is 40-45 minutes. I work out for 40 minutes.... i just started exercising again and started with 20 minutes and slowly increased the length by 5 minutes extra ever couple of days until i reached 40 minutes. now 40 minutes doesnt seem so impossible. baby steps.

music music music!! I find people watching at the gym very amusing, its like a mini soap opera!! when I exercise at home, I find that I dont work out as long. at the gym I know people could possibly be saying she only stayed on that for 15 minutes!! no wonder!! I have a good imagination.