I hate exercise!

Walking is fine and there is no need to go to the gym for it either, just walk around. If you walk 30 minutes per day, it is perfect.

It takes a while, but you will get to where you miss it if you can't do it for some reason.

Walking is a perfect exercise. I would also echo the people who say to get outside and do it. Fresh air and changing scenery are much better for your psyche than staring at a TV or the wall or whatever.

I would also suggest slowly working up to an hour a day. Once you're there, I'll bet you'll find other things at the gym that interest you enough to give them another try.

Walking is fine. Will it give you a fitness model body? No. Is it good for your health? Yes. Will it make you lose weight? Only if it is in combination with a calorie deficit.

Your end product will be a result of your methods. Good luck.

I used to think I hated exercise too. It turns out that I really just hate the cardio machines. I really like Zumba and strength training, so that's what I do for exercise, along with walking on the beach in the mornings for about 30 minutes (although truthfully that is more mental than anything--I don't try to walk fast).

Anyway, my point is that you should try different types of exercise because there may be some out there that you enjoy, whether that is classes at the gym, sports, swimming, weight lifting, etc.

I feel you...I hate exercise but I want to be healthy (and my family has a history of diabetes, etc). My husband is a fitness buff and though he never rubs it in, it makes me feel guilty sometimes. The only exercises that I've ever enjoyed in truth was walking and swimming laps (bc its more mental- just zone out with your thoughts). Does your gym have a pool? you could try swimming to mix it up.

WHAT?! It gives you MAD endorphins, even if you're dying at the end of your session lol.
How could anyone hate it?

Only thing I can say that I hate is DOMS, but other than that.. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. Love my exercise lol.

First, nobody who doesn't exercise likes exercise. You won't start to enjoy exercising until sometime after you start exercising. So keep an open mind. Down the road you may find different forms of exercise that you truly enjoy, but none of it will happen until after you give it a decent try.

From personal experience...I totally agree with this.

I have always [thought I] hated exercise, too. Turns out it was because I had not found the right thing for me until this past fall, and I will be turning 50 in less than 2 weeks. I still generally hate cardio. I don't run, bike, aerobics, etc. But I found that I LOVE kettlebells and doing interval training with kettlebells. There is certainly an element of cardio. My heart rate gets up, I sweat, and I feel blissfully exhausted after I am done. It is probably key that I have an awesome teacher and classmates. But...it took a bit of exploration and early commitment (i.e., more than one class or one week) to find this.

Also, as Jim notes above...it takes time to get into it. When I first started...it kicked my *kitten*. I could not make it through most of the sets. I got nauseated, light headed, and felt like the most out of shape failure ever. But...I kept going back, kept trying each activity, and did what I could without dieing. And you know what...after a couple months, there were a lot of things I used to hate or I simply could not do that I now view as challenges to be overcome.

When I started I could not do a 30-second plank. In March, I did a 30-day plank challenge and achieved a personal best 5-minute continuous forearm plank. When I started I could not do a single pushup, NONE, NADA, NOTHING. I can now do 40 continuous unmodified pushups. When I started I used 18 pound kettlebells, had terrible form, and could really only do swings. I now use 12 KG (26 lbs) and 14 KG (31 lbs) bells. And, I can do a full hour that starts with a 4-minute plank and 200 swings, as well as multiple reps and sets of cleans, double cleans, snatches, presses, lunges, squats, rows, deadlifts with the bells...all intermingled with pushups, burpees, ab roller, v-ups, jump rope, mountain climbers, etc.

There are still certain activities/exercises that I hate...but having found a great teacher/class that I love and having good workout partners/classmates to cheer me through the things I still hate, and group acknowledgment of the incremental progress has been key for me.

I see from your recent post that you don't have classes at your gym. Is it possible to find a workout buddy or a class in another venue? For me...the social support and accountability is a really important ingredient.

Have you tried swimming for cardio? Also walking is fine it took me 5 weeks of walking to say "Hey! I think I wanna jog!" Here in week 6 I can only run about 6 mins split into 2 min spurts. Today I'm trying for 8.

You said you like walking on the treadmill, and you liked the weight machines. That's good enough for balanced workout. It wouldn't hurt to swim, and learn some core training with the balancing balls though.

You don't "hate exercise." You hate *most of the exercises you've tried*. Big difference.

I'm not a gym person and I'm not an exercise class person. I love walking outside. I have a walking buddy at work and we brisk walk at lunchtime. It's great to get out into the fresh air and have a chat while we walk. I also walk either before or after work myself. If I need some motivation, I listen to music while I walk. I've got a playlist of fast-beat songs and also a Pandora station with fast-beat songs that get me moving in a hurry even when I'n initially not in the mood to go out.

But that's me. What you need to do is try different things -- and try them for a few weeks, not just a few days, before you decide if you do or don't like something. If you truly don't like it, then try something else.

I don't hate all forms of exercise but I do hate a lot of them. Weight training is something I hate but I've done it fairly consistently for over 30 years because I like the benefits. That's life....it ain't all fun.

Keep Changing it up to keep it interesting.... I just joined a gym, and only for one month, because I know I won't commit. As I am doing this, I am planning for the next endeavor (like yoga or something).. I just read this morning that burning 400 cals. a day will help with my menopot that won't go away. This week, I am going to burn 400 cals on the machines everyday, since the machine counts the calories for me, and will see how I measure around the gut at the end of the week.

I beg to differ. It completely depends on how you walk. Strolling leisurely isn't going to do much for your cardiovascular fitness -- although that's STILL better than sitting.

But if you're pacing yourself at 4 mph or faster? Doing intervals where you walk as fast as you possibly can for 30 seconds followed by 30 seconds of moderate walking, 10 or 15 times? Hiking on a moderate to challenging trail? You'll get fit enough to be healthy and feel great.

Even better, once you start getting in shape walking -- not a couple of times a week but every day -- you'll probably become more interested in doing other kinds of exercises to make yourself have more strength, balance and stamina.

walking is for old lady's. Are you trying to become a bulging beast or are you trying to increase your capacity to keep up with the old lady's in the grocery store? Find the exercise you can connect with. And then put your game face on and understand that this is about far more than just the many physical health benefits exercise offers. This is about taking all the crap life throws at you and using it to build something strong enough to withstand it.

Walking is great exercise. And as others have mentioned, it's nice to do it outside when you can.

Not everyone likes to do the same things, so try different things until you find something you like. Maybe that's swimming, yoga, weightlifting, fitness classes, martial arts...there's a lot of stuff out there. I don't know too many people who actually LIKE cardio machines.

As long as your heart rate is up in the cardio range you're doing great. Running isn't for me either. When I first started it didn't take much to get my heart rate in the cardio range. I'd walk on the treadmill at 2.5 mph with no incline and my heart was pumping. Looked like a stroll I'm sure. Now I do some treadmill after my weight training and I do a program on the treadmill that has variable inclines. I usually have the mph up to 3.0 or 3.2 to get my HR up to where I want it. Don't worry about what it looks like to others. Worry about what it's accomplishing for you! You don't see these people at the gym hardly at all. Really no one there really cares and the ones that do make judgments you won't see there next month or next year. You'll still be there getting your exercise looking great and feeling great.

BTW I don't like exercise. Don't know that I ever will. I think of it now as necessary like brushing my teeth every day.

I feel ya! I start exercising with a open-mind but can only do that exercise for a while then I get bored. I try something new the next day and it's the same thing over and over again. I purchased a elliptical with bike seat the end of last year thinking I could use it while I watch some TV in the evenings. It has been over a month since I've used that thing! Part is because of the exercising bit but the other part is I'm lazy and I have to get out of that mindset.

I avoid gyms at all cost due to the fact I'm so overweight and I don't want to be judged by the other, healthier people in the gym. The fact of the matter is this: we have to keep moving if we want to lose the weight. No matter what type of exercise you are doing as long as you are moving is all the matters. If you want to walk, walk. If you want to swim, swim. As long as you are doing some type of movement you are doing something to help lose the weight. You will find something that excites you...give it time!